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THE VITALITY AND GERMINATION OF SEEDS. 



TABLE XIII. Percentage of germination of peas subjected to various conditions of xtoraye 



in different localities. 



[Germination of control sample: First test, 95.3 per cent; second test, 95. 7 per cent.] 



The peas retained their vitality much better than the beans. How- 

 ever, the greatest loss in both peas and beans was in the envelopes at 

 Mobile and Baton Rouge. Some of the samples from the envelopes 

 germinated fully as well or even better than the control, but the gen- 

 eral averages of the second tests for all of the localities show a loss of 

 11.45 per cent in "trade conditions," 15.94 per cent in "dry rooms," 

 and 36.63 per cent in "basements." The beans under identical condi- 

 tions lost 29.59, 29.76, and 43.61 per cent, respectively. 



The seeds kept in bottles deviated but very little from the standard 

 of the control. 



