Vegetable StaUch • 23 
garden pots ufually have 5 fo that all the 
moifture, which was wanting in them upon 
weighing, muft neceffarily be imbibed, by 
the roots of thofe plants, and thence per» 
fpired off thro' their leaves. 
A diary of the perforation of the Mu fa Ar- 
bor, or Plantain-tree of the Weft Indies. 
The whole fur face of the plant was 14 
fquare feet , 8 -j- finches. The different 
degrees of heat of the air are here noted 
' by the degrees above the freezing point in 
my Thermometer, defcrib’d in Exper. 20. 
N. t B . This plane 
flood in a ftove, with a 
fmall fire in it, the af- 
pe& of the ftove was 
South-eaft. 
A hot clear day. This 
morning he obferved 
large drops of water at 
the extremity of every 
leaf, and wemayobferve 
chat it perfpires very 
much this day. 
An extreme hot clear 
day. ' 
Moderately hoc,but clear. 
This morn. 1 2. ounces of 
water poured into the 
por. Mixture of Sun and 
Clouds. 
Much thunder, fbme rain 
and hail at a diftance. 
A gloomy day> but no 
rain. 
This evening 12 ounces of water were poured into the pot ; and it was 
removed from the ftove into a cool room, where it had a free air but no 
gunj the windows being North- weft. 
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