22 EFFECT OF SOLUBLE SALTS UPON PLANTS. 



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Sachs, remarks on evaporation and transpiration from plants 14, 18 



Salts, soluble, effect of excess on absorbing power of roots 17 



on color of leaves 9 



formation of bloom 9-11 



plant structure 8-13 



plants, methods of determining 8-9 



size of epidermal cells 12-13 



thickness of cuticle 11 



transpiration 13-16 



effects, summary of results of experiments 18-19 



experiments, significance of results 10-18 



Schleiden, observation of wax on plants 10 



Sodium bicarbonate, stimulating effect on growth of wheat seedlings 18 



chlorid, percentages in experiment soils 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19 



sulphate, stimulating effect on growth of wheat seedlings 18 



Soil, garden, used in experiment 8 



saline, used in experiment, source and character 8 



used in transpiration experiment with wheat 15 



Soluble salts. See Salts, soluble. 



Stomata on leaf surfaces, relation of bloom, distribution 10-11 



Summary of bulletin 18-19 



Transpiration, cause of stimulation by weak salt solutions 18 



effect of growth in saline soils, conclusions 19 



factors causing reduction 17-18 



from wheat leaves, method of testing 13, 15 



retarding effect of strong salt solutions 13-14 



stimulating effect of weak salt solutions 15-16 



Trifolium species, development of bloom on leaf surfaces 10, 11 



Triticum durum. See Wheat. 

 Wax. See Bloom. 



Wheat, dimensions of epidermal cells, effects of salts in soils 12 



growth on saline soils 9 



thickness of cuticle, effects of salts in soils 11 



transpiration as affected by strong salt solutions 13-14 



weak salt solutions 15-16 



W T ulff , study of bloom on plants 10 



Xerophytic characters, induced by salts in soils 17 



plants, characteristics 16, 17 



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