Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-04-17

out the oxygen which termination possible formerly
supposed that darkness essential experiments have shown that
termination not influenced by the absence light The
temperature required varies with different seeds while ger
inmate at few degrees above the melting point Others seeds
tropical plants require ger
limitations there degree of heat favorable each kind
Seeds though they will much lower and will endure
higher temperature; thus while Indian terminate 40 and
tolerate heat of 15o found process goes rap
when the conditions favorable greatly and
course greatly modified by temperature and other Influences
seeds out IL hours those most of the agricultural grains four
five days Others require many
which will lie dormant and years. required
depends upon treatment sown as soon as ripe
they terminate the following spring. spring they
remain dormant until the following The growth young
plant which the embryo as termination
takes place. may be followed the bean The embryo when liberated
from the seed thick heshy leaves
short stem which they attached and between them ru
meny leaves or bud The two eshy leaves commonly known
the seed leaves the cotedons the short the radc
the small bud the pumue the pumue visible
terminating seeds, but manifest step in
growth the eongaon of the adce the cells which multiply
grow by similar process that by which grew forming
in the SOIL end pushes downward way
of the soil This growth nourshed by heshy
coeons in the forming and penng of the seed the coeons
stored eeon with starch and other proxmae principles
these rendered soluble and carried the part growth
and there assmated by the growing
build up cell walls, and others cell
changes take through the influence dasase
mno which the part ements converting its
fixed and noube condition into dexe and sugar.
being soluble be transferred These changes accompanied
the absorption oxygen oxidation
Seed and the of carbon acid and both hydrogen and nitrogen
also given off, and these changes attended by the development
of heat which when termination takes place large quantity
seed, mailing, becomes kngy manifest
nutrment the Coedons exhausted preparation
ing subsistence from the soil organs especially designed
absorbing liquids make their appearance the rad and through
them water holding various substances solution conveyed
the interior of the plant where this crude sap, called
converted into compounds capable noushng the plant
after the coeon of the bean appear above pumue
increases in size; lifted up upon stem, its uimenay leaves
enlarge and expand and disclose another bud which
by the growth and develops leaves the growth
continued In the bean the early pairs one
appears the successive
addition leaves, separated by portion
of stem the coyedons, though they become like
leaves and no doubt extent perform the functions foliage
after while fall In examining other seeds and watching
gemnaon while the plan will be through
ALL marked deviatons the bean will
be noted In the bean the leaves having diverted from
their ordinary and made the recepaces noushmen for the
young plant much distorted condition further in
the which they do not appear above ground and ACORN
horse chestnut and Others they gogd that but little
bance be traced between them and ordinary the other