72 A TREATISE ON THE CONNECTION OF 



NITRAT OF MAGNESIA. 



On this subjed:, with precision, little can be advanced, 

 as no agricultural experuTients have, as yet, been made 

 with this compound ; it is a very deliquescent and soluble 

 salt ; and there is reason to expecft, that it will produce 

 effects, in promoting vegetation, similar to those which 

 ;iiay result from the appUcation of the nitrat of lime. 



It is decomposed by alkalis and lime, and forms there- 

 with nilrat of potash, nitrat of soda, and nitrat of lime. 



NITRAT OF IRON. 



As this salt is rarely presented by nature, its properties 

 •or effedts, as they may ap^.ly to Agriculture, are not 

 worthy of observation. 



MURIAT 



