ON THE LIMEFACTOR FOR DIFFERENT CROPS. 385 



of other mineral nutrients the multiplication of cells will cease. 

 The functions of lime and magnesia are intimately connected 

 with each other, since the nuclei require lime and phosphoric 

 acid as separate constituents. These inferences also hold good 

 for the animal organism and the law inferred by the writer, — 

 the greater the nucler mass of an organ the greater is also its 

 lime content has been confirmed in a number of cases. 1 



1 Cf the above cited liul. No. 18, p. 57. 



