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of the atmospheric oxygen thereby producing a diurnal 

 variation of the needle. There is the negative condition 

 of the earth and the positive condition electrically speak- 

 ing of the upper atmosphere keeping up a constant 

 current of different electrical conditions, and the effect 

 of a sudden thunder storm destroying a whole sitting 

 of eggs shows the influence of electrical phenomena on 

 early life, and then there is the constant radiation from 

 the earth's surface of radium, any of which might be 

 sufficient cause. Or must we still go back to protoplasmic 

 memory. 



If the averages noted in these thoughts and observa- 

 tions are borne out and verified by other observers, the 

 natural result would be to breed out white-legged horses, 

 and in the meantime for governments to refuse to pur- 

 chase them. In the selection of seeds for the propagation 

 of plants, seek out those that have been grown earliest 

 and on the right side of carpellary leaf. 



The first evidence which may solve the riddle found 

 in Crystalline bodies — it is well known that the asym- 

 metric carbon atom in organic compounds determines 

 whether the plane of polarized light be rotated to the 

 right or to the left, or whether the amount of asymmetric 

 right and left-handed rotation be equal we have an in- 

 active compound which does not affect the plane of 

 polarized light. 



Starch and sugar are most plentifully present in 

 the vegetable kingdom. 



Starch has the formula, C 6 H 10 O 5 



in endless varieties of plants. 

 Dextrin in varieties of plants, C 6 H 10 B 

 Inuline, Dahlias and Artichokes, C 6 H 10 O 6 

 Moss starch. 



Inuline, Dahlias and Artichokes, C 6 H 10 5 

 Glycogen animal starch, C 6 H 10 O 5 



Glycogen, being found in the mollusca — in the surround- 

 ings of the infant in embryo — and is leave notary. 



