Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'The rate of absorption of various phenolic solutions by seeds of Hordeum vulgare, and the factors governing the rate of diffusion of aqueous solutions across semipermeable membranes' by Adrian John Brown and Frank Tinker Sectional committee: Botany Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. The results are 'of importance but will require further analysis later'. [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1915]. Endorsed on verso as received 17 September 1915. September 1915