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weeks, which being added to the five months or five 
months and a half, which elapfed before the appearance 
of the firft joint, make only twelve or thirteen months 
of real growth, both for the canes which are planted in 
a dry foil, and for thofe which are planted in a moift one,- 
the difference only, as 1 obferved higher, there is be- 
tween the length and thieknefs of the joints excepted? 
15th obfervation, When good care has been taken to 
manure and work thefe dry places, I have always feen 
the productions of them every way equal to thofe which 
had come from a foil well expofed and well drained. 
1* 6th obfervation, When heaps of dung have been laid 
upon particular parts of fuch a foil, in order to diftribute 
them thence throughout the remainder of the plantation, 
I have always feen the canes, grown in which had thofe 
places which had been covered with the clung, rotted or 
dried 
d’autant de femaines qui jointes au cinq mois, cinq mois et demi ecoules avant 
la fortie du premier noeud ne font que douze a 1 7 mois d’accroiflement reel dans 
les Cannes du terrein le plus humide, referve comme j’ai dit plus haut la differ- 
ence de longueur et de grolTeur des noeuds. 
1 obfervation, Lorfqu’on a eu foin de travailler parfaitement et de bleu* 
fumer ces endroits arides, j’y ai toujours vu les produdions egales en tout a celles 
d’un bon terrein bien expofe et egoute. 
1 6 e obfervation, Lorfqu’on a fait des tas de fumier fur quelques parties de ce 
terrein fec-et'avide pour les diilribuer dans le refte de la piece, j’ai toujours vu 
Iss Cannes dans cejs petits efpaces qui avoient ete couyerts dc fumier, pourries 
