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THE CULTIVATION OF THE 



quote from the report of the Connecticut State Board of 

 Agriculture for 1884. The analyses are as follows : 



Total. 



99-35 



Total, 



99.88 



The report goes on to state that, in comparing the 

 above analyses, we note that the ash of diseased twigs 

 contains 



4.09 per cent, more Silica, etc., 



I take a copy of Dr. Goessmann's analysis of the ash of 



