37° 



BOTANICAL GAZETTE 



[may 



through a period of several weeks on seeds ripened for about three 



months 



element in drying 



same time 



two seeds were used in each test. At the 



% 



to have the temperature of seeds and water equal at the beginning 

 of the measurements in each test. Table III shows the results of 



TABLE VI 



Water intake in split 



• 



PEAS IN 



PERCENTAGE OF 



AIR-DRY 



WEIGHT 





Time 



Tom Thumb Yellow 



Green Canada field pea 



Small Scotch Yellow 



(minutes) 



1 



5° 20 



35° 



5° 20 



35° 



... 



• 5° 



20 



35° 



* • • • ■ 

 j • • • • 



IO. . . . 



15 ■ . • . 



20. . . . 



300 



7.28 



10.48 



13-05 



376 

 8.60 



12.63 



I5-50 



438 

 •IO.I9 



I4.90 



l8.69 



22.IO 



27.78 

 32.24 



3.17 

 798 



n-73 

 14.61 



4.09 

 9.20 



1349 

 16.68 



5-54 

 14.01 



20.30 



25.62 



30.94 



41.59 

 52-33 



1.77 

 1 7.26 



11.50 

 15.58 



5.38 

 13.26 



19.98 



25.09 



5-77 

 16.34 

 26.54 



33-65 

 41-54 



30 — 



40. . . . 



16.79 



21.15 



1933 



22.98 



22.48 



33 69 



1 ^^ * 



54-23 

 63-75 



45 



48 



20.02 



26.16 



23.08 



28.78 



26.64 





\^ 9 *r 



43 01 





SO. . . . 







36.78 



42.34 

 50.34 



59 05 

 64.27 



68.69 







68.24 

 80.40 



8936 



9273 

 94.68 



96.25 





69.04 



60. . . . 

 70. . . . 



22.83 



30.11 



26.35 



34.96 



29.82 



50.89 



73-56 

 74.04 



75 



80 



25.67 



33-33 



29.23 







42.52 



36.37 



58.24 



w • 



90. . . . 

 100. . . . 



28.09 



37 28 



3231 



50.4I 



40.OO 



6959 



* 





105 



120. . . . 



135- . • • 



30.58 



33.00 



45-34 

 51-61 



57-21 

 62 .01 



67.16 

 7o.74 



3591 

 3817 



64.76 



73.96 

 79.48 

 82.99 



4337 

 45-66 



48.85 



Si-86 

 54 07 



68.10 



70-34 

 72.58 



• 



I ^O 



36.81 





43-89 





16s 







180 



40.79 



44.92 





48.94 

 55 10 ! 











2IO. . . . 













22K .... 











6i.59 







240. . . . 

 270. . . . 

 300. .. . 



330 — 



345 • • • • 



4940 

 54.42 



60. 19 

 66. 11 



i 





66.87 

 68.22 

 72.60 

























# 











* 



























69.91 







360. . . . 

 390 — 



7187 

 7367 

















































five experiments at 5 C. In the last column is shown the per- 

 centage of the averages of intake. This percentage of the averages 

 must not be confused with the avpraap r»f tV.<> nprrpn t a *res . which 



different set of figu 



zing 



variable groups we have used the percentage of the averages in 



construct 



