56 BULLETIN 8M, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 35. — Determination of crude fiber. 



Sample No. i 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Sample No.i 



Crude 

 fiber. 



"Closed" flowers: 



12334 



Percent. 

 22.89 

 18.65 

 20.63 

 19.80 

 20.62 

 20.03 

 20.94 

 22.73 

 21.96 

 20.39 

 21.61 

 19.45 

 23.83 

 21.97 

 21.47 

 24.70 

 21.71 

 24.03 

 23.91 

 22.47 

 21.46 

 24.10 

 23.54 

 22.86 

 23.77 

 23.78 

 23.03 



"Open" flowers— Continued. 



20438 



Percent. 

 32.54 



14921 



20439 



31.17 



14929 



20440 



30.11 



14932 



20442 



32.13 



14934 



20443 



31.99 



14938 



20446 



28.82 



17389 



21184 



29.96 



17394 2 : 



21918 



35.85 



17395 



Minimum 





17621 



27.20 



17749 



MaxImiiTn ... 



35.85 



17750 



Average (28 samples) 



31.02 



17927 3 



Dalmatian stems: 



14925 





211633 





21186 3 



34.55 



214393 



14928 ; 



36.45 



21740 3 



14931 



33.54 



21840 3 



14937 



39.05 



225773 



14946 



35.43 



22698 3 



17397 



38.82 



229443 



17622 



38.92 



237723 



17748 



38.27 



241163 



17820 



39.71 



24117 3 



17823 



38.23 



24118 3 



18380 



38.61 



241193 



18550 



39.13 



24625 3 



20187 



38.10 





24190 



33.60 



Minimum ; [ 



18.65 

 24.70 

 22.09 



24294 



42.98 





Min'TnuTn 







33.54 







42 98 



"Open" flowers: 

 12320 



35.12 

 30.13 

 31.55 

 29.79 

 27.20 

 33.11 

 27.75 

 29.48 

 30.28 

 31.18 

 30.03 

 29.17 

 34.70 

 29.48 

 32.80 

 30.13 

 30.27 

 32.23 

 33.87 

 27.63 



Average ( 15 samples) 



37.69 



Japanese stems : 



21369 





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12324 



39.07 



12329 



22576 



46.19 



12860 



22936 



32.39 



14936 



23773 



46.12 



14945 



24295 



44.46 



14961 



24369 



42.99 



14962 



24392 



46.24 



14977 



24393 



47.45 



15008 



24394 



48.05 



17393 



24395 



47.31 



17751 



24396 



48.79 



17754 



25087 



43.49 



17929 



Minimum 





18547 



32.39 



19292 



Maximum 



48.79 



20145 



Average (12 samples) 



44.38 



20436 







20437 



40.66 









1 Unless otherwise indicated, all samples were obtained from Europe. 



2 Source unknown. 



3 Obtained from Japan. 



The ash content is highest in closed flowers, next highest in open 

 flowers, and lowest in the stems. A higher percentage of the ash of 

 stems is insoluble in hydrochloric acid than in the case of the flowers, 

 although calculated back to the original material the difference is 

 shght. It is only when the ash and the ash insoluble in acid are 

 markedly above the normal for flowers that much importance is 

 attached to these determinations. 



A striking thing in the figures for nitrogen and for phosphoric acid 

 is that they run fairly constant for the same material {Chrysanthemum 

 dnerarisefolium) f no matter what its source. This uniformity in the 



