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In the season 1911 12, the Mid-European seed was some years 

 old, and was the worst lot but one I have ever had; it germinated 

 only 53 / . The worst lot was III 18991900. When in the column 

 5 days only a few figures appear in the earlier years, this is 

 naturally accounted for by the fact that the germination after 5 

 days has not been regularly counted, or at least not carried out 

 in accordance with the scheme drawn up by me. 



Danish grown spruce seed is never particularly good. The 

 collectors are not able to clean it well, because it is always dealt 

 with only in small quantities. Some figures regarding the course 

 of germination may be of interest, as the seed is Danish: 



Germination in per cent after 5 10 20 30 days 



188990 1 70 80 



188990 II 30 35 



190405 44 72 75 



191112 57 61 62 



Norwegian and Swedish spruce seed is, on the other hand, a 

 first class article, which, when there is a good harvest of cones, 

 especially in Sweden, plays an important part, and it is as a rule 

 Swedish seed which gives the highest germinating percentage of 

 all. The season 1888 99 shows this splendidly: 



Germination after 10 20 days 



Lot 1 82 85 



II 64 72 



III 95 96 



IV 81 82 



V 95 96 



Since Norway and Sweden have had no cone harvest of recent 

 years, the real value of the seed has fallen off very much, because 

 the kilns have had to be satisfied with cones several yaers old. 

 This is shown by the following figures for Smaland (Central or 

 mid-Sweden) seed: 



Germination after 5 10 20 days 



190809 1 56 66 (+1) 



191112 2 67 69 (+2) 



As an energetic propaganda was made from Norwegian sour- 

 ces (Forstmester Gldersen) thirty years ago, in favour of the We- 



