120 



BOTANICAL GAZETTE 



[august 



we should compare others made a year later. Except where 

 explicitly stated otherwise, the quantities used were 10 grams of 

 seed. These were selected as well as possible to insure soundness, 

 hulled, washed quickly in a saturated aqueous solution of corrosive 



TABLE X 



Date 



23 

 24 



Oats no. 444 



Time 



March 20 



20 

 21 

 21 



22 

 22 



9:00 A.M. 



4:30 P.M. 



9:00 A.M. 



4:30 P.M. 

 10:30 A.M. 



4:00 P.M. 

 IIIOO A. 



Ii:oO A.M. 



Room 



i6? 5 C 

 16.4 



16.4 

 16.4 

 16.4 

 16.3 

 16.3 

 16.2 



Increase in temperature between first 



and highest readings 



1909 



i6?9 C. 



17.8 



18.7 



19-3 

 21.9 



23.0 



23-3 

 20.3 . 



6?4 



1910 



i7?oC. 

 17.6 



18.3 

 18.6 



19.9 



20.4 

 22.5 



233 



6?3 



1911 



i7?oC 

 18.0 



19.4 

 20.5 



25.0 



26.1 



24.7 



20.7 



9-i 



Date 



March 26 



27 

 27 

 28 

 28 

 29 

 29 



30 

 30 



3i 



TABLE XI 

 Wisconsin oats 



Time 



6:00 P.M. 

 9:00 A.M. 

 4:00 P.M. 

 9:00 A.M. 

 4:30 P.M. 

 9:00 A.M. 

 6:30 P.M. 

 Ii:0O A.M. 

 7:30 P.M. 

 9*.00 A.M. 



Room 1904 



i6?2C 

 16. 1 

 16. 1 

 16. 1 

 16. 1 

 16.2 

 16.3 

 16.3 

 16.4 

 16.4 



Increase in temperature be- 

 tween first and highest 



readings 



16V2C 



16.9 



17.0 



17-3 



17.6 



18.3 

 18.9 

 19.8 

 19.9 

 19.7 



3^3 



1905 



i6?6C 



17. 1 

 17.2 



17.8 



18.2 



19.6 



20.5 



20.5 



20.4 



20.0 



3-9 



I906 



i6? 5 C 



16.8 



16.8 



17. 1 



17. 2 

 17.7 

 18.0 

 18.7 

 18.9 

 18.9 



2?4 



1907 



1908 



i6?5C. i6?8C 



16.9 



17.0 



i7.4 



17.7 

 18. 5 

 19.2 



19.7 

 19.7 



19.6 



17.8 

 18.2 

 20.2 

 21 .9 

 26.8 



26.8 



24-3 

 23.1 



21 .7 



3?2 



10. o 



1909 



1910 



i6?7C 



17.6 



18.0 



19.4 

 20.6 



149 



28.4 



30.0 

 28.6 

 26.3 



i3°3 



i6?7C 

 17.2 



17.4 

 18.0 



18.4 

 19.6 



20.5 

 20.8 

 20.6 

 20.3 



1911 



4 ?2 



i6?7C 



17.5 

 17-85 



19-3 

 20.4 



24.0 

 25.0 



23 9 

 23.1 



22.1 



8?3 



sublimate, and rinsed four times in sterile distilled water. They 

 were then put into the Dewar flasks, which had been previously 

 sterilized, together with the thermometers, and covered for 24 hours 

 with sterile distilled water. At the end of this time the water was 

 poured off. The data are given in tables X-XIY. 



