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The absorption of electrolytes in large plant cells

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The facts and principles here set forth are the results of investigations of large cells which offer special advantages for such studies. How far they are applicable to other cases remains to be seen.

This brief outline indicates progress in dealing with some very interesting variables. It also gives a hint of the host of problems awaiting solution.

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