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the germination of " buggy" peas as contrasted with 

 that of uninjured peas of the same variety: 



Where . No. of seeds No. germi- 

 Seeds tested planted nated 



Early peas of moderate size, smooth, 



sound Soaked in water 50 Nearly all 



" "buggy", p.. . . " " 50 1 



" " sound Greenhouse 25 25 



" " "buggy" . . . . " 25 4 



" " sound .... . Soil in June 12 12 



11 " "buggy" " " 25 3 



These peas were tested in the spring from seeds 

 grown the previous season. "The weevil -eaten seeds 

 produced feeble plants." A year later the same lot 

 of seeds was used for a second experiment. Five 

 hundred of the weevil -eaten peas were divided into 

 ten lots of fifty each and tested in a greenhouse. 

 Alongside these the same number of sound peas were 

 tested, all but four of which, or 99.2 per cent, germi- 

 nated. The table gives the figures for the injured 

 seeds : 



First lot of 50 12 grew 



Second lot of 50 . 10 " 



Third lot of 50 8 " 



Fourth lot of 50 12 " 



Fifth lot of 50 17 " 



Sixth lot of 50 11 " 



Seventh lot of 50 12 " 



Eighth lot of 50 18 " 



Ninth lot of 50 17 " 



Tenth lot of 50 13 ' ' 



130, or 26 per cent 



