128 
Prescott,— The Ftowering Curve of 
Table I. Flozvering Records of Cotton-plants. 
Dates of Sowing , 1920. 
Bahtim Experiments 
Pilion sown April i. See Figs. 3 (vii), 7. 
a = 38.5. t x = 50. 
Observed values. 
Flowers 
per plant. 
Days. 
K ( calculatea ). 
Calculated values from 
which curves are drawn. 
X 
t 
dx 
X 
di 
0-0 
5 
1 
r 7-9 
O-IIO 
0-0 
10 
(0-060) 
2 
2 4-3 
0-214 
o -3 
15 
4 
30-9 
0-404 
1*2 
20 
0-050 
5 
33 -i 
0.491 
2-3 
25 
0-0-19 
8 
38.1 
0-7 1 5 
3-7 
30 
0-049 
10 
40.7 
0-835 
6-2 
35 
0-048 
12 
43-o 
0.932 
9.4 
40 
0-049 
r 5 
46-0 
1-033 
14.2 
45 
0-047 
18 
48.8 
1.082 
19-2 
5 ° 
0.047 
20 
5 o -7 
1.084 
24.4 
55 
0-048 
22 
52-3 
i -o63 
28.7 
60 
0-047 
25 
55-5 
0.989 
32*3 
65 
0-048 
28 
58.7 
0-861 
35 - 2 
7 ° 
0.051 
30 
61.2 
0.747 
36.5 
75 
0.050 
32 
64.1 
0-609 
37-3 
80 
0-049 
35 
70-4 
o-359 
37-8 
85 
0-049 
36 
73-6 
0-264 
38.2 
90 
0-052 
37 
78.4 
0.163 
38-3 
95 
0-051 
38 
88.6 
0.056 
38-3 
100 
0-046 
38-3 
9 6-6 
0-022 
38.4 
105 
38-4 
1 10 
Average value of K = 0-049 
0*049 
o-4343 X38-5 
= 0-0029 
