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WILTING COEFFICIENT FOR DIFFERENT PLANTS. 



Table XIII. — Wilting -coefficient determinations in soil No. 30 (fine sandy loam), 

 moisture equivalent 18.5, for different plants grown simultaneously in the same pot 

 with Kubanka wheat — Continued. 



Plant species or variety. 



Coeffi- 

 cient. 



Mean. 



Comparison with Kubanka wheat. 



Grasses— Continued . 



9.2 

 9.6 

 9.3 



9.5 

 9.7 



9.7 



9.2 

 9.4 

 9.0 

 9.0 

 8.9 

 9.0 

 9.2 

 9.3 

 9.7 

 8.9 

 8.8 

 9.7 

 9.0 

 9.3 

 8.9 

 10.0 

 9.1 

 9.2 

 8.7 

 9.2 

 9.6 

 9.0 

 9.8 

 10.3 

 10.1 

 10.4 

 10.0 

 9.8 

 10.1 

 9.6 



11.0 

 10.2 

 10.1 

 10.4 

 9.9 



8.9 

 9.1 



8.7 



10.3 

 10.6 

 10.2 

 9.6 

 9.9 

 10.4 

 9.1 

 10.1 



10.2 

 9.3 

 9.4 

 9.9 



8.9 

 9.6 

 9.9 



10.1 

 8.5 

 8.2 



9.4 

 9.6 



9.4 

 11.0 



10.2 

 8.9 



10.0 



9.8 

 9.5 

 8.9 





Do 





Do 



Wilted simultaneously. 





Do 



Do. 







Alfalfa: 



Grimm, S. P. I. 25695 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do.... 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 



Do.l 



Vetch: 



Viciafaba. S. P. 1. 15428 



Do.' 1 



Vicia atropurpurea, S. P. I. 18132... 

 Do 





Do 





Do 



Wilted simultaneously. Vicia does not look 



Vicia ervilia 



badly wilted, but could not recover in damp 

 chamber. 



Do 





Do 



Wilted simultaneously. Leaves wilt, but 



Melilotus alba, S. P. I. 21216 



remain upright. 



Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 





Do 



Wilted simultaneously.^ 



Canada field pea, S. P. 1. 19389 





Do 





Do 





Do 



Wilted simultaneously. Lower leaves of pea 

 wilt first. 



Cowpea, S. P. I. 26497 



Do 





Do 



Wilted simultaneously. 



Chick-pea 



Do 





Do 



Wilted simultaneously. Could not recover 

 in damp chamber. Chick-pea leaves do 

 not droop; they merely fold together. 





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