The Blooming ok Timothy. 



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TABl.lv I. 

 Showixg thk XtmbivR ok Days Ixdin idiai. Hkads \\'i:kk in liuooM, 1910 



The entire period covered by these dates was favorable for 

 the blooming of timothy with the exception of July 8 and 17 on 

 which davs no bloom appeared. An inspection of the tifth 

 column of the above table shows that, in the material under 

 observation, the duration of bloom of a sin,y,le head varied from 

 seven to ten davs. That the ];eri()d of bloom deijends, to some 

 extent at least, uj on the in<lividualil\- of the plant ma\- be seen 

 by comparing the average number of days for those plants in 



