286 



MILDRED SPARGO 



TABLE 6-a (Spring) 



Pirus communis 



Leaves quite young, picked out of doors May 5. Experiment ended May 4, 

 1911. 



* Containing 3 kg. 



t Containing 385 grams. 



J Containing 35 grams. 



When the leaves were removed, on May 4, those in the carboy had begun to 

 decompose; those in the 2-litre and Dewar flasks were brownish, many of them 

 decidedly brown, and spotted, and had a noticeable odor of fermentation. 



