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ANALYSES OF THE CARROT. 



2. Calculated without carbonic add and organic matter. 



Silex 10-416 



Phosphates, etc 



Carbonate of lime 



Magnesia 



Potash 



Soda 



Chlorine 



Sulphuric acid 



25051 

 060 

 trace. 



60-391 

 9-660 

 2-438 

 2-261 



100-176 



PROPORTIONl. 



One hundred grains of the inside of the root, in a water bath at 212" Fahr,, gave 



Water 89-520 



Dry matter -.-.--- 10480 



Ash 2-200 



Calculated drv 20-992 



The outside treated in the same way, gave 



Water - - - 



Dry matter . - . - 



Ash 



Calculated dry . . . 



83-78 



16-22 



2-58 



15-91 



The carrot, of which tiie foregoing is an analysis, was preserved through the winter and 

 part of the spring of 1848. Probably it had lost a portion of its water ; and hence it 

 would have furnished a larger percentage of dry matter and ash, had it been taken from 

 the field. 



3. Analysis of the young Orange carrot. 



Silica 4-40 



Phosphates 28-60 



Carbonate of lime - - - - - - 6-40 



Magnesia - - - - • • • 9.58 



Potash 27-54 



Soda 16-28 



Sulphuric acid 2*42 



Chlorine 2-60 



Carbonic acid 4-52 



100-34 



From this single onalysis, there appears more soda and less potash than in the old root. 

 They were raised on different soils ; and in order to establisli the fact of material differences 

 existing, it would require repeated analyses. 



