242 Mr. cazaud’s Method of 
As to the quality of the joints ; this, I think, is to be 
decided by the hiftory of them, to which hitherto fcarce 
any attention has been paid, though the flighted: would 
have been fufficient to have fliewn the abfurdity of the- 
received ideas concerning the age which muff be allowed 
the canes, in order for them to arrive at perfect ma- 
turity. 
At the end of the third month, fometimes later, as 
this depends upon the foil and feafon, nothing yet ap- 
pears but a head covered with leaves: fee figure 8. from 
a to z, which is a fmall fheath containing a number of 
white leaves which come out by degrees. The leaf b y 
fee fig. 9. falls at length, and difcovers a firfl: joint above 
ground. From that inftant to the time of its full growth 
it acquires four or five joints every month : thefe alfo de- 
pend 
Quant a la qualite des noeuds il me femfcde qu’elle peut etre decidee par leur 
hiftoire a laquelle on n’a fait jufqu’a preient qu’une medioere attention, quoi- 
que la plus legere eut fuffi pour demontrer la fauffete des idees qu’on a eu 
jufqu’a prefent fur i’age qu’il faut donner aux Cannes, pour leur procurer une 
mat u rite parfaite. 
A trois mois quelquefois plus tard (fuivant la terre et le terns qu’il a fait) la 
oanne ne prefente encore qu’une tige herbacee garnie de feuilles, v fig. 8. depuis 
a jufqu’a z qui efi: un petit rouleau qui renferme une quantite. de feuilles 
blanches qui doivent fe developper pardegres; la feuille b , v. fig. 9. tombe en a 
et laifTe voir un premier noeud hors de terre. De ce moment jufqu’a celuy ou 
elle. a pris tout fon accroififement elle augmente chaque mois de quatre a cinq 
noeuds 
