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TABLE III. 

 Germination Experiments in Solutions of Sucrose and Agar 



In none of the fifty combinations tried were we able to ob- 

 serve any sign of real germination. It was not until a combin- 

 ation of sucrose and agar was used that germination took 

 place. 



Table III shows the series of varying concentrations and 

 proportions of the sucrose-agar mixture tried and it is interest- 

 ing as bringing out the fact that it is necessary to have not only 

 the proper substances in order to induce germination, but they 

 must be present in the proper proportion and concentrations. 



