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the same periods. From a number of trials made in the green- 
house with beans in direct line with those given above, we have 
tabulated the following data which we found to bear directly on 
the experiments under consideration. The beans were of two 
varieties, Boston Dwarf Early and Arostook. Large and small 
beans were selected, as explained in the former experiments, and 
the separate sizes weighed before planting. 
In the first couplet we will give the results of a test with the 
seed of Boston Dwarf Early, pret oiatae the large and small seed, 
marked Nos. 1 and 2. 
_ Ten seeds of the largest beans planted of this variety weighed 
sixty-nine grammes. Hight of the ten seeds vegetated. Of this 
number six produced thirty-nine pods. The greatest number 
of pods borne by one plant was thirteen. The average for the 
eight plants was 4.62 pods per plant. + 
Ten small beans of the same variety weighing thirty-five 
srammes vegetated nine plants, six of which bore a total of 
twenty-eight pods. The greatest number found on one plant was 
nine pods, and the average 3.11 pods per plant. 
In the second couplet we make a like comparison of the second 
variety, numbered 3 and 4. Ten large beans selected from the 
Arostook weighed fifty-six grammes. Seven of these vegetated, 
and all bore. The total number of pods produced was twenty- 
eight. Seven pods was the greatest number produced by one 
plant, and the average per plant was four pods. The weight of 
ten small seeds of the same variety was twenty-eight grammes, 
They produced nine plants, eight of which bore a total of twenty- 
four pods, bearing on an average 2.66 pods per plant. | 
From measurements taken of the plants at different periods of 
growth, we have the preceding table, showing not only that the 
plants grown from the large seed were more productive, but that 
after the first measurement the plants from the large seed took — 
the lead and maintained it to the end, which would indicate a 
plant of vigorous constitution, with increased seed-bearing powers, 
from the large seed. . ) 
A study of the preceding experiments does not indicate that 
definite results have been reached, but we think the following 
conclusions are probable: 
First. That the retarded vegetation of the large seed for the first 
period is due to the larger amount of dry matter to be acted upon — 
