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Other analyses are very much on all fours with this. The only 

 difference noticeable is, that potash and phosphoric acid are more 

 abundant in the soil where the diseased than where the healthy 

 plants grew. 



Healthy. Diseased. 



Chloride of sodium, .,.. 13.990 5.153 



Analysis referred to by Prof. Mapes, in his remarks upon Indian 

 «orn, April 4, 1854: 



Soil of Mr. Berrian, of Quincy, (Illinois,) air dried. 



Water, 3 . 70 



Human vegetable, 1 5 . 30 



Mineral constituents, , 8 1 . 00 



100 00 



The mineral constituents. (Soluble in hydrochloric acid.) 



Potash, 0.10 



Soda, . 02 



Carbonate of linre, 1 . 25 



do magnesia, . 46 



Oxide of iron and alumina, 3 . 32 



Phosphoric acid, . 02 



Sulphuric acid, 0.16 



Chlorine, trace. 



Insoluble silicates and silicic acid, 93 . 94 



Loss, . 98 



100.00 



The insoluble silicates consisted but of clay. By levigation O'f 

 the soil there was not left any silicious sand. 



The amount of ammonia was found to be in 100 parts, 0.10. 

 By CHARLES ENDERLIN, 34 Walker-st. N. Y. 



Judge Van Wyck. — Indian corn, as has been observed in this 

 club. on other occasions, is a grain of immense importance to our 

 country. According to the reports of the Patent Office for 1850, 



