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tiqrrin the additional vigour given to the flump, for the 
difadvantages mentioned above by thus cutting before 
the ufual time. 
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•Obfervation the 8th, In a dry but good foil, not ma- 
nured, but well worked and feconded by the feafon, I 
have never feen canes with moi'e than from thirty to 
thirty-four joints, and thefe on a -length of from three 
to four feet. 
Obfervation the gth, I have never feen the firft joint 
of thefe come out fooner than at the end of four months 
or four months and a half. 
Obfervation the 10th, When I have cut thefe. at the 
fifteen months end, I have always found them Handing, 
hut very dry, and fometimes a little changed. 
May we not infer from the eighth and ninth obfer ra- 
tions, that from thirty to thirty-four joints is nearly the 
.me 
vigueur qu’on procure a la fouche par une coupe atitkipee* 
8 3 obfervation, Dans un terrein fee, quoique bon, point fume, mais bieri 
travailie et tres aide de ladaifon, je n’ai jamais vu .de Cannes qui euffent au dela 
de 30 a 34 nceuds, et eette quantite dans une longueur de trois a quaire pieds. 
9 e Obfervation, Je n’y. ai jamais vu le. premier noeud foreir avant quatre moi% 
4 mois et demi. 
mo 5 obfervation, Lorfque j’ai coupe ces, Cannes a mois, je les ai toujours 
trouvees fur pied, mals tres feches et quelquefois un peu aitevees. 
Ne peut-on pasconclure de la 8 e et 9 e obfervation que ces 30 a 34 nceuds font 
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