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THE CAULIFLOWER. 



The following tables show the comparative com- 

 position of fresh cabbage and cauliflower, and the 

 composition of the ash of the latter. It will be 

 noticed that the percentage of ash and indigestible 

 fibre is low in the cauliflower, and the amount of 

 nitrogenous and starchy matter high. 



ANALYSIS OF CABBAGE* AND CAULIFLOWER. 

 (Konig's Nohrungsmittel, pp. 715, 717). 



ANALYSIS OF CAULIFLOWER ASH. 

 (Whitner's Gardening in Florida). 



Potassa 34.39 



Soda 14.79 



Lime 2 96 



Magnesia 2.38 



Sulphuric Acid 11.16 



Silicic Acid 1.92 



Phosphoric Acid 25.87 



Phosphate of Iron 3.67 



Chloride of Sodium. . . 2.78 



