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upon as its own roots) but likewife from thofe of 
the firft , that is, from thofe which had fprung about 
the joint to which the button which produced it was 
fattened. Fig. 6. reprefents an entire cane ( a ) fprung 
from the plant b, the woody part c c, was as found 
at the end of ten months as when it was put into 
the ground : the medullary part was entirely rotted as 
was likewife the herbaceous, dddd, which forms the 
top of the head. There is no doubt but the medullary 
part affords the bud the fame nourifhment as the lobes 
of almonds do to to the germ which they contain. 
8thly, Whenever I flubbed up the flumps of a plant 
which had been thirteen months in the ground, and the 
canes of which had been cut a month or two before, I 
always found all the woody part of the plant which be- 
longed to the flump rotten, the roots of the plant dried 
up„ 
pres, mais encore du premier ordre de racines, c’efl: a dire de celles qui s’etoient 
formees a l’entour du noend auquel etoit attache le bouton qui Fa produite. La 
•fig. 6. prefente une canne entiere a provenant du plan dont a dix mois la 
partie ligneuie cc etoit aufii faineque lots qu’on I’avoit mife en terre, la partie 
medullaire etoit entierement pourrie, ainfi que la partie herbacee dddd qui 
compofe la partie fuperieure de la tete: la partie medullaire fournit fans doute 
au bouton la nourriture que les lobes des amandes fourniffent au germe qu’elles 
contiennent. 
8°, Lorfque j’ay deracine des Touches qui provenoient d’un plan mis en terre 
depuis 13 mois, et dont on avoit coupe les Cannes depuis un ou deux mois, j’ay 
toujours trouve pourrie. toute la partie ligneufe du plan d’ou provenoit la fouche 3 
