OF THE COCOANUT DURlNf. GERMINATION 



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General Composition of the Parts ok the germinated CocoANur. — Continued 



2. This nut represented germination after ten months and was 

 essentially like the preceding in all respects. The roots were 

 thicker and a number of good sized ones had not yet proceeded 

 through the husk. Their ends were soft and watery, rounded and 

 blunt. Analyses of this nut are referred to in the tables on pages 

 354-355 by the numeral 2. 



3. Essentially the same as No. 2, both in stage of develop- 

 ment and conditions of parts, although the time of germination 

 was about two months longer. Analyses of the parts of this nut 

 are referred to in the tables on pages 354-355 by the numeral 3. 



This nut had germinated for just about a year. The follow- 



