A discovery of the true cause of the wonderful multiplication of corn; with some general remarks upon the nature of trees and plants / By Dr. Wolfius.

  • Wolff, Christian, Freiherr von, 1679-1754.
Date:
1734
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Credit: A discovery of the true cause of the wonderful multiplication of corn; with some general remarks upon the nature of trees and plants / By Dr. Wolfius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Grains had brought forth a whole duller, but was very delirous to know, what would become of the Fruit. $. 6. Harvell being come, I met with a great many Ears brought forth by a Angle Grain, each of which having a particular Halm of extraordina¬ ry Length. The Ears were altogether filled up with Corn, tho' not generally ripe. I obfervecl that the Grains were longer and thinner, than what thofe of Oats in the Fields ufually are. However, trying the Weight of'em together withfome of the bell Oats of the Field with great exaftnefs, I found them conliderably heavier. 7. I then counted all the Ears and Grains ; I meafured the Halms exa£lly by the Royal Parijiati Foot, and determined the proportion of the Weight of the Grains to the Oats in the Field by repeated Experiments. But I cannot be more circumilantial in this, having loll the Paper that I wrote it down . upon. $. 8. But this I remember very well, that when I plucked one of the Clullers to pieces, I faw each Halm have his own Root. The Halms were ealily to be parted from one another, and it feemed as if only the Roots were grown together. $. p. i left the other duller in the Ground, at the lower part of which new Halms were coming forth, when it had rained after the Harvell, which fhot out into Ears about Michaelmas. Moreover, fome Rain falling foon after Michaelmas y new Halms below were growing again, fo that Seed¬ time and Harvell came in at once. $. 10. By this I was fufficiently convinced, that one Angle Grain might produce a great many Ears, that yet for all this each Grain has no more than one Shooting, that the capital Halm comes forth C % out