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after they had been dried, they were put in the box 
with the reft. 
Thefe were fomewhat fofter than the firft, but de- 
cayed. 
Exp. 3. Some of them were fmeared feveral times 
over with gum fenega j and when they were dried in 
the window, and well hardened, were pat in a paper 
into the deal box. 
Thefe looked rather better than the two former 
parcels ; but unfit for vegetation. 
Exp. 4. Some of the fame acorns were put into 
the middle of a cake of plaifterers ftiff loam, or fuch 
as the brewers ufe to flop their beer barrels, and co- 
vered over near an inch on every fide. This foon 
became dry, without any cracks : it was about 21- 
inches thick ; and was placed with the reft, wrapped 
up in a paper, in the box. 
The kernels of thefe were fhrivelled up, and grown 
quite dry and hard, like horn, the loam proving a 
ftrong abforbent. 
Exp. 5. Some were rolled up feparately in thin 
flakes of bees-wax, warmed, to make it pliable, and 
put in paper in the box. 
Thefe looked very well when they were cut afun- 
cler, and appeared likely to grow ; but were a little, 
fh rank. 
Exp. 6. Some were rolled feparately in rofin, made 
pliable with warmth. 
Thefe cut quite frefh. 
Exp. 7. Some of them were rolled, each in a thin 
covering of a mixture of pitch, rofin, and bees-wax, 
called mummy by the gardiners. 
Thefe cut as well, and looked as frefh, as if they 
had juft fallen from the tree. 
The 
