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Eeport of the Horticulturist op the 
a sieve containing 100 meshes to the inch. The progress of the water 
upward by capillary attraction, as indicated by the change in color, was 
noted daily from May 5 to November 17*. The accompanying table 
shows the height of the water at the end of each week, and also the 
weekly progress for the different soils: 
The Rise of Water by Capillary Attraction in Different Soils. 
May 5, 
1'2, 
19, 
26, 
June 2, 
9, 
16, 
23, 
30, 
July 7, 
14, 
21, 
28, 
Aug. 4, 
11, 
18, 
25, 
Sept. l, 
8, 
15, 
22, 
29, 
Oct. 6 
13. 
20, 
27. 
Nov. 3, 
10. 
17. 
Tube No. l, 
Muck. 
T 1 « 
6 P. M 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
8 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
8 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M, 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M, 
7 A. M. 
7 A. M. 
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inches. 
1% 
im 
12% 
14% 
15 
15 % 
16 
16% 
17 
17% 
18% 
18% 
19% 
19% 
19% 
20 
+20% 
21% 
21% 
21% 
21% 
22 
22% 
22% 
22% 
22% 
22% 
23 
23% 
CD P 
o fl 
No. 2, 
Garden Soil. 
inches. 
2 
1% 
% 
% 
inches. 
2% 
17% 
23% 
26% 
28% 
29% 
32 
33% 
35% 
36% 
37% 
38% 
39% 
40% 
41% 
42% 
42% 
43% 
44% 
44% 
45% 
45% 
46 
46% 
46% 
47% 
47% 
47% 
44 
tag 
N E 
inches. 
"l5% 
5% 
3% 
2% 
1% 
2% 
1% 
1% 
1% 
1 
1% 
1 
1 
No. 3, Sand. 
inches. 
3% 
7% 
9 
10 
10% 
tll% 
13 
14% 
15 
16% 
16% 
17% 
17% 
18 
18% 
18% 
18% 
18% 
19% 
19% 
'"19% 
19% 
19% 
19% 
20 
20% 
20% 
20% 
2^ 
o fl 
inches. 
'"4% 
l% 
l 
% 
% 
% 
1% 
% 
1% 
% 
% 
No. 4, Clay. 
inches. 
2% 
17% 
21 
The Influence of Matters in Solution upon the Height to which 
Water Rises by Capillarity. 
It is stated in works on physics that water rises higher than any 
other liquid in capillary tubes. To what extent do the slight propor- 
* This is the latest date to which the experiment could be conveniently reported. The 
water at this date had not ceased to rise, v except in tube No. 4. 
t A slight break in the column occurred at this time, caused by settling of the sand 
below the wet line. This may have interfered with the subsequent progress of the water. 
JDuring the week, the point of measurement was changed to another part of the 
tube where the water had advanced higher. 
8 From this time the progress of the water could no longer bo accurately determined, 
as the color shaded so gradually from the moist part to the dry. It appeared to advance 
.scared y at all after this date. 
