THE METABOLISM OF PLANTS. 



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The following are some of Haberlandt's results : the temperatures 

 given are those of the water in which the seeds were soaked. 



It will be seen that the effect of the warm water was most 

 marked in the case of those seeds which had been previously 

 soaked in water. 



Fiedler made the following important observations upon 

 the relation between the presence of a considerable quantity 

 of water in seeds and the temperatures which prove fatal to 

 them. 



He made comparative experiments on seeds which were dry, and on 

 similar seeds which had been previously soaked for 24 hours in water : 



