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2. Negative results were obtained for cellulase, cytase, 

 maltase, lactase, sucrase, amidase, and esterase. 



3. The action of all the enzymes isolated was very slow. 



It is a pleasant duty to acknowledge indebtedness to those 

 who in various ways have lent support to this investigation. 

 Such acknowledgments are due Dr. George T. Moore for the 



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privileges of the Missouri Botanical Garden, especially its 

 library and laboratories; to Dr. Benjamin M. Duggar, at 

 whose suggestion the problem was undertaken, and under 

 whose direction and constant kindly interest it has been pur- 

 sued; to Dr. Phillip A. Shaffer, of the Biochemical Labora- 

 tories of the Washington University Medical School, for sug- 

 gestions and advice concerning biochemical methods, and for 

 the courtesy of his laboratory from time to time ; and finally, 

 to the Woods Hole Biological Laboratory, for the privileges 

 extended during the summers of 1913-14. 



Graduate Laboratory, Missouri Botanical Garden. 



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