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-Conclude we then, as I fufpedted, that the rat toons as 
well as the planted canes derive nourifhment only from 
the three orders of roots of which I have fpoke, with 
this difference only, that the firft order of roots belong- 
ing to the planted canes comes from the plant which is 
put under ground ; whereas that of the rattoons comes 
from the part of the cut canes which continue in the 
ground after they have been cut, and which rots the fol- 
lowing year foon after the fucceeding rattoons have ap- 
peared, fo that the third order of roots of a cane which 
has been juft cut becomes the firft order of thofe of the 
rattoon it is about to produce ; which firft order, as well 
as the fecond, will rot the following year, when new rat- 
toons fhall have taken the place of thofe which fhall 
then he cut. 
The 
Concluons eomme je I’avois foup^onne que les rejettons ne jou'ifFent comme 
les .Cannes plantees que des trois ordres de racines dontj’ay parle, avec cette 
difference que le premier ordre de racines des Cannes plantees provient du plan 
mis en terre, et que celuy des rejettons provient de cette . partie des Cannes 
coupees qui refle dans la terre, partie qui pourrira l’annee fuivante peu de terns 
apres que les rejettons fubfequens auront parti; de forte que le troilieme ordre de 
racines d’une canne qu’on vient de.couper, dev'ient le premier ordre de racines 
du rejetton qu’elle va produire, lequel premier ordre pourrira l’annee fuivante 
ainfi que le fecond, apres que de jnouveaux rejettons auront fuivi la coupe qu’on 
aura faite des precedents, 
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