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Water, 48.80 22.05 6370 22.33 58.80 



Dry matter, 37.20 77.95 30.30 79.67 4620 



Ash 0.20 010 1.99 0.40 326 



644. Analysis of the leaves of the Bergamot Pear tree, (col 

 lected Septemb3r 30, bearing fruit;) .(A,) and of a Pear tree, 

 (picked May 23, flowers just fallen,) (B.) (Emmons.) 



A B 



Silicic acid, 1.750 



25.050 



39.853 4.715 



5.920 4500 



8-793 18950 



15.190 

 not determined 



Silica, - 4.250 



Phosphates, (with 5 bases,) 16.550 



Lime, 



Magnesia, 



Potash, 



Soda, 



Chloride of Sodium, 



Sulphuric acid, 



Carbonic acid, 



Organic matter, 



Proportions of (A,) 

 Water, 

 Dry matter, 

 Ash, 

 Do. calculated dry, 



0.554 



- 4.464 



17.125 



3.000 



do 



11.560 



not determined 



56.1,38 

 - 43.862 

 3.260 

 7.514 

 For the organic analyis of the fruit, see (S ) 



645. QUINCE (Pyrus Cydonia,) (a,) native of the South of 

 Europe ; (b,) varieties few, cannot be eaten uncooked, seeds me 

 dicinal; (a,) propagated by seed cuttings grafts layers. 

 (d,) cultivation simple ; (c,) injured by the Borer, and a worm 

 that girdles the twigs ; (f,) manures, barn-yard salt wool- 

 on rags. 



646. The tree and fruit do not appear to have been analyzed. 

 Souchay gives the following inorganic constituents of the seeds: 



Potash, 



Soda, 



Lime 



2709 

 - 3.01 



761) 



Oxide of iron, 

 lliosphiirij*. ncid. 

 Sulphuric acid. 



- 13.0 1 Jhloride of Sodium, 

 Silica, - - 0.75 



1.19 



42.02 



267 



2.57 



