ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. Wild rice growing in water after being kept wet in cold storage at a 

 temperature of 32-34° F., from October 19, 1903, to November 15, 



1904 16 



II. Stages of germination of wild rice, showing the development of the 

 root system and the relative position of the seedling and the parent 



seed 16 



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