ANALYSIS OF BEECH LEAVES. 



3/>5 



Anali/sis of the ash of (he leaves of the horse-chestnut and the walnut tree, hij 

 E. Staffel. {^An, der Chem. und Pharm.,' voL Ixxvi. p. 372.) 



Analysis of the ash of Jloxcering asparagus shoots, and of tvitliered shoots with 

 ripe fruit. — Dr. Zoeller. 



Moisture in 100 parts of the fresh substance, dried 



at 212° Fahr 



Per cents of ash of the fresh substance 



,, „ dried „ . . . 



100 parts of ash contain : 



Soda 



Potash 



Magnesia 



Lime 



Sesquioxide of iron ...... 



Phosphoric acid ....... 



Silicic acid ........ 



Constituents not determined, &c. 



Total . . . . 



I. 



Plo^vering 



84-34 

 0-946 

 6-050 



11. 

 Autumn shoots 

 wth ripe fruit 



59-23 

 4-13 

 1013 



The asparagus shoots analysed came from the Botanical 

 Garden at Munich. The flowering shoots were cut close to the 

 ground, on June 20, 1861 ; the autumn shoots were cut in the 

 same way, from the same plant, on October 28, 1861. 



