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place. Melon seed will germinate, if thoroughly matured, 
after four or five years. Some seeds have been known to 
Methods of Seed Dispersion, i, Groundsel. 2, Dandelion. 
preserve their vitality from twelve to sixteen years. 
however, is rare. 
Seed Dispersion. 1. Horehound. 2, Medick. 
— what they thought — such 
This, 
The 
stories about wheat ger- 
minating after being taken 
from the hand of Egyptian 
mummies, where it has 
probably lain for thousands 
of years, are entirely with- 
out foundation. Dealers are 
said to have rubbed wheat 
in yellow mud, placed it in 
the hands of the mummies, 
and then sold it to travellers, 
who have been full of en- 
thusiasm at having obtaned 
a rarity. It has, however, 
