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Show QUICK OROWTH. tVonderfat taerea.e In Welsbt of Oer-ralaatlaf Oer-ralaatlaf Seedo. The teed o( the globe turnip, accord. Ids to recent Investigation. Increases Ila own weight llfteen lime In a minute min-ute when growing The seed of a nlobe turnip li exceedingly minute, not being be-ing larger then th twentieth part ol au Inch In diameter, and jet, In the course of a fen months the teed will be elaborated by the Mil and the atmosphere at-mosphere Into ITOOO.noo ilmea the bulk ot the seed, and thla In addition to a considerable buorh of leave On extremely ex-tremely farorable ground turnlpa hare been found to Increase br growth 3B.H90 times the weight of Ih lr seed each day the stood Tho fungus Is another Instance of remarkably rapid growth The great puff ball will attain at-tain the slie of a pumpkin In a single night, and Llndley (he botanist, calculated cal-culated that the cells of which It Is made up will multiply at the rate of C0.WK3.CCK) a minute Rome scnls germinate ger-minate In n very i.liort period; the cress In two days, spinach, turnips and kidney beans In three daya; lettucj In four, melons and gourds In fire; most Of the grain seeds In a wrek hyssop at the end of a month, others remaining remain-ing for a very long period without showing signs of germlnatlrn. Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Knoulrcr |
