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that the maximum occurs at the 56 decree temperature and is 

 greater in thirty two hours than it was in the experiment on 

 "Maximum Amount" at the temperature of the laboratory in ninety 

 five hours. At the end of four hours the peas show a gain rel- 

 ative to temperature but at the end of twenty four hours the 

 order is almost completely reversed. This is due to decompo- 

 sition of the peas in the highest and next highest temperatures 

 after eight and twelve hours respectively. Lupines are very 

 peculiar; the individual character of the seeds being a more 

 powerful factor in the rate of absorption than temperature of 

 the surrounding medium. Again there is a loss in weight in 

 those seeds in the highest temperature after twenty four hours. 



The accompanying curves F, S, and H show at a glance the 

 relative rates of absorption and the peculiarities. "Prom these 

 experiments we may conclude that corn and peas, in a general 

 way, are influenced, in their absorption of water by the tem- 

 perature of the surrounding medium but that characteristics 

 of the seeds manifest themselves. The same is true of the 

 lupine but here temperature exerts a less influence and in- 

 dividual characters a greater. In fact the influence of the 

 individual characters is so great as to nearly obliterate the 

 evidence of the influence of temperature. 



