60 ANALYSES OF THE BEET. 



XXII. BLOOD BEET. 

 Soil a sandy loam, based npon the Albany clay. 



1. Analytu of 18 grs. 



Quantity obtained. Withont carbonic acid. 

 Per eeninm. 



Silex 1180' 8-730 



Phosphate 2-616 19'324 



Carbonate oflime 0-140 1-042 



Magnesia 0'676 4- 146 



Potash 6-325 46-684 



Soda 1-343 9-928 



Chlorine 0-304 2-246 



Sulphuric acid r032 7-628 



Soluble silica 0-012 0061 



Carbonic acid 4-307 



17-834 99-788 



PBOPOKTIOnS. 



100 grs. gave, Water - - - - - 86 42 



Dry matter - - - - 13-68 



Ash 1-10 



Calculated dry - - • 8-10 



The specimen fnrnishing the foregoing results had probably lost a portion of its water, 

 having been kept through the winter, and exposed a day or two upon a fruit stand in 

 market. 



The herbage of one plant, weighing ... - 648 '6 grs. gave 



Dry matter 47-6 



Ash 8-5 



In one week, the herbage increased to - -  - 3400 grs. 

 The root 408 



Another beet and its top, three weeks afterwtlrds, weighed : 



Root ..... 15840 grs., or 2 lbs. I oz.; 



Top 7680 " or 1 lb. ; 



the root having increased much faster than the top, during the time specified. 



Those plants whose herbage is large, have large roots in the end. 



