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Show Seed Germination j From time to time controversy j breaks out over the possibility of stored or buried seeds gerniL ting : after lone, periods, but scientists gen- j erally are skeptical of these cases. I Evidence for the possibility, how- j ever, has recently been added by th director of Kew gardens, London, ! who reports a remarkable incident. j A kind of Joponese lotus was discovered dis-covered in a peat deposit in llan-huria, llan-huria, and some of its fruits were ent to the British museum. A seed ent to Kew was carefully tended and a plant successfully raised. Estimate based on erosion and vegetation near the spot where the seeds were found Indicated that they are more than a century old and may even be four cen- j turles, or older. |