1 86 STUDIES IN SEEDS AND FRUITS 



to contrast them we must look for some other point of difference than 

 that presented by their water-contents. 



(3) It is shown that the permeable and impermeable seed, when 

 their differences are viewed from this standpoint, may be contrasted as 

 respects their water of hygroscopicity, which is least in the impermeable i 

 seed and greatest in the permeable seed. 



. (4) The lesson of the balance is that the true resting seed has no 

 use for any free water that it holds. 



