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wanted to preferve it from the drynefs of the fur- 
rounding earth, which earth itfelf alfo probably 
fucks up part of its humidity : I am, therefore, apt to 
think , though contrary to the opinion op a great many peo- 
ple, that it is befi to put the plant into the ground as foon as 
it is cut. 
2dly, We all along fuppofe the weather to be tolera- 
bly favourable; then, when the fmall roots, which 
fprout about the joint when the furrounding earth has 
its proper degree of moifture, are of the length of a line 
and a half or two lines, the bud adherent to it fwells; a 
few days after it lengthens horizontally in the direction 
of the plant, fee b, fig. 2 .; it next defcribes a fpiral, c \ and 
at length comes out of the earth like the poinnof an ar- 
row, d. Thefe are what we call the fir ft productions; 
they are the immediate productions of the plant* The 
fhaft'. 
il auroit eu befoin pour fe fou ten ir plus longtems contre la fecherefle de la terre 
qui I’environne, et qui probablement pompe meme une partie de fon humidite^ 
je crois done contrsT opinion de beaueoup de gens qttil vant mieux mettre le plan en 
terre aujji-tot quit eft coupe* 
2°, Nous fuppoferons un terns afTez favorable; I 6 rfqtie ; ces petites raeines qui 
feforment a l’entour du noeud li la terre eft par tout humide, font longues d’une 
ligne et demie ou deux* le bouton qui luy eft attache paroit gonflsq quelques 
jours apres il s’allonge horizontalement, v. b , fig. 2. fuivant la direction dans la 
quelle le plan eft couche, enfuite il decrit une fpirale, v. r, meme figure, et fort 
de terre comme une poirnte de fieche d , C’eft ce que j’&ppelle les premieres produc- 
tions. 
