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milarly the expression »shortly before dawn« is regardiog as including 
the time between 10 p. m. and 2 a. m., in some cases, and in others 
the tiine between 9 p. m. and 3 a. m. 
The following table gives some Information as to.lhe occurence of 
the maxima in these observations. 
Actual numbers 
Percentages 
Before 
10 a. m. 
10—2 
After 
2 p. m. 
Before 
10 a. m. 
10 — 2 
After 
2 p. m. 
Secale cereale 
Stebler’s tables 
5, 10, 11 
21 
37 
17 
28 
49 
23 
Allium cepa 
Table 7 
— 
3 
7 
— 
30 
70 
Before 
9 a. m. 
9—3 
After 
3 p. m. 
Before 
9 a. m. 
9—3 
After 
3 p. m. 
Triticum vulg. 
Table 6 
1 
7 
12.5 
87.5 
— 
Allium cepa 
Table 8 a, b 
— 
7 
1 
— 
87.5 
12.5 
Before 
10 a. m. 
10—2 
After 
2 p. m. 
Before 
10 a. m. 
10—2 
After 
2 p. m. 
Cucurbita pepo 
Table 9 
16 
2 
— 
89 
11 
— 
From these tables it appears that the number of cases in which the 
maximum feil within the prescribed limits stood in the following propor- 
tion to the number of cases in which it feil outside those limits. Since 
the number of experiments is so nearly 100, no percentages are calculated. 
Totais. 
Before 9 
9—3 
After 2 
- 10 
10—2 
- 3 
Monocotyledons 
22 
54 
25 
Dicotyledons 
16 
2 
— 
The following tables give the results for the minima. From the same 
tables of Stebler. 
