' 2 '24 Mr. cazaud’s Method of 
gthly, Each of the external leaves mentioned in the 
fecond article (I mean thofe which appeared firft) are 
likewife fo many indications of joints in the ground; fo 
much the more diftindt, the more vigorous the leaf is; 
and in proportion as each of thefe leaves dries, each of 
the joints fucceflively produces a row of roots which 
conftitute the third Jet , fee N° 3. fig. 5. 
It is to each of thefe rows of roots that the joint is 
fattened which is to furnifh the fuckers which I call the 
fecond productions. The fifth figure fhews the plant 
without either its feminal or its external leaves, the joints 
of which are in the ground. It appears provided with its 
firft, fecond, and third fet of roots, N° 1, 2, 3. Each row 
^of this third fet of roots is intended either to nourifh the 
plant which is to come out of the joint which is fattened 
to 
5 0 , Chacune des feuilles exttrieures mentionnees a Particle 2 (j’entends les 
ipremieres forties) annonce aufti un noeud en terre d’autant plus diftinCt que la 
feuille eft plus vigoureufe, et a melure que chacune de les feuilles fe deffeche, 
chaque noeud donne fucceftivement un plan de racines qui ferment le troifieme 
ordre , v. N° 3. fig. 5. 
C’eft a chacun de ces plans de racines qu’eft attache le noeud qui doit donner 
-les jets que j’appelle fecondes productions. La figure 5 prefente la plante 
denuee tant de fes feuilles feminalesque de fes feuilles exterieures dont les noeuds 
fonten terre; elle paroit aufli pourviie de fon premier ordre de racines N° i, de 
fon fecond ordre de racines N° 2, et du g N° 3, chaque plan de ce 3 s ordre de 
racines eft deftine a nourrir la plante qui fertira du bouton qui luy eft attache, li 
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