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WILL SEEDS SPROUT MORE THAN ONCE? 



WooU-inottdow grasH, 1 pi>r centt 

 Moadow fi'scuo, 7 \wv cent. 

 Sweet Teriml, IT) per cpiit. 

 Tall feacue, 1 1 per cent. 

 Darnel spiked fcMcuts .T per i-ent. 

 Orchard grass, ^7 per cent. 

 Hungarian grass, 51 per cent. 

 Yellow oat grass, 1 1 per cent. 

 Timothy, OH per cent. 

 Italian rye-grass, 31 per cent. 



Creeping bent, 3 p«'r cent. 

 Crested dog's-tail, 8 per cent. 



Large red clover, 88 per rent, 

 ^lediiun red clover, 88 pi-r cent* 

 Bokhara clover, 48 per cent. 

 Italian clover, 83 per cent. 

 Lucerne, 74 per cent. 

 ■WHuto clover, 84 per cent. 

 Alsike clover, 04 per cent. 



The writer had kept some homo grown seeds at tlio Af^rricult- 

 uriil Collcn^o for two or thrco years m several ditreront rooms, one 

 of wliich was a damp hasemcnt. These seeds were shelled out, 

 as were the seeds taken from the samj)les purchased from the 

 Now York seedsman : 



NEW YORK SEEDS. 



Shr(i>der'8 Broniua, 64 per cent. 

 Sheep's fescue, ])er cent. 

 .June grass, 6 i)er cent. 

 Rye-grass, 18 per cent. 

 Meadow fescue, per cent. 

 Orchard grass, 06 per cent. 

 Red clover, 94 per cent. 



COLLEOE SEEDS 

 Shrcedi'r's Broiuus, 96 per cent. 

 Sheep's fescue, 73 jx-r cent. 

 June grass, 38 per cent. 

 Rye-grass, 74 per cent, 

 ^leadow fescue, 93 per cent. 

 Orchard grass, 83 per cent. 

 Red clover, 53 per cent. 



Seeds taken from packages with low vitality will vary mucli in 

 different tests, but good fresh seeds run high and quite uniform. 

 Good seeds will stand the most abuse. 



Will Seeds Sprout More Thau Once? — It is the opinion of 

 many that seeds once sprouted and well dried will never sprout 

 again. "To sprout" means "to germinate," "to vegetate," 

 "to begin to grow," "to shoot, as the seed or the root of a 

 plant." In each of the cases considered the roots died at the 

 end of each test, and new ones pushed out when moistened. 

 The same ^;?wm?<?e lived over, or endured all the changes. 

 Wheat and rye and oats will start to grow after drying for several 

 times, often for six or more times. 



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