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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Table IV. — Shomiiuj the Effects of Asparagia Solutions upon the 

 Germination of Buckwheat Seeds {Facjopyrum esculentum 

 Moench) . 



STRENGTH OF SOLUTION. 



Percentage of Germination (in Dats). 



Normal, . 

 2 per cent., . 

 1 per cent , . 

 .5 per cent., . 

 .25 percent., . 

 .1 per cent., . 



Normal average (per cent.), 71.0 



Asparagin average (per cent.) o 81.6 



No change in the results were shown when experiment 

 was allowed to remain two days longer. 



Table V. — Showing the Effects of Asparagin Solutions tcpon the 

 Germination of Serradella Seeds (Ornithopus sativits). 



STRENGTH OF SOLUTION. 



Percentage of Germination (in Days). 



(24 Hours). 



Normal, . 

 2 per cent., . 

 1 per cent., 

 .5 per cent , . 

 .25 per cent.,. 

 .1 per cent., . 



Normal average (per cent.), 55.0 



Asparagin average (per cent.), 74.8 



The seeds in this experiment failed to germinate further 

 than shown in the table. Another experiment showed a cor- 

 responding acceleration, and at the end of fifteen days, when 

 no more seed would germinate, the normal gave 54 per 

 cent, and the treated averaged 79 per cent. One experi- 

 ment with asparagus seed showed an acceleration through- 

 out, and gave for the normal 40 per cent., while the treated 

 was 45 per cent., — a gain of little consequence. 



