BULLETIX 795, U. S. DEPARTAIEXT OF AGRICULTL'RE. 





Table ] . — Ana 



hjses 



of CJirysantJiemum Leitcantlieinum L. 









Analyst 



O 0) 



Part of 

 plant 



D 



.2 



'o 



"A 

 a 

 a) 



> 



Fat (ether 

 extract) 



Crude fiber 



It. 



m 



Potassium 

 oxid, K2O 



Manganese, 

 Mn 



0! X 



^0, 



II 



S 



Goessmann . . 

 Millspaugh... 



Mass.. 

 W.Va. 

 N. H.. 

 Del 



Whole plant, 

 do 



Per 



cent 



9.65 



Per 

 cent 



1 36 



Per 1 Per Per 

 cent cent cent 



7.80 2 57 39 94 



Per 



cent 



Per Per 



cent cent 



Per 



cent 



Per 



cent 



Per 

 cent 



2.12 

 1.36 





0.45 



2.88 









!!;'..!do 



do 



77.50 

 70.89 



8.40 2 iS3 28 89 











Penny 



Beringer 



Thorns 



1.29 7.08 4.99 28.16 

 .. 9.30 2.68 













(?) 



Flowers only 

 do 







13.43 



9.45I 3.37 



10.11 

 7.59 





8.93 





Pres. 









(?) 



do 



1 8.90 =3.76 











=2.46 









1 ^3.17 











"2.25 



'In those cases in which moisture is reported, the results for the other constituents are calculated 

 on a moisture-free basis. 

 "Protein divided by 6.25. 

 ^Ether of specific gravity 0.735 used. 

 *Ether of specific gravity 0.720 used. 

 ""Petroleuni ether used. 

 ''"Purest" petroleum ether used. 



In Table 2 are presented the results of analyses of the samples 

 collected by the antliors and obtained from drug collectors in Vir- 

 ginia and North Carolina during the summer of 1917. The analyses 

 Avere made according to the methods of the Association of Official 

 Agricultural Chemists (Jour. A. O. A. C, vol. 2, no. 1, pt. 2, May 15, 

 1916). 



T.\Br.E 2. — Annhjses of ox-eye daisy flowers {Chrysanthemum, Leucantliemum L.).^ 



Place collected 



Date 



collected 











kl 















HI 







2" 



s 





o ^ 



tC 





4J 



'5 



bo 

 o 



1== 



J3 

 m 

 < 



$ 



lU 



3 

 u 



o 

 +J 

 G 

 d) 



5 <= 

 4^ 



28242 

 28243 

 28244 

 28245 

 28246 

 28247 

 28248 

 a8249 

 28250 

 28251 

 28252 

 28253 

 28256 

 28257 

 28258 

 28395 

 28397 

 28398 

 28399 

 14933 

 23020 



Southwestern Virginia July. 1917 



do 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



Western North Carolina 



do i July. 1917 



do Aug , 1917 



Buncombe Co. , N. C. . . do 



do do 



Yancey Co., N. C I July. 1917 



do I do 



Not known 



Markham, Va July, l&l; 



do. 



.do 



,do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



• do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



.do .... 

 June, 1917 



Minimum . . 

 Maximum.. . 

 Average. . . . 



Per Per 

 cent cent 



6.03 1.81 

 6,95| 1.80 

 5.53 1.87 

 6.78: 1.91 

 6.98 1.80 

 6.2.5; 1.86 

 7.15! 1.95 

 6.45 1.93 

 7.18' 1.94 

 6.60 1 

 6.88 1.90 

 4.83! 1.83 

 4.3iJi 1.93 

 4.58i 1.79 

 5.18' 1.82 

 8.25 2.07 

 8.09' 1.66 

 7.62 1.77 

 7.92, 1.62 



I 1.82 



' 2.23 



4.30| 1.62 

 8.25} 2.23 

 6.50: 1 



Per 



cent 



9.60 

 9.20 

 9.68 

 10.12 

 9.10 

 9.06 

 9.60 

 9.90 

 9.44 

 9 



9.46 

 9.54 

 9.36 

 12.49 

 11.70 

 10.74 

 9.90 

 12.68 

 9.38 

 10.02 

 10.45 



9.06 

 12.68 

 10.06 



Per 



cent 



0.66i 



.42| 

 .48 

 1.20 

 .30 

 .38 

 .90 

 .60 

 .78 



.44 



.58 



2.84 



2.52 



1.85 



1.26 



3.04 



.46 



.92 



.15 



.15 

 3.04 

 1.02 



Per 

 cent 



Per 



cent 



Per I Per 

 cent, cent 



23.17, 13.29, 



21.70 



23.49' 1 



22.031 11.971 



22.38' 



23.371 



22.56 



22.40 



22.69 12.41 



24.09! 



22.98; 



22.47 



22.63 12.95 

 22.45[ 11.631 

 24.23 12.10! 

 22.75] 11.83 

 21.04 11.99' 

 22.63 11.80 

 21.93 12.67 

 20.14 14.34 



20.14 

 24.23 

 22.56 



5.16 



5.31 

 4.59 



4.87i 

 5.47 

 4.93 

 4.90 

 5.53 

 4.91 

 5.53 

 4.96 

 4.80 



4.02: 



4.83 

 5.52 

 5.11 

 5.. S3 

 5.34I 

 6.27 

 3.181 



3.66 

 3.82 

 3.30, 



3.46 

 3.63 

 3.71I 



Per 

 cent 



0.85 



3.32 



3.58| 

 3.091 

 3.85; 

 3.66 

 3.62 

 3.18 

 3.34 

 3.54 

 3.51 

 3.50 

 3.80 

 4.461 



! ^68 



11.63i 3.18| 3.09 

 14.34' 6.27| 4.46| 

 12.451 5.03 3.581 



Per 

 cent 



0.0087 

 .0098 

 .0093 

 .0104 

 .0096 

 .0082 

 .0111 

 .0101 

 .0090 

 .0083 

 .0096 

 .0086 

 .0113 

 .0079 

 .0072 

 .0110 

 .0083 

 .0102 

 .0083 



.0072 

 .0113 

 .0093 



'J. J. T. Graham, Assistant Chemist, Insecticide and Fungicide Laboratory, assisted in making the 

 analyses reported in this table. 



