PROPAGATION BY SEEDS 53 



keep them in a moist warm place day and night (for example, between 

 sheets of moist blotting paper) and note the length of time required 

 for germination. Calculate the percentage of seeds which germinate. 

 Divide the cost for a pound of seeds by this percentage and multiply 

 by a hundred in order to ascertain the actual cost for a pound of 

 germinating seeds. 



