can be proven by placin?-^ an opened capsnle in water, 

 ^fhen after some hours it will '•lose entirely, and will 

 open af^ain on beinf; dried. 



Germination . 



The seed taus distributed lie on the -ground "f'or 

 two winters ,accordinf; to Baily (1), sproutin*^ the sec- 

 ond year. Under trees which fruited abundantly in the 

 fall of 1901, but where the crop was a failure in 1900 

 it was not possible to find youn?^ seedlinj^s in I'.ay, 

 1902, thouf^h r'lany seeds were ^ound. Under trees which 

 fruited in 1900 it was easy to ":et youn;^ seedlinfrs in 

 various stares. The cotyledons reinain in the seed 

 coats until thoy have absorbed the stored up nourish- 

 ment of the endosperm (Fip;. 41), they are then freed 



