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to it, if the -feafon be favourable enough, or if either the 
feafon or cultivation be unfavourable to the birth of this 
bud; in that cafe, the roots are to contribute to the 
nourifhment of the plant already formed. 
6thly, Let us now go back a little. Suppofe the feafon 
always to continue favourable, and the fir ft fhoot to be 
out of the earth a fortnight or three weeks after plant- 
ing, confequently the /fry? fet of roots formed. 
At five or fix weeks end the feminal leaves are ex- 
pelled by a fecond fet of roots. In nine or ten weeks 
the firft of the external leaves begins to give way to the 
firft row of the third fet of roots. 
About the twelfth or fourteenth week the bud which 
adheres to the joint which forms the firft row of the third 
fet of roots fwells, opens, and likewife appears like the 
Hi aft: 
la faifon eft aflez favorable, ou bien a nourrir feulement la plante deja formee, ii 
le defaut de faifon ou de culture s’oppofe au developpemej.it du bouton. 
6°, Revenons fur nos pas, fuppofant toujours la faifon favorable, etle premier 
jet forti de terre apres quinze jours ou trois femaines, confequemment le premier 
ordre de racines deja forme. 
A 5 ou 6 femaines les feuilles feminales cedent au fecond ordre de racines. A 9 
ou 10 femaines la premiere des feuilles exterieures commence a ceder au premier 
plan des racines du troifieme ordre . 
A 12 ou 14 femaines le bouton attache au noeud qui forme ce premier plan de 
racines du 3 s ordre, fe gonfle, fe developpe et paroit aufli comme une fleche, 
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