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fome white fibres of about half a line in length and 
thicknefs : notwithftanding, however, this beginning of 
vegetation, the plant ftill dies, unlefs it rains, before the 
foil in contact with thefe fmall roots be entirely dry ; at 
leaf; I have always found the earth dry under thefe fmall 
roots, when, in confequence of a long drought, the plant 
from which they had come was entirely dried up. But I 
have feen plants, put into the ground as foon as cut, put 
forth one, and fbmetimes two fprigs at the end of fix 
weeks, though they had been deprived of rain for above 
a month. When the plant is fomewhat withered, that 
is, when it has not been planted till fome days after 
having been cut, it thrives fooner when affifted by rain, 
and dies fooner when deprived of it : the reafon I take 
to be this, it could not wither without lofing fome 
part of that moifture which it contains, and which it 
wanted 
/ du nceud qui touche le fond de.la foffe, quelques fils blancs de lalongueur et de la 
grofteur d’une demi ligne: apres ce commencement de vegetation, le plan meurt 
Vil ne pleut pas avant que la terre qui touche ces petites racines foit entierement 
deftechee, ou du moins j’ay toujours trouve la^terre feche fousces petites racines 
lorfqu’ apres un long fee, j’ay trouvdJe plan qui les avoit donnees entierement* 
deffeche; rnais j’ay vu du plan mis en terre aufti-tot que coupe prive de pluve 
pendant plus d’un mois donner un et quelquefois deux jets apres fix femaines : li 
le plan eft un peu fanns, e’eft a dire coupe quelquesjours avant d’etre mis en terre, 
il leve plus vite s ? il eft feconde de la pluye, et meurt plutot s’il en eft prive, 
parce qu’il n’a pu fe fanner fans perdre une partie d£ l’eau qu’il contenoit, dont 
3- il 
