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Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886

Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 28

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26 above the soil - the squash or pumpkin is an example. The roots grow with remarkable rapidity during germination. The ascending [plemule?] soon unfolds its leaves (or blades as they are usually called); the new ones always issuings from the center. Whent he plantlet ceases to derive nourishment from the mother seed, the process of germination is completed. The [underlined] conditions [/underlined] of [underlined] Germination [/underlined]. 1. Temperature. 2. Moisten. 3. Oxygen 4 light. [Sachs?] has ascertained the temperature at which cono, as
 
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