On the Age of the Ancient Fruit of the Indian Lotus which is kept in the Peat Bed in South Manchuria

The ancient lotus fruit which is kept in the peat bed near Pulantien, South Manchuria, was introduced to men of science by Mr. U. LIU the land owner, about 1907 and Professor KORIBA who was working at Tokyo Botanic Garden on those days has made the germination experiment of the fruit.2. About all the area of the peat bed, four square kilometers, contains the ancient lotus fruit at some feet below the surface of the soil.3. The ancient pond where the lotus plant had grown was located at present in the place surrounded by the twenty-five meter contour line.4. The pond had dried up more than 160 or 250 years ago as shown by historical data, so the age of the fruit might be at least more than 160 or 250 years, though all the data formally stated can not yet be rejected.5. This buried lotus fruit is the oldest one in the plant world and also its germination rate is the highest. Hence the lotus fruit might be looked upon as the longest viable one in the plant world.