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the several sets of seeds were placed, and records kept. Over 

 this a similar vessel, lined with filter paper, was inverted. 



The seeds were taken from the germinator from time to time 

 and weighed and these weights, together with number germinated, 

 recorded as shown in the tables 7, 8, & 9 . In these tables the 

 first column gives the number of the set; the second the dry- 

 weight; the third the number of hours they were soaked; then 

 the weight superficially dried. In the columns marked ¥t. fol- 

 lowed by a number we have the weight and the number of days 

 since the beginning of the experiment, and in the column marked 

 r T , is given the number of seeds germinated since the last time 

 given. The last column gives the average time of germination. 



From a study of these tables it would appear that absorp- 

 tion of water in com and pea3 varies with the time they are 

 immersed in water. In every case those seeds which had taken 

 up the most water decreased in weight after being placed in the 

 germinator and those having the least amount of water increased 

 in weight i,e, there was a general tendency toward uniformity 

 in the amount of water absorbed. The amount of water in the 

 corn and peas became quite uniform, Peas were able to take up 

 nearly all that they are capable of absorbing in the short in- 

 terval of six hours and those sets from 7-11 inclusive were 

 first to germinate a large percentage of their seeds. The least 

 amount contained by any set of peas when some seeds germinated 



