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«* Fourthly, The ears were nearly equal, at leafl in two-thirds of 

 the length of the rows : the other third furpafled the reft, as will 

 appear by the following extrad of the twelve firft numbers of the 

 South row. 



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** Fifthly, The difference between the produce of the clufters 

 fowed with one and with fix grains, is extremely great. The for- 

 mer produced but 140 ftalks ; the others multiplied to 1650. 'Tis 

 true the number of the clufters of fix grains is greateft; which is 

 fome fmall diminution of the difference. 



*' Sixthly, I obferved feveral ftalks from which others had fliot out, 

 all as ftrong, and as long, as thofe from which they derived their 

 origin. They proceeded from the firft joint above the furface of the 

 earth, generally at the heighth of three, four, or five inches, and 

 were two, three, and fometimes four in number. I never perceived 

 this kind of multiplication before; but had, till then, always ob- 

 ferved it to be at the neck, or point of feparation between the roots 

 which defcend, and the ftalks which afcend, that the plants branch- 

 ed out. 



" Seventhly, I fufpe(5led, in the fummer, what was the caufe of the 

 great vigour of the plants of this experiment ; but I faw it much 

 plainer after harveft : for, upon pulling up fome of the tufts of 

 ftubble, I found their roots innumerable. This fadl is ftridlly true. 

 I could not count them upon any one plant that had more than 1 5 

 or 20 ftalks. Thefe roots were in fuch bundles, and fo confufedly 

 interwoven one with another, that after counting feveral hundreds of 



H h 2 them. 



