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more cellulose. No root-hairs were developed on thdhvind exposed seedlings 

 while plenty of root-hairs were formed on the control seedlings kept in still 

 atmosphere. 



The author thinks that th6 retardation of growth in the seedlings is not 

 due to the shaking produced by the motor, because seeds sheltered from wind 

 but submitted to the shaking grew quite as well as the control seeds. He 

 thinks " that the stunting effect produced by the wind is not only due to a less 

 favorable wetting, but to greater cooling. The growing point may be robbed 

 by wind of heat which is produced in the cellular growth processes — heat 

 which facilitates growth." 



M.O.P. 



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