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fliould have been what I ever found them to be, tliofe 
which flood the heft; that nothing, on the contrary, fo 
much improves a piece of rattoons as cutting them be- 
fore the time; and that, therefore, this operation (a ne- 
cefiary one when my method is followed) is not without 
its attendant advantage, which perhaps much leflens the 
lofs which I have fuppofed to arife from it in page 21 3. 
1 othly, Having wafhed and gently fcraped as far up as 
their beginning (that is, to the kind of bulb I defcribed) 
two rattoon canes, fix months old ; the one taken out of a 
damp, the other out of a very dry foil; the one with four- 
teen joints above ground, on a length of twenty-eight 
inches; the other with only two joints, on a length of 
two inches; I found that the cane which had fourteen 
joints above ground, had only five rows of roots of the 
third order on a length, of an inch and a half under 
ground 5 
mieux foutenus; que rien n’eftplus capable de reparer une piece de rejettons que 
d’en anticiper la coupe; et qu’ainfi l’anticipation des coupes neceffaire dans mon 
fyfteme, n’eft point fans un avantage qui diminue peut-etre bien confiderable- 
ment la perte que j’ay fuppofee, p, 213. 
io°, Apres avoir lave et gratte. legerement jufqu’a leur origine (jufqu’a cet ef~ 
pece d’ombilic dont j’ay parle) deux. Cannes rejettons de fix mois, Tune prife dans 
un terrein humide, V autre dans unterrein tres fee, l’une ayant hors de terre qua- 
torze noeuds dans une longueur de 28 pouces, l’autre ayant feulement cinq noeuds- 
dans une longueur de deux pouces, j’ay vu que la canne qui avoit quatorze noeuds 
hors de terre, n’avoit en terre que cinq plans de racinc du troifums ordre dans une 
longueur v 
