126 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ June, 
chiefly by micro-chemical methods, with the result of estab- 
lishing the general occurrence of asparagin, and the theory 
that it served as a transferring agent between reserve albu- 
min and the vegetative organs of the plant. This theory 
lacked general application because in some cases asparagin 
could not be detected and in others occured in too small 
quantities to satisfy the requirements of the plant if the theory 
was true. Either the hypothesis was not correct or there 
must be other products of the breaking up of albumin which 
the methods thus far used could not detect. 
Meanwhile the lupine which had produced asparagin 8° 
freely, had also been examined for other nitrogenous bodies, 
with rich results." Beside the small quantities of glutamin, XS 
leucin, tyrosin, and possibly ammonia salts, which it Pt — 
Fe crane me Tete elit her een ec Tae nee Mea A ine uo 
: Berichte d. Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft, vol. 10 (1877), p. 199. 
° Land wirthschaft. Versuchs-Stationen, vol. 18, p. 405. 
15 Journal fiir Practische Chemie, vol. 438. 
16 Journal fiir Practische Chemie, vol. 27, p, 387. 
