TABLE 4.—_Germination of Ten Samples of Turnips._ +---+-------------------------------------+---------+------+---------+ | | | Came up |No. of| | |No.| Copy of Label. |per cent.| Days.| | +---+-------------------------------------+---------+------+---------+ | 1 | Green Globe | 62 | 8 |} | | 2 | Dale’s Hybrid | 84 | 4 |} | | 3 | Red Globe | 90 | 6 |}Turnips | | 4 | Orange Jelly | 100 | 4 |}from | | 5 | White round, or Norfolk | 42 | 5 |}sample | | 6 | Green Tankard | 50 | 6 |}papers | | 7 | Scarisbrick (_sic_) | 88 | 11 |}communi-| | 8 | White Globe | 74 | 4 |}cated. | | 9 | Golden Yellow | 82 | 4 |} | |10 | Green round | 30 | 6 |} | | | Came up =| 70·2 | | | | | Failed =| 29·8 | | | +---+-------------------------------------+---------+------+---------+ The specimens in next table were obtained in like manner as those of Table 4. TABLE 5.—_Germination of Samples of Common and Swede Turnips._ +---+-------------------------------------+---------+------+---------+ | | | Came up |No. of| | |No.| Name. Copy of Label. |per cent.| Days.| | +---+-------------------------------------+---------+------+---------+ | 1 | White Stone or Stubble | 46 | 6 |} | | 2 | Red Tankard | 60 | 5 |}Swedes &| | 3 | White Tankard | 60 | 4 |}Turnips | | 4 | Yellow Tankard | 88 | 5 |}from | | 5 | Green Top Yellow Scotch | 84 | 6 |}sample | | 6 | Purple Top ditto | 62 | 8 |}papers | | 7 | Tankard-shaped Swede | 74 | 7 |}communi-| | 8 | White-fleshed ditto | 84 | 8 |}cated. | | 9 | Skirving’s Improved Purple Top ditto| 64 | 8 |} | |10 | Lawhead Green Top | 80 | 7 |} | | | Came up =| 70·2 | | | | | Failed =| 29·8 | | | +---+-------------------------------------+---------+------+---------+ Of these samples we see that within a fraction of 30 per cent. is the average of non-germinating seeds, and this is only so low on account of two or three unusually good samples, the general range being from 20 to 30 per cent. of non-germinating seeds for the last twenty samples.