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produced from the 5th r6w, in which the feeds 

 contained one eye only, were larger than thofe in 

 the 8th row, (confiding of plants with many .tyes) 

 in the proportion of 20 to 24 nearly. I would 

 draw no conclufion on this head from the 6th and 

 7th rows, becaufe, as I have already obferved, I 

 fufpect that fome of the eyes in thefe had not been 

 cut out deep enough to prevent fome of them from 

 pufhing out (talks j for I obferved that in thefe two 

 rows, as well as in the 8 th, there were many items 

 arofe from each plant. It deferves however to be 

 remarked, that feveral (terns fprang from the roots 

 of the others, and fome of thefe at a confiderable 

 diftance afunder, although in thefe I think I am 

 certain there was only one eye in each cutting, for I 

 cut them all with my own hand, and was as careful 

 as pofiible to examine them with attention ; fo that 

 nothing certain can be inferred from the number of 

 (talks that fpmng from one plant. 



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It is commonly imagined that the fize of the 

 bulbs is augmented, and their number retrenched, 

 by cutting off the fupernumerary (talks at the firft 

 hoeing, fo as to leave only one (tern at each plant; 

 but I never heard of any experiment by which this 

 fact has been afccrtained. Therefore in equal cir- 



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