U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY— BULLETIN NO. 83. 



B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. 



THE 



VITALITY OF BURIED SEEDS. 



J. W. T. DUVEL, 



Assistant in the Seed Laboratory. 



Issued August 4, 1905. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1005. 



