296 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



6. Miscellaneous Analyses — Continued. 



Carnation Pinks ( Whole Plant) . 



[Sent on from Franiingham, Mass.] 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 8.08 



Ash, 8.80 



Calcium oxide, 1 . 64 



Magnesium oxide, . . . . . . . . . 0.35 



Ferric and aluminic oxides, . , 0.03 



Sodium oxide, 1.13 



Potassium oxide, 3.35 



Phosphoric acid, 0.46 



Nitrogen, 1.06 



Insoluble matter, 0.21 



Grapes. 



[Sent on from Amherst, Mass.] 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 86.23 



Ash, 0.5481 



100 parts of ash contain : — 



Calcium oxide, 3.50 



Magnesium oxide, 2.531 



Ferric oxide, 1 . 193 



Potassium oxide, 49.765 



Phosphoric acid, 13.567 



Nitrogen (in dry matter) , 0.961 



Woods.* 

 [I, sound wood of plum; II., black knot of plum.] 



* Collected off of the same tree, Amherst, Mass. 



