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or of an egg, it ftill appears that its teguments, and all 
that is contiguous to thofe teguments, fliould not be a con- 
ftituent part of the animal, and that only a larger germ, 
can produce a larger animal. 
Is it then in our option to produce anemonies not only 
when we pleafe, but alfo of what fize we pleafe' w ? Or 
does the multiplying anemony follow in this its own in- 
clination? All this, added to the junction of the fibres, 
feems very oppofite to the opinion of the germs or eggs ; 
but on the other hand there are obfervations which fa- 
( a ) Without invalidating what is here faid, fome experiments have induced 
me to think that this affertion fliould be admitted with Tome limitations; 
that if the fhreds be very large, they will perifh; that in general only 
fm all ones fliould be cut, without either fretting or tearing them; aad that the 
vafes fliould always be kept very clean, and the water as clear and as frefli as 
poflible. 
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germe,ou d’un oeuf quelconque, que cette multiplication fe fait, il femble que tout 
ce qui y feroit joint corame envelope, et plus encore comme contigu aux enve- 
lopes, devroit ne pas faire partie du petit animal, et qu’il n’y auroit qu’un germe 
plus gros, qui donnat une anemone plus groflfe. 
Sommes nous done les maitres, non feulement de faire naitre les anemones 
quand nous voulon?, mais nieme de leur donner plus ou moins de groffeur (a) ? 
L’anemone qui multiplie en dilpofe-t-elle auffi a fon gre ? 1 out cela joint a la 
reunion des fibres, femble bien oppofe aux germes et aux oeufs; mais auffi d’autres 
obfervations leur font favorables. II m’a femble qu’il fe fe'paroit un peu plus de 
(a ) Sans affoiblir de que j’expofe, quelques experiences me font penfer que ceci a des borries 
afiez etroites; que des morceaux trop grands periffent, et qu’en general il n’en faut couperque 
de petits, fans les tirailler ; que les vafes doivent etre nets, et l’eau claire et fi’aiche. 
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