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ON THE GEEMIKATIOK OI" SE£DS« 137 



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Brasaica oleracea^ var. "Cattell*s Cabbage:" germina' 

 "cellently after 36 days ; all dead after 50 days. 



growing wild on the Castle Books oi 

 Tenby ; fresh seeds, after 60 days germinated excellently ; 

 after 110 days germinated veiy well ; after 133 days only two 

 out of some hundreds germinated (f). 



fBrassica JRapa {par. yellow turnip j, 



Baphanus sativtcs ; after 85 days, -^ germinated ; the cold water 

 seemed to be injurious to these seeds, for after only 30 or 50 

 days all the seeds were dead (var. black radish) (f). 



Erysimum Perowskianum : after 36 days germinated well ; after 

 50 only one seed ; after 70 days all dead (f) . 



Mafthiola annua : germinated after 28 days ; all dead after 54 days. 



Sinapis nigra : seeds much swollen ; germinated after 11 days ; 

 all dead after 22 days : fresh seed germinated pretty well 

 after 15Mays, but were all killed by 25 days' immersion. 







Crambe m^tima : after 37 days germina 



Trop(eolu0puijus : after 37 days nearly all germinated, but after 



50 days;none did. 

 f^mnanthes DouglasiL 



Sihisctis Manihot : all were killed by 11 days' immersion (t). 

 ^Malope grandiflora, 

 Bapa/oer somnifervm : germinated weU after 28 days ; was killed 



by 54 days. 

 '^gemone Mexicana : came up excellently after 50 days, and 



pretty well after 70 days. 

 '\Chryseis crocea (germinated very imperfectly after the month). 

 Linum tisitatissimum : after 7 and afl;er 14 days only two or three 



seeds, out of very many, germinated ; after 28 only one seed 



came up ; after 42 days not one germinated. These seeds 



gave out much slime. 

 fSilene compacta. 



Bheum Mhaponticum : germinated well afl;er 82 days. 

 Mnplex (garden orache) : some of the seed germinated under 



water after 56 days' immersion; the remaining seed ger- 

 _ minated excellently after 100 days. 



ta vulgaris : excellently after 100 days (t) . 

 ^inacea oleracea : excellently after 70 days ; a few after 120 



days ; all kiUed by 137 days (t). 



(LECHTMnros-ffi.) 



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