138 MB. C. DABWIK ON THE ACTION OF SEA-WATEB 



. , after 11 days' immersion j one half-germinated after 14 

 days ; after 22 days all dead : many of these beans swelled 

 greatly. I tried sixty after 28 days and found all dead. 

 None survived 30 days in the cold water. 



. Pisum sativum : after 11 days some germinated ; none survived 

 14 days ; none survived 30 days in the cold water. Another 

 lot oi fresh seed (" Thurston's Eeliance ") all died after 12 

 days ; none survived 30 days in the cold water. I found 13 

 days' immersion in pure water killed these latter fresh peas. 

 (fNone germinated.) 

 JPhaseolus vulgaris (par. "early frame dwarf"); all died after 

 11 days' immersion ; afler'^8 days' immersion^ 80 were planted, 

 but all dead. I tried another lot oi fresh seed, but none of 

 them resisted even 10 days' immersion; nor did they re- 

 sist 30 days in the cold water : many of these seeds swelled 

 much (t)- 

 Trifolium incarnatum: all died after 11 days' immersion, and 

 "" after 30 in the cold water* Fresh seed germinated excellently 



^ after 5 days* immersion, well after 12 days, and one single 

 seed out of some hundreds germinated after 20 days. These 



seeds swelled much. * 



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Ules europceus : after 11 days genninated well ; after 14 days 

 two germinated ; after 28 days all dead. 



I/upinus polyphyllus : after 22 days, out of seven swollen seeda 

 three germinated; seven others did not swell and were all dead; 

 after 36 days' immersion one began to germinate and then died. 



Lupinus luteus (pale var.) : after 22 days -^ lived ; after 36 

 V days' immersion -|^ germinated ; after 50 days all dead. 



\Lupinm puhescens germinated after a month, but Mr. Berke- 

 ley says the greater number were rotten. 



Mimosa sensitiva : germinated excellently after 36 days' immer- 

 sion, and pretty well after 50 days. 



Oeum coecineum (var. splendens) : after 36 days germinated well, 

 and after 70 days one single seed germinated, 

 ^ Saadfragd incurvifolia : did not germinate after 30 days' immer 



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