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and chaff. The seed should be thoroughly dried and stored 
in a dry place. 
If the seeds are not properly cured or not stored under 
suitable conditions or if kept too long before sowing they 
may fail to germinate. To be certain of the viability of the 
seed it is essential that a germination test be made. One 
of the best ways of making this test is to plant 100 seeds in 
a flower pot or flat of soil, counting the seedlings as they 
appear to ascertain the percentage of germination. Another 
way is to place the seeds in moist sand between 2 plates, or 
instead of sand, 2 moist blotters may be used. By still an- 
other method the seed are laid out on a piece of moist flannel 
and the whole carefully rolled up. Whatever the method 
used it is necessary to keep the medium moist and warm 
and also to keep the seeds far enough apart to prevent the 
spreading of any mould which might form. 
PERCENTAGE OF SEED GERMINATION 
Asparagus ......... 85 per cent Lettuce ............ 95 per cent 
Tes er. ee 05-per cent Melon... .3......... 90 per cent 
nue ee 16D -per_cent®:~ Clete. es ee 80 per cent 
Osbbage «505. 5s Sa: oe percent: Onion: cs 85 per cent 
CRN 6 Sas 85 per cent ‘Parsley ............. 70 per cent 
Cauliflower ........ BG ‘percent -Paranip .. <. .5.cis cass 75 per cent 
COME soc6 css. _= Ss See. See ee 98 per cent 
Fo) Sas eee 85 per cent Radish ............. 95 per cent 
Cucumber .......... 90 per cent Squash ............. 90 per cent 
Ege-plant .......... 80 per cent Tomato ............ 90 per cent 
Mt 86 per cont... ‘Turpip- -....05.5.0 95 per cent 
* Each beet seed is really a fruit containing 2-7 seeds. 
NOTES 
Volume IV, Number 2, of the Annals of the Missouri 
be ae Garden has been issued with the following con- 
nts: : 
“Studies in the Physiology of the Fungi. III. Physical 
Properties of Wood in Relation to Decay Induced by Len- 
zites saepiaria Fries.” §. M. Zeller. 
“Studies in the Physiology of the Fungi. Iv. The 
Growth of Certain Fungi in Plant Decoctions.” B. M. Dug- 
gar, J. W. Severy, and H. Schmitz. : 
carn in the Mosaic Diseases of Plants.” G. W. Frei- 
rg. 
Mr. John Noyes, Landscape Designer to the Garden, at- 
it: 
tended the National Conference on City Planning at Kansas 
City, May 7-9. 
