cultivating Sugar Canes . 2T5 
every material point) were fcatterecl, ccnfufed and drawn 
up in the natural order they offered themfelves to me, 
when the neceffity of difcuffing or defending any part 
of my method obliged me to ftudy the nature of the 
plant, to try to find out the reafon of fome phenomena 
which the experience of many years had taught me the 
exiitence of ; but I have been obliged to follow a different 
method now that thefe obfervations are to he fubmitted 
to the natural judges of every thing that can have influ- 
ence upon the progrefs of ufeful knowledge. In order 
to form a proper judgment of the merit of the mode of 
culture I propofe, it is neceffary to be acquainted with 
the plant and the climate in which it grows. 
Obfer- 
etoient epars, fans ordre, comme L!s s’etoient prefentes, a mefure qu’il falloit 
dilcuter et etablir queique par fie de mon fyfteme, et que j’etoi oblige de chercher 
dans la nature de la plante, !a raifon de queique phenomene que plu eurs 
annees d’e perience m.a-oient fait obferver, Mon delTein en les rapprochant^ 
etant de les prefenter aux juges naturels de tout ce qui pent influer fur le progres 
des connoiffances utiles, j’ay du fuivre une autre methode: p our apprecier la 
culture que je propofe il faut connoitre la plante, et le climat ou on la cultive.. 
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