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L<ik< ( '////, Fl<(. The seeds were sent to Lake City on February 9, 

 The first complete set was returned on June 18, after 129 days. 

 The second complete set was returned October 1, after 234 days. The 

 "trade conditions" at Lake City were supplied by keeping the seeds 

 in a small, one-story frame building, the doors of which were open the 

 greater part of the time. This building was not heated, and the seeds 

 were stored approximately 5 feet from the ground. " Dry room" 

 conditions were those of a storage room on the fourth floor of the 

 main building of the Florida Agricultural College. The third set was 

 kept in a small bulletin room in the basement of the same building. 



Mobile, Ala. The seeds were sent to Mobile on February 17, 1900. 

 One set was received in return on July 7, after 180 days. The other 

 set was received on November 6, after 262 days. The "trade condi- 

 tions " in this case consisted of a comparatively open attic in a one-story 

 frame dwelling. The set in a "dry room" was kept in a kitchen on a 

 shelf 5 feet from the floor, and not more than 6 feet distant from the 

 stove. Here they were subjected to the action of artificial heat through- 

 out the entire period. a The seeds under "basement" conditions were 

 kept in a small cellar, which during the season of 1900 was very moist. 



Auburn, Ala. The seeds were sent to Auburn on February 17, 

 1900. The first complete set was received in return on May 30, the 

 second on November 19 of the same year, or after 102 and 275 days, 

 respectively. " Trade conditions " consisted of an office room connected 

 with a greenhouse, with the doors frequently standing open; "dry 

 room" conditions were obtained in the culture room of the biological 

 laboratory on the third floor of the main building of the Alabama 

 Polytechnic Institute, "basement" conditions being found in the base- 

 ment of the same building, a comparatively cool situation, yet with a 

 relatively high degree of humidity. 



Baton Rouge, La. The seeds were sent to Baton Rouge on February 

 17, 1900. On June 18 the first complete set was received in return. 

 The second set remained until October 22, making the time of absence 

 121 days for the first and 247 for the second set. "Trade conditions" 

 at Baton Rouge were furnished by keeping the seeds throughout the 

 entire time of the experiment on shelves in a grocery store, the doors 

 of which were not closed except at night. These conditions were thus 

 identical with those to which seeds are subjected when placed on sale 

 in small stores. The "dry room" was a class room on the second floor 

 in one of the college buildings. A storeroom in the basement of a 

 private residence, having two sides walled with brick, furnished 

 "basement" conditions. 



a Presumably these were in a dry place, but further evidence showed that the pre- 

 sumption was erroneous. The vapors arising while cooking was being done on the 

 stove gave rise to conditions very detrimental to a prolonged life of the seeds. 

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