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The original weight of the thousand seeds given above is- 4 03 >5 
fl“o S i “°‘ h B er fch ° us and from the same trees weighed when fresh 
4,122.5 grams, and a third thousand 4,223 grams. This gives an 
average of '4,126 83 grams; or, in other words, 1,000 fresh seeds from 
e“d b a y Mr cSmfi ™ S T With the -suUomI 
trees y at Perad™iya ag0 fr ° m fresh seeds fro “ 
The kernels and shells of 100 fresh seeds were weighed separately 
and this was repeated with 100 seeds which had bee/ drying for six 
weeks, with the following results y & s 
Fresh seed. 
454 grains 
Original weight 
Weight when dried 
Weight of shells 
Dried seed. 
... 408 '5 grams 
341 grams 
Weight of kernels 
154 5 — 45’3 per cent, 
186 5 -—54 7 per cent. 
159'7 grams = 
35 2 per cent 
294 '3 grams 
mi i , 64 8 per cent ... ±oo o -04 y per cent 
kernel he ThnkI W< i g ' ht ’ tb . eIel ° r . e ■ takes Place almost entirelyfrom the 
PaS about ! mm •“ T' 08 ? 1 “ * brifctle she "> but there is a circular 
patch, about 3 mm. m diameter, at one end of the seed, over which 
this patch* 8 DOt deVeIoped ’ and water can evaporate quite easily through 
The thousand seeds from group B weighed when fresh 3 511*5 
grams ; another thousand from the same trees weighed 3 500 grams- 
ioorr 3 ' 61 , 1 r ms ; The ^ 
f, ’ ° ^ fiesh seeds from tapped trees weigh 7 '8 lbs But 
hese are the trees from which Mr. Camithers obtained hi seed in 
1902 :. J^e have therefore, the following result for group B — 
iocs ::: ::: Weight ofJ ' 000 s88da0llb ' 
, - Weight of 1,000 seeds 7'8 lb. 
. VA „,V , 118 had be ® n { h f only group experimented with in 1907 it 
yyould have been doubtful whether the diminution in weight was 
that n’ ele y - n'. 8 8f [“l of a had season ; but, fortunately, ire know 
was sn 7b‘ S e ° tl ’ T SeedS fr °“ untawed trees ffi'-oup' A) in 1907 
eroini R hef ,f y the f ameaa that found by Mr. Oarruthers for 
8 they , were tapped. We are forced to conclude tliere- 
foie, that the general opinion that tapping affects the seed is correct 
?u°e U fo by Planters show that the loss of weight is not 
seeds htVhTsZs ^ ° the ,ST 3 ' Hue planter states that 1,000 
thev are^ ff e 7 ik! 1 - year f- ° k ^ f 1 0 ™ eH V weighed 10 lbs., hut now 
eaoh during tapping, 
in lot 7 20 5 nl t bt a , {t rJ? mS lor Slx weeks was 10'8 per cent 
n a l « P ! l m l0t 218 per cent in lo‘ ». and 18* per 
cent m lot 10, or an average loss of 20'1 per cent. Thus the loss of 
WelS ioO S sfeds er ‘ ;an ‘J 1114 i .\ the ° ase of seeds fl ' om untapped trees. 
100 seeds— original weight 339 grams— weighed 277 grams after 
drying for six weeks ; of this, the shells weighed 117 grams 0 r 42 2 
per cent, and the kernels 159'5 grams, or 57'8 per cent. 
than thnsO S fm ll4e t| 5 >v *°? s th a { the seeds of the tapped trees were smaller 
than those from the untapped. The latter averaged 2o cm. in length, 
