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Vicia faba. germinated in Bran— slightly injured (N.B firewood sawdust killed— (make note) black  (over)   slime exuded— Bran smelt acid.— 

Dec. 20th. 1878 8° 50' 3 with cards & shell lac. to last & 10 round circumference with as nearly as I cd effect same amt of shell-lac as aid for affixing cards, effected by putting smearing card & pressing apex of radicle with it & seeing that trace left on.—   (Dec. 21' 10°. F. sliced 4 radicles sliced on Horse-chesnut.)   

Vicia faba. Dec. 21 10° 30' sqr with shell lac. on 2 crooked radicle, but tips perpendicularly down & shell-lac alone on 5 radicles perpendicularly ↓ down— Study Table 54°— on Chimney Piece  57°

(This little oval dab of dried shell-lac. was 1.01 m.m in length & 0.63 in breadth, probably. smallest object which has acted)

(1) card   22d 8° 40' no action

 do  (2) card 

 do  (3)  (Everything else in this paper a failure)

 do  (4) 

for I dare not trust shell-lac as cards have not acted.

(5)→  4° 30' P.m bent at right angles— a small bead of shell-lac on. (ie in 6°) 22d 8° 40' now nearly straight

 22  (6) d 8° 40' no action

 — 8° 40' no action  (7)  }   I cannot understand why none have acted— Is it the very cold night— or germinated in Peat.?

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20th 9° 15' a.m. 53° — 12° 55°

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Dec. 22d 1878. 9°. a.m.

Beans— a little shell-lac put on square & as if card was to be affixed,, then tip of radicle touched with card; but very difficult to put on about same quantity— if tip scraped then more is left & a little bead formed.

(1) card & gum-water 24th 8° 10 card & gum —(25th 4° 30 deflected) 26th 8° a.m decidedly though very slightly deflected

(2)   do 26th 8° no effect from minute bead of shell-lac

(3) card & shell-lac. 24' 8° 10 card & gum (25th 2 4° 30' card dropped off

(4). do Card do 26th 8° a.m can see no shell-lac no effect do 25th 8° am card dropped off quite straight

(5) do card. do 26 8° a.m shell-lac— little bead, no effect do    do do    do

(6) shell-lac. by self 24th 8° 10 card & gum (26th  8° a.m very slightly not deflected.

 24' 8° 10' card  (7) do  & gum— 25th 4° 30' deflected. 26th 8° a.m certainly yet slightly deflected

 26  (8) do the 8° a.m I can see no shell-lac.— anyhow quite straight

 24 (9) do the 8° 10' card & gum (—25th 8° card affixed 4° 30' card slipped, quite straight

(10) do 25' 8° am card fixed

(11) do 25' 8° a.. card

(12) do 25' 8° a.m. card.   } 26th 8° 30' no effect or very slight

(13) do— decayed

 26 (14) do the 8° a.m no effect from shell-lac, or perhaps a trace of curvature.

(15) do  26' 8° am shell-lac disappeared 

1/7 slightly affc

(The whole case very perplexing)

Dec. 23d 8° a.m. no effect on any of the 13, I believe Bean all too dry— they look dry— now put them with tips in water —(24th now grown well— 8° 10' put on card & gum, as above & shell lac on same side on the 13 others, of which some crooked, but tips of none bent —4°. 50' no action Temp of water 64°— (Dec. 25th 8° a.m. no clear effect; they had been kept, as well as those on Back on table all night & temp. certainly low, perhaps too low.— Several had been germinated in sawdust, & this though not fir-wood, had injured those long kept in it.

/over

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Bean Radicles

Dec. 24' 1878

  8° 40'

(1) about atom of shell-lac (26th 8° no clear effect

 (  do  )  (2) do 

 (  do  )  (3) do 

(4) do card & shell-lac —(25' 8° Perhaps a trace of Effect— 4°. 30' deflected (26th 8' a trace of curvature

(5)   card & shell-lac   do do — 25' 4° 30' deflected (26th 8° slightly deflected)

(6) atom of shell-lac (26th 8° no effect)

 (  do  ) (7) atom of shell-lac 

(8) atom of shell-lac   (  do  )

(9) atom of shell-lac   (  do  )

(10) atom of shell-lac (  do  )

(11) card & shell-lac 25' 8° am do (do)

4° 50' no action Temp of water 67°!

2/11 straight

(with cards 2/3 very slightly deflected) 

 4.5  & 11 shellac & card

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Beans with squares

Decr 25'

  square fixed at 8° 40' a.m— 2 affixed with gum, rest with shell-lac.

(1) Bean of previous year with god radicle — gum-water— Old Bean germinated in damp Peat 4° 30' little deflected (26th 8° deflection very doubtful

(2) do old Bean — but shell-lac. (26th 8° I think. has been deflected)

(3) old Bean., shell-lac (26th 8° certainly a little deflected)

(4) new Bean,. germinated in water— gum-water— 26th 8° perhaps a trace of deflection

(5) new bean, germ in water affixed shell-lac— 4° 30' I think little deflected— 26th card dropped off

(6) new Bean shell-lac — 26th 8° card dropped, but I think has acted a little

(7) new Bean shell-lac (26th 8° deflection if any coincide with Sachs

(8) new bean shell-lac. 4° 30' I think little deflected 26' 8° no effect

3 or 4 / 8 very slightly deflected

on the 2 papers together 6/18 affected, but only slightly & slowly.