Excerpt from The Vitality of Buried Seeds (Classic Reprint)
So much has already been written on the germination of seeds that have remained dormant in the'soil for a number of years, in some cases even for centuries, that it Seemed desirable to determine with some degree of accuracy the length of time that certain seeds will retain their vitality when buried in the soil under known conditions. Accordingly, in the autumn of 1902, 112 different samples of seeds were selected for these expe-riments, as follows:.