citli mating Sugar Canes. 2 2 7 
•kept back, and only appear the May or June following, 
after the rainy feafon has fet in. 
The fifth figure reprefents the bud (b) which adheres 
to the firfi row of the third fet of roots, quite come 
out, and appearing above ground like the lliaft of an ar- 
row/. This is the fecond production. The fame figure 
likewife reprefents the bud (c) unfolded and appearing 
in_f. This is the third production. It comes out of the 
firfi: row of roots of the plant f, which muft be conceived 
in a more advanced ftate of vegetation than it is in the 
figure. 
The time of, and requifites neceflary for, the fuccef- 
five appearances of all thefe different vegetations, feem to 
me fo many proofs of the fundamental part of my me- 
thod, to wit, the neceffity of planting in the only feafon ' 
fitted to accelerate and preferve them. 
The 
decouverte, ces fecondes productions retenues dans la terre ne paroitront done qu’eti 
May ou Juin fuivant, lorfque les pluyes feront decidees. 
La figure 5 prefente le bouton (b) du premier plan du of ordre de racines de- 
veloppe et paroiffant comme une pointe de fleche y'hors de terre que nous fup- 
pofons a* Cell la feconde production. La meme figure prefente aufii le bou- 
ton (r) developpe, et paroiffant en g, C’eft la 3 e production, elle fort du pre- 
mier plan de racines de la plant cf qu’on doit fuppofer plus avancee qu’elle n’eft 
reprefentee ici. 
Le terns et les conditions du developpement des ces differentes productions me 
paroififent autant de preuves dc la partie fondamentale de mon fyfteme, f^avoir, 
la necejjite de planter dans V unique faifon qui foit propre d hater et entretenir ces 
developpement s. 
G.ga 
