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Table III. — Moisture in the Endosperm and in the Embryo of Barleys 

 germinated under different conditions of moisture, and grown at 

 a Temperature of 57° to 58° F., and the ratio of the moisture in 

 the Endosperm to that in the Embryo. 100 Corns taken in each 



' The absolute moisture means the water absorbed during steep, plus the natural 

 moisture of the barley. 



Hungarian Barley 

 Kiln-dried Chevalier do 

 Smyrna do 



Note. — Average Natural Weights of 100 Corns : — 



Grammes. % 



4-327 Natural Moisture . . . 14-46 



5-057 Do. ... 11-13 



5-460 Do. ... 11-90 



The Twisting of the Leaves on the Horizontal 

 Shoots of the Flat-leaved Spruces as constkasted 

 with the same Phenomenon in other Firs, By A. D. 

 Kichardson. 



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