94 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The dried ash of the cranberries collected in 1877 con- 

 tained ; — 



Potassium oxide, 



Sodium oxide, . 



Calcium oxide. 



Magnesium oxide, . 



Ferric oxide, . 



Phosphoric acid. 



Silicic acid and trace of sand. 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Dry Matter, . 

 Nitrogen (in Dry Matter), 

 Crude Ash (in Dry Matter) , 

 Insoluble Matter in Ash, 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Sodium oxide, . 

 Calcium oxide. 

 Magnesium oxide. 

 Phosphoric acid. 

 Ferric oxide, . 



Relative proportion of the essential ash constituents, solu- 

 ble in acids : — 



The analysis has been carried out at the request of garden 

 farmers in the eastern part of the State. The sample was 

 collected from the fields of the college at the time when the 

 plant was blooming. The results may give some more defi- 

 nite basis for an advantageous mode of manuring. 



Horse Radish. 



(COCHLEARIA ArMOVACIA L. ; MuSTARD, FAMILY, — CrUCIFER^.) 



The examination of this well-known garden plant was car- 

 ried on at the request of a farmer in Franklin County, who is 



