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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1344, 16 June 1911, Page 3

ABOUT SEEDS. MOISTURE ASSISTING GERMINATION. Wo SOW S3GUB in Eiiil Hot l)ff .CSC the chptnical uataro of the B>il )iss auy iuflusuoo on tin ga , r;i«-'.';feDS prooisc, but because it i ! su'Ofo' medium in which t'vd %vt CD.(Htions efMDtiai > §jtßc ; a ra ;'o'"Ai 41 >W* wed, iSu "-ifitßtS and air. Hf at and tip,- .4 tffi (ilia two principal and witliOit thovn t':c peeoP'ri M 'geruuuati.n eraiKJ £0 on. Thau fcgain t>' l9 * 3 t'.' roce i?t) tua roots when the plautc bpgUi b shift for fchtelvcs ami also to supply tiioms:-ives and also to supply the plant witii fool through the action of feHo rotte. Watir hero plays an itiiuort-3'Jt port in dissolving the food maioiiala tor tin roots to sn"l; i.:, it ?lse sj't'as the har.l shell of the s;od t; ailo\v the embryo escape innoh easier tliau if the ovtf'.r coats lemiiucil hprd. l '\Y(M tlu vitil euergits of a sesil am MttiusVil it do s uot Icsp i;s power '<)" i absorb' iuR wr.t'r, but is capable ol decomposing if. ft'jnsequeuce o! , tuis in that th 3 frt-m \vnt3v iutiorfnoet into the svtfaiU collects iu t.u , or.viti9B of taa seed,aud pnducoi ' pnti'efßet-s*jik %ii 6 sijm of which h ' the roWiig tf seed in the ground' (Louahyi Boeil sowing experiment hav.e 'boon conducted all ovu th World fot diiterent times aud tliOFe a Kcv: makfl very interesting readiuß Jl Here a graat numbor of sfloiis at received every year tt,,( l m au .V to bo troatol'in different wayF. Som ai'3 BoaSed ia liot water before plaul ing and others rib pat out iu pu Bnri kept barely moist. Many aquali seeds keep very well iu water as lon