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TABLE I. 



BARLF.V ; SORT, GOLDEN MELON Sp. gr. 1.255. 



Weitrht of one trraiii. 



length of stalks and leaves, avei-age of 14 plants in ni. m. 



m. gr. 



1st clay of 

 sprouting. 



2n(l day. 



3rd day. 



4th day. 



Over 55 



26.65 



40.00 



51-55 



69.60 



45—50 



19-25 



34-65 



43-35 



58.35 



35-40 



1925 



30.20 



40.85 



51-75 



Belo'w 30 



17.60 



26.43 



37-4° 



42.10 



When seeds of different specific gravities but of the same 

 weight were selected from the same sample, the result was as 

 follows, the weight of a seed being 52.5 milligrams : — 



TABLE II. 



Length of stalks and leaves, average of 14 plants in ni. 



Sp. gr. 



1st day of 

 sprouting. 



2nd day. 



3rd day. 



4lh day. 



Over 1.30 * 



23-30 



35-45 



47.S0 



65.40 



1-255 



25.25 



33-65 



43-35 



5750 



1.205 



21.25 



31-55 



42.30 



55-70 



I-155 



21.05 



31-60 



40.30 



55-85 



He again experimented in 1895 with barley and naked barley 

 b)- letting the seeds germinate in Liebenberg's germination ap- 

 paratus. Observations made two weeks after germination gave the 

 followinsr results : — 



* Weight of a seed used in this case was over 55 mg. as grains of less weight could not be 

 obtained. 



