APPENDIX. 



DETAILED DATA ON WHICH SUMMARY TABLES IN TEXT ARE 



BASED. 



I. Plants grown in distilled water. 

 PLANT AXES (PLUMULE+ROOTLET). 



Age of plant. 



Grams in 100 plants. 



Nitrogen. 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid. 



Potash 



Dry 



weight. 



Percentage in axes. 



Nitrogen. 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid. 



Potash. 



Dry 



'eight. 



weig. 



Original seed 



2 days 



3 days 



4 days 



5 days 



6 days 



7 days 



9 days 



12 days 



0. 05108 



.01174 

 .01684 

 .02414 

 .03312 

 . 03986 

 . 04492 

 . 04996 

 . 04752 



0.0328 



.0055 

 .0088 

 .0108 

 .0122 

 . 0166 

 .0180 

 .0232 

 .0245 



0. 0194 



.0073 

 .0116 

 .0190 

 .0209 

 .0209 

 .0217 

 .0252 

 . 02G0 



3.495 



.207 



.360 



.589 



.840 



1.035 



1.140 



1.549 



1.542 



23.0 

 33.0 

 47.2 

 64.8 

 78.0 

 88.0 

 97.7 

 93.0 



16.8 

 26.8 

 32.9 

 37.2 

 50.6 

 54.9 

 70.8 

 74.7 



37.6 

 59.8 

 98.0 

 108.0 

 108.0 

 112.0 

 130.0 

 134.0 



SEEDS, 



Age of plant. 



Grams in 100 residual seeds. 



Nitrogen. 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid. 



Potash. 



Dry 



weight. 



Percentage left in seed. 



Nitrogen 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid. 



Potash, 



Dry 



weight. 



Original seed 



2 days , 



3 days , 



4 days , 



5 days , 



6 days , 



7 days 



9 days , 



12 days 



0.05108 



. 04436 

 .03650 

 . 02976 

 . 02246 

 . 01964 

 . 01684 

 .01236 



0. 0328 



. 0268 

 . 0240 

 .0215 



"'."6i.58' 

 . 0143 

 .0105 

 .0067 



0. 0194 



.0113 

 .0102 

 .0069 

 .0043 

 .0043 

 .0023 

 .0016 

 .00077 



3.495 



3.273 

 2.910 

 2.689 

 2.178 

 1.865 

 1.622 

 1.078 

 .590 



86.8 

 71.4 

 58.2 

 43.9 

 38.4 

 33.0 

 24.2 

 17.6 



81.7 

 73.2 

 65.5 



48.2 

 43.6 

 32.0 

 20.4 



58.3 

 52.6 

 35.6 

 22.1 

 22.1 

 11.9 

 8.3 

 4.0 



II. Plants ^rown in 64 parts per million phosphoric acid solution. 



(Plumule+rootlet. ) 







Grams in 100 plants. 



Percentage in axes. 



Age of plant. 



Nitrogen. 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid. 



Potash. 



Dry 



weight. 



Nitrogen. 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid. 



Potash. 



Dry 

 weight. 





0.01066 

 . 03312 

 .04098 

 . 04771 

 . 04996 



0. 0060 

 .0157 

 .0235 

 .0296 

 .0350 



0.0062 

 .0171 

 .0201 

 .0217 

 .0201 



0.189 

 .809 

 1.268 

 1.536 

 1.667 



20.9 

 64.8 

 80.2 

 93.4 

 97.8 



18.3 

 47.9 

 71.7 

 90.2 

 107.0 



32.0 

 88.1 

 104.0 

 112.0 

 104.0 



5 



4 days 



23 



6 days 



36 



9 days 



44 



12 days 



48 









GROWN IN DISTILLED WATER (CONTROL). 









0. 05108 



.00954 

 .0281 

 . 03761 

 . 04715 

 . 04771 



0.0328 



.0055 

 .0107 

 .0176 

 . 0210 

 .0260 



0. 0194 



.0058 

 . 0135 

 .0201 

 .0178 

 .0207 



3.50 



.179 



.689 

 L294 

 1. 4.35 

 1.498 











2 days 



18.6 

 55.0 

 73.6 

 92.2 

 93.4 



16.7 

 32.6 

 53.7 

 64.0 

 79.3 



29.9 

 69.6 



104.0 

 91.8 



107.0 



6 





20 



6 days 



37 





41 



12 days 



43 







30 



