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added), two stems and five small shoots:— (a) highest leaf touches the top of the shade, 

 and 8 inches of it lie against the wet glass, by which it is injured ; ten leaves ; three hare 

 nodes; (b) 23 inches high; nine Leaves, three upper green, others yellowish ; nodes not 

 clear of the sheath ; not heading yet; (c) three small stems from the hase, G to 8 inches 

 high, ceased to grow, and apparently dying; (d) two small rudimentary shoots; ceased 

 to grow, and dying. 



Main stems — lower leaves yellow or dead; those starting a few inches from the soil 

 numerous, and 12 to 1G inches long; those higher up, 4 to G inches long, green, and 

 healthy; apparently incapable of supporting all the shoots started. 



October 5. — Plants principally increasing in height of stem ; three touch the top of 

 the shade ; upper leaves green. Shaded from the direct sun to prevent injury from the 

 little aqueous lenses formed on the interior of the shade; yet sun apparently wanted 

 for ripening. 



October 24. — Shade entirely full of vegetable matter, some stems touching the top, 

 and leaves touching on all sides. Season for growth about over ; plants seemed stationary 

 during some recent cold weather, but, the last few days being warmer, they have revived 

 again. [This remark applies to all the Cereals.] 



October 26. — Plants taken up; produce from each seed as under: — 



No. 1 (furthest from the ammonia-solution tube), a mass of tufted leaves at the base; 

 five leaves higher up below any visible node, formed before the plants began to run up 

 stem (it was the same with the other plants, and with the leafy growth last year) ; higher 

 up five more leaves, four visible nodes, and a head ; total height 30 inches ; rachis 

 1| inch; three barren joints, and six with unripe seeds. 



No. 2 (third from the tube), two dead shoots at the base, with several leaves each ; 

 twelve leaves higher up on the main stem, lower ones 6 to 9 inches long, upper ones 

 shorter; four nodes visible ; total height 28 inches; rachis lv inch long, three barren 

 joints, and six with glumes and pales, but still green. 



No. 3 (second from the tube), three stems : (a) 6 baches high ; ten long narrow 

 leaves; stem dead, (b) 24 inches high; fourteen leaves below the first node, and three 

 higher up ; two nodes visible; plant still growing and vigorous, (c) Height 31 inches ; 

 twelve leaves below the first node, and three above it ; swelled at the top with a head 

 not yet out. 



No. 4 (nearest the tube), seven plants — five being small shoots 2 to 8 inches high, and 

 two main stems. As mentioned in respect to No. 1, and applicable pretty generally to 

 the Cereals with ammonia, a dense matted mass of leaves below the first node near the 

 base, 8, 12, and 15 inches long, with thick sheaths forming a dense coat at the base of 

 the stem. These plants are individually as follow: — (a) 28 inches high; three nodes; 

 rachis two inches long, with five barren joints, and seven with glumes and pales, and 

 seeds forming, green, (b) 35 inches high ; four risible nodes ; rachis 2i inches long, with 

 five ban-en joints and seven 'with glumes and pales, and shrivelled seeds turning yellow. 



The soil wet, soft, and loose, and not filling up the interstices among the flints. 



