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The Florists^ Review 



.Tanuaiiv 0, 1921 



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it frequently bofimios ovcvfjrovvn witli 

 mold or fungi. 



Sprout Largely Bacteria. 



In as many cases as jtosHittle tlicse 

 water sprouts were carefully separated 

 from tlic seed itself and examined under 

 the microscope. Such examinations 

 showed the sprout to be made up largely 

 of bacteria which were about four mi- 

 crons in lengtli and noninotile or slightly 

 motile. In addition 1o these masses of 

 bacteria one usually finds contained in 

 the liquid some remnants of plant tissue. 

 prol)ably from the seed or caryopsis 

 itself, and often many strands of the 

 mycelium of fungi. In examiniug these 

 mycelial strands from v.nter sprouts 

 from timothy seeds, sjxn'cs of the Alter- 

 iiaria fungus were often found. In 

 separating the water s])rout from 

 timotliy seeds, where they show con- 

 spicuously, the old cary(i|)sis, after the 

 water sprout is removed, renuiius as a 

 more or less dry, mealy substance with 

 some indications of soft rot or decay. 

 There seemed to be unmistakable evi- 

 dence tliat much of the water had been 

 removed from the s(H'd. 



Saprophytic and Parasitic. 



Usually these water-sprouted seeds, 

 both the seed and the s]irout itself, be- 

 came overgrown with a fungus having a 

 white aerial mycelium. However, in cul- 

 tures more than one fungus was found 

 to be present. The fuegi found ap 

 peared to V)e both sajooiiliytic .-nid para 

 sitic on tlie seerl, an<i sapro|>hyti«- on the 

 sjtrout; both of which )iresent ideal con 

 ditions for the growth of fungi. The 

 results of the study to date lead to ii 

 point where it seems safe to venture 

 ' an ojiinion that the fungi and bacteria 

 present have much to do with the cause 

 of this water sprout condition, and in 

 deed much to d<i with the death of the 

 seeds and tlieii' failnr(^ to niatui'e jiroji 

 erly. 



There was evidence obtained to in 

 dicate that the seeds which water-s]iroiit 

 or show this condition are those which 

 fail to geimiuate, being included in the 

 class known as softenecl, (lecayeil or 

 molded. 



Viability May Have Ceased. 



In no case was there ;iny e\ideni(> to 

 indicate true or normal tissue growth, 

 such as is known in complete germina- 

 tion or the resumj)tion of growth of thi^ 

 embryo. In fact, viability may have 

 ceased entirely or tlie seed may have 

 been dead. However, two or three of 

 the phases of the i>rocess known undei- 



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