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Table I., showing the average percentage of germination of the chief agricul- 

 tural seeds tested at the Station during the years 1900-1909 inclusive : — 



Table II. shows the average annual percentage of purity and germination 

 of the chief agricultural seeds tested at the Station, the total numher 

 of samples of each kind tested, and, for comparison, the 

 percentage of germination of the same-named seeds, as tested 

 Ziiricli and also in the twenty-one German stations : — 



* h = ' hard ' seed, i.e. a seed which has a hard coat and does not germinate within the ordinary 

 limit of time, hut may need several years. Some Stations allow two^out of three such seeds as viable, 

 and count them accordingly. 



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