1847.] Distribution of Inorganic Matter in Vegetables. 199 



Magnesia, 



Silex, 



Coal, 



Orcranic matter, 



Potash, 



Soda, 



Chlorine, 



Sulphuric acid. 



Phosphate of lime, 



Carbonic acid, 



Lime, - 



Magnesia, 



Silex, • 



Coal, 



Organic matter, 



98.30 

 Wood of root. 15ark do. 



100.18 103.62 



The tree from which the ash was procured for analysis, grew 

 in Richmond, in a deep soil, resting upon the Stockbridge lime- 

 stone. Its fruit was miserable, being astringent and bitterish. 

 The wood was in an incipient decay. The root was sound. It 

 is worthy of notice, that the wood of the root contained a very 

 large amount of phosphate of lime. It having been taken up in 

 the winter, when the circulation had ceased, it is not improbable 

 that this large amount of phosphate of lime may have been accu- 

 mulated and held in store for the use of the plant, when a revival 

 took place in the spring. 



