the Vitality of Seeds by an Electrical Method. 



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Table VIII. — Intact Beans of 1895 and of 1900, tested Electrically by 

 Dr. Bullot, and subsequently forwarded to Professor Farmer at 

 Chelsea for an independently Germination Test. 



1895. 



Accidental 

 current. 



Electrical 



JiXC. 1" . 



: 



response. 



XT 



termination. 



— 



No. 1 



-0 -0018 







- -0003 



+ -0017 



None. 



„ 2 



-0-0023 



-0-0012 



-0 -0021 







-0 -0004 



+ -0004 



+ -0003 



" 



„ 4 



-0-0014 



-0 -0002 



+ -0003 



55 





-0-0077 



+ -0008 



+ -0022 



„ 6* 



-0 -0022 



-o-oooi 



+ -0002 





„ 7* 



-0-0030 



-0-0002 



+ -0002 





„ 8 



+ 0-0009 



+ -0038 



-0-0045 





„ 9 



-o-oioo 



+ -0011 



+ -0070 



)> 



»io 



-0-0020 



+ -0005 



-0-0038 



1900. 











No. 11 



+ 0-0010 



+ -0125 



-0*0075 



Yes. 



„ 12* 



+ -0005 









No. 



„ 13 



-0-0120 



+ 0065 



+ 0-0020 



Yes. 

 )> 



„ 14 .... .. 



-0 -0205 



+ 0-0013 



+ 0-0100 



15 



+ -0025 



-0 -oo-io 



-0-0125 



No. 



„ 16 



-0-0070 



-o-ooio 



+ O -0046 



„ 17 



-0-0105 



+ -0030 



+ -0024 



Yes. 



1 „ 18 



-0-0025 



+ -0056 



-0.0050 



No. 



! „ 19 



- -0067 



+ -0012 



+ -0044 



Yes. 



„ 20*.. 



-0-0025 



-0 -0003 



+ -0003 



No. 



With regard to the second series Professor Farmer remarks that he 

 does not attach much value to it, since the seeds were kept cool at first 

 and otherwise more might have germinated. Nos. 14 and 18, according 

 to the blaze test, should have germinated, but did not do so. A seed 

 giving blaze may fail to germinate, but I have as yet met with only one 

 case of a seed giving no blaze, and subsequently germinating (No. 4 of 

 Table X). 



* Nos. 6, 7, 12, and 20 had been previously boiled. 



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