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Table V. — Shoioing the Degree of Retardation and Acceleration in 

 Oermination of Seeds soaked for Six Hours in Decoctions of Differ- 

 ent Strengths made by diluting 600 ex. of Water which had per- 

 colated through 400 Grains of Soil treated as below. 



This table mves the results of o-ermination durino- the first 



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twenty-four hours of 42,000 seeds, and the degree of accel- 

 eration obtained corresponds in a general way with the total 

 number germinated as given in the preceding tables ; or, in 

 other words, the relationship between acceleration and the 

 total number of seeds germinated is similar. Coiniiaring 

 the average numl)er of seeds germinated during the first 

 twenty-four hours by the various treatments with tap water, 

 there are no important dilierences shown. On the whole, 



