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V. The Suhjlance of fome Experiments of plant- 
ing Seeds in Mofs, lately made by Mr. 
Charles Bonnet, of Geneva, F. R. S. 
M R. Bonnet was inclined to try whc- 
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I 747 ' 8 - J[VA f hcr Plants were capable of Vege- 
tation, when they were only fet in Mofs, inftead of 
being planted in the Earth. 
With this Defign, he filled with Mofs feveral 
Garden Pots, and he compreffed the Mofs more or 
lefs, as he judged, the feveral Plants he intended to 
place in them, might refpecfively require a clofer or 
a loofer Soil. 
He then fowed in Mofs, Wheat, Barley, Oats, 
and Peafe. And he found, firfl, that all the Grains 
fowed in that manner came to Maturity later than 
thofc of the fame Sorts which were fowed at the 
fame time in Mould. 
2dly. That the Stems from the feveral Grains 
fowed in the Mofs were generally taller than thofc 
which fprung from the Ground. 
3 dly. There came from the Grains fowed in the 
Mofs a greater Number of Blades than from the 
Grains fowed in the Earth. 
4thly. The Grains fowed in Mofs produced more 
plentifully than the others. 
5 thly. Thofe Grains that were gather’d, from the 
Produce of thofc which vegetated in the Mofs, hav- 
ing been again fowed fome in Mofs, and fome in 
Earth, fucceeded well in both. 
Mr. Bonnet has alfo planted in Mofs, Pinks, Gilly- 
flowers, Daifies, Tuberofes, Tulips, Hyacinths, Jon- 
quils, and Narcilfus’sj and all thefe Plants fucceeded as 
well 
