96 REPORT — 1844. 



The following seeds, preserved in waxed cloth, were also resown;— 



Name and Date when gathered. 



1841. 



81. Hordeum vulgare.. 



82. Avena sativa 



83. Triticum aestivum 



84. Vicia sativa 



85. Brassica oleracea . 



86. Triticum iestivura. 



100 90 



100 05 



100 65 



50 41 



50 20 



100 58 



87. Lasthenia glabrata I 200 100 



No. 

 sown. 



No. of Seeds of each 

 Species which vege- 

 tated at 



P^: Hitcham. FW»- 

 ford. wick 



63 

 41 

 26 

 34 

 15 

 40 

 141 



Time of vegetating 

 in days. 



Ox- Hitchara. ^his- 

 ford. wick 



30 

 18 

 33 

 26 

 33 

 33 

 33 



Remarks. 



"1 Preserved in 

 J open jars. 



Of the 303 packets contributed by Sir W. J. Hooker, 

 32 kinds were gathered in 1800. None of which have yet vegetated. 



7 

 21 



1 

 12 



3 

 16 



1 

 23 

 25 

 18 



7 

 48 

 42 

 47 



1801. 

 1802. 

 1803. 

 1804. 

 1805. 

 1806. 

 1816. 

 1817. 

 1818. 

 1819. 

 1820. 

 1823. 

 1840. 

 1843. 



Of these 6 have failed. 

 One kind only has vegetated. 

 This has not vegetated. 

 These have all failed. 



This has also failed. 



Of these 8 have vegetated. 



.. 7 



. . 7 

 None of these have vegetated. 

 Of these 4 only have vegetated. 



.. 13 



The whole of these seeds were counted and sown on a moderate hot-bed, 

 devoted entirely to them. They were, however, sown rather late in the sea- 

 son, so that in all probability many more of them will yet vegetate. 



The following is a list of the seeds from Sir W. J. Hooker, and the results 

 of the experiments upon them : — 



Name and Date. 



1800. 



1. Aconitum .... 



2. Agrostemma . 



3. Alyssum 



4. Do 



5. Anthericum . 



6. Aquilegia .... 



7. Clemati.'s 



8. Cynoglossum . 



9. Dial) thus .... 



10. Digitalis 



11. Gypsophila . 



12. Heracleum.... 



13. Isatis 



50 

 200 



50 

 150 

 100 

 200 



50 



50 

 150 

 200 

 150 



50 

 100 



Name and Date. 



u. 



15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 



Laserpitium . 



Lychnis 



Lunaria 



Ononis 



Papaver 



Prunella 



Reseda 



Rumex 



Saxifraga .... 



Scabiosa 



Scandix 



Scutellaria 



Do 



Sisyrinchium . 



100 



200 



16 



35 



200 



100 



200 



150 



200 



100 



50 



200 



200 



150 



