1.890.] 



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Spanish or Long Moss ( Tillandsia usneoides) . 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 60.80 



Dry matter, 39.20 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude ash, 



" cellulose, ..... 



" fat, 



" 2^^0^6111 (nitrogenous matter), . 

 !Non-nitrogenous extract matter, . 



Fertilizing Constituents of Spanish Moss. 

 Moisture at 100" C, . 

 Calcium oxide, ..... 

 Magnesium oxide, .... 



Ferric and aluminic oxides, . 



Sodium oxide, 



Potassium oxide {\\ cents per pound), 

 Phosphoi'ic acid (6 cents per jjound), . 

 Nitrogen (17 cents per jjound), . 



Insoluble matter, 



Valuation per ton, .... 



100.00 



2.67 

 32.61 



4.45 



57.73 



100.00 



60.80 

 .089 

 .122 

 .029 

 .268 

 .255 

 .030 

 .279 

 .191 



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Palmetto Root. 



[Sent on by C. D. Duncan, Mandarin, Fla.] 



Moisture at 100° C 



Dn' matter, ......... 



Per Cent. 

 11.51 



88.49 

 100.00 



4.44 



21.26 



.53 



3.82 

 69.95 



100.00 



Starch (in dry matter) , 49.84 



Sugar, Trace. 



Tannin, ............ Trace. 



Afialysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude ash, ...... 



" cellulose, ..... 



"fat, 



" i^rotein (nitrogenous matter), . 

 Non-nitrogenous extract matter, . 



Fertilizing Cojistituents of Palmetto Root. 



Moisture at 100° C, 11.510 



Ash, 3.930 



Calcium oxide, ,045 



