104 BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



Analyses of several Bay of Fundy marsh soils made at the Central 

 Experimental Farm, are given below for the sake of comparison : — 



Unclaimed Marsh near Amherst, 1897 — 



Moisture 3.78 



Organic and Volatile 5. 86 



Coarse Sand , 10. 0< • 



Fine Sand and Clay 58.73 



Nitrogen 137 



Sackville Marsh, 1897 — 



Potash 16 



Phosphoric Acid 16 



Nitrogen 131 



Lime 13 



Loss on Ignition 5.83 



Unclaimed Marsh at Quaco, 1897 — 



Air dried sample. 



Moisture 7.66 



Organic and Volatile 7.61 



Insoluble Mineral Matter, Sand and Clay 71.96 



Mineral Matter soluble in acid 12.77 



Lime 42 



Nitrogen 24 



Common Salt 1.4 



Mud from Five Islands, N. S. — 



Nitrogen , . "7!> 



Organic and Volatile 5.23 



Sand and Clay 76.73 



Mineral Matter soluble in acid 15.9 



Water 2.85 



Gaspereau River, N. S. 



Nitrogen ,ls ' 



Water Ll.U 



Clay and Sand 74.28 



( Organic M .- < t ber ' 3.35 



Oxide of Iron and A 1 8.08 



Lime '* 



Potash 40 



Phosphoric Acid 12 



