U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY BULLETIN NO. 58. 



B. T. (iALLOWAY, <'/ii<f <>/ Jinmiii. 



THE 



VITALITY AND GERMINATION OF SEEDS. 



BY 



J. W. T. DUVEL, 



ASSISTANT IN THE SEED LABORATORY. 



BOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS. 



ISSUEL> MAY 28, 1904. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1904. 



