V2 SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



dilute sulphuric acid at a gentle heat. The formula for these 

 two varieties of sugar is as follows : 



Cane Sugar. Dry Grape Sugar. 



Carbon, 12, Carbon, 12, 



Hydrogen, 10, Hydrogen, 12, 



Oxygen, 10. Oxygen, 12. 



From the fact that we can produce these metamorphoses at 

 pleasure, it is easy to conceive that they may take place even 

 more readily and perfectly in the vegetable organization, than 

 by the comparatively clumsy operations of the chemical labor- 

 atory. This is one of an infinite number of the beautiful 

 processes of nature which modern chemistry has discovered. 



