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Seeds— Continued . 



germination — continued. 



in light, (31) 222, 323. 



oxygenated water, (36) 29. 

 partially sterilized soils, (30) 225. 

 salt solutions, (29) 218; (38) 429. 



physiology, (33) 29. 



promoting, (28) 395. 



role of oxygen in, (30) 629. 



studies, (26) 531; (27) 220; (29) 828; (30) 30; 

 (32) 329; (33) 310, 825, 826; (39) 526. 



tests, (26) 44, 200; (28) 327, 339, 639; (29) 143; 

 (30) 235, 837; (31) 43; (37) 26. 

 germination tests— 



in natural mediums, (31) 633. 



suggestions for, (29) 740. 



tolerance table, (37) 541. 



V. electrical response in, (35) 523. 



variable results of, (30) 141. 

 germinative ability and vegetative force, (29) 



740. 

 grain, as aflected by environment, (40) 233. 

 graminaceous, rust in, (32) 642. 

 growing and storing, (31) 139. 

 growing on the farm, (35) 140. 

 hard, germination, (31) 228; (34) 225. 

 hard, treatment, (28) 434. 

 heteromorphic, germination, (28) 631. 

 histological characteristics, (27) 112. 

 home-grown, (40) 340. 

 hydrolytic changes in, (32) 626. 

 identiflcation, biological method, (32) 42. 

 immature, formation of starch in, (33) 523. 

 impermeable, viability, (35) 740. 

 importation law, (28) 536. 

 imported, control and disinfection, (27) 656. 

 imports, (26) 128, 629; (27) 329, 637; (28) 332; (29) 

 424; (30) 730; (31) 327; (32) 628; (33) 827; (34) 

 336, 527; (35) 29; (37) 819; (38) 629; (39) 226, 333, 

 632; (40) 327. 

 improved, distribution in Kansas, (26) 131. 

 improvement, (28) 536. 



improvement in Canada, (28) 739; (37) 141, 831. 

 improvement in Sweden, (27) 437. 

 impurities of, treatise, (31) 835. 

 in relation to number of ovules, (31) 523. 

 influence of environmental conditions, (40) 727. 

 injuries by disinfectants, (32) 647. 

 insects affecting, (26) 453. 

 large v. small in plant production, (31) 634. 

 lead arsenate in, (27) 243. 

 legume, investigations, (40) 39. 

 leguminous, as affected by heat, (33) 629. 

 leguminous, ash analyses, (29) 861. 

 lessons on, (31) 394. 

 longevity, (32) 634. 



longevity in relation to temperature, (37) 725. 

 longevity tests, (40) 339. 

 loss of viability in storage, (37) 725. 

 maturation, (36) 731, 824. 

 measuring expansive force of, (35) 28. 

 medicinal, notes, (30) 145. 

 methods of analysis, (31) 806; (32) 741. 

 moisture intake at various temperatures, (35) 



222. 

 nitrogen distribution in, determination, (40) 



502. 

 of Bombay, germination tests, (27) 39. 



cultivated plants and their identiflcation, 



(38) 240. 

 fleshy fruits, germination, (38) 224. 

 Japanese Brassica, (40) 626. 

 Leguminosae, (31) 523. 

 trees and shrubs in France, (26) 642. 

 oil, see Oil seeds. 



packeted vegetable, germination tests, (28) 143. 

 parasites in, (39) 225. 

 parasitic infection of, (35) 244. 

 pedigreed- 

 dissemination, (37) 437. 



inspecting and distributing, (40) 233. 



value, (40) 228. 

 permeability, selective, (37) 25. 

 persistence and vitality of bacteria on, (26) 820. 

 phosphorus compounds in, (26) 601. 

 phosphorus content, variation in, (27) 108. 

 planting depths, (40) 227. 

 position in planting, (40) 635. 



Seeds— Continued. 



powdered, respiration, (27) 220. 

 preparation, (26) 436. 

 preparation and mounting, (34) 94. 

 preservation, (36) 340. 

 prices and movement in 1916, (37) 492. 

 production, handling, and marketing, (38) 343. 

 protection from insects, (39) 444. 

 protection from rodents, (31) 846. 

 proteins of, difierentiation, (34) 577. 

 pure, importance of, (26) 44. 

 purity- 

 tests, (27) 342. 



tests, apparatus and methods, (34) 832. 



tests by "count," (31) 139. 



variations, tolerance table, (30) 442. 

 registered, in Canada, (30) 738. 

 relation — 



of color to germination, (27) 431. 



size to development and anatomy of 



plants, (30) 725. 

 size to plant yield, (26) 434. 

 weight to germinability, (30) 522. 



to number of ovules, (29) 829; (33) 130. 

 reserve material of, elTect of suppression, (30) 132. 

 resistance to desiccation, (40) 39. 

 respiration coefficient of, (29) 525. 

 rest period in, (31) 335; (33) 520. 

 ripening, protein formation in, (26) 729. 

 ripening, reversibility of physiological processes 



in, (29) 526. 

 role of caflein in, (26) 823. 

 rust spores in, (30) 241. 

 sampling, (34) 832; (40) 145. 

 sampling device for, (33) 836. 

 saving, (40) 147. 

 size and sprout value, relation to yield of small 



grain, (38) 732. 

 small, improvement,' (26) 838. 

 standards in Canada, (26) 839. 

 sterile preservation, (33) 727. 

 sterility and delayed germination in, (35) 223. 

 sterilization, (27) 28; (28) 727; (29) 243, 844; (35) 



46; (38) 629. 

 stored — 



factors affecting viability, (30) 837. 



insects affecting, (39) 161. 



variations in weight of, (31) 235. 

 storing in glass bottles and other containers, 



(32) 833. 

 submerged, longevity, (33) 30. 

 swelling and germination, (36) 29. 

 threshing, cleaning, and grading, (30) 488. 

 translocation of mineral constituents, (34) 427. 

 transmission of diseases by, (36) 844. 

 transportation regulations, (30) 346. 

 valuation, (30) 40. 

 variability in, (30) 331. 

 variation in color, (26) 36. 

 vegetable, breeding work, (40) 833. 

 vegetable, growing in Canada, (34) 635. 

 viability, (26) 819; (40) 299. 

 viabUity as aflected by cold, (27) 329. 

 vitality, (27) 739. 

 vitality- 

 after passing through cattle, (34) 531; (36) 

 223. 



conservation, (31) 824. 



detection, (29) 836. 



electrical method for determining, (35) 523. 



experiments, (38) 224. 



in grain screenings, (29) 366. 

 weed — see also Weed seeds. 



analyses, (28) 464. 



analyses and digestibility, (29) 366. 



as aflected by sulphuric acid, (27) 524. 



as an adulterant in feeds, (30) 466. 



buried, (39) 239. 



content, (34) 832. 



description, (31) 835; (34) 143; (36) 534. 



description and key, (38) 343. 



destruction, (30) 826. 



determination in soils, (30) 838. 



dispersal by birds, (30) 248; (31) 547. 



germination, (27) 132; (28) 427. 



germination after passing through digestive 

 tract, (26) 839; (29) 367. 



germination studies, (30) 332. 



