5° BOTANICAL GAZETTE {JULY 
represents their increasing ease of reduction in solution. If we 
assume that this represents the order of the ease of reduction of the 
TABLE VIII 
EFFECT OF SALTS UPON THE COMBUSTION OF LUMP SUGAR 
Salt Effect 
a ak 8 PM Ee eee Lump of sugar burned with flame; sugar coaled 
Rb,CO;. een es “ “ & “ “ “ “ “ 
8 pS OAR ee SS - : . - . 
Na.CO, a ee “ce ac “ee ““c “ce “ce “é “ce 
: Live... ee “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 
Baw). o.oo ake of sugar burned slightly; _ coaled slightly 
KarO,.. ....2.5. Lump of sugar burned; sugar coal 
Bre. ce. Lump of sugar baraed teh ange coaled slightly 
Mahe ck eee Lump of sugar b 
| Se ee ae 9 
4 8 pe ,..Lump of eisptcius ae sack, sugar coaled 
Potassium acetate ..Lump og sugar burned with flame; sugar coaled 
Potassium citrate. oe “ “ “« “ “a “ “ 
Potassium oxalate ...* “* * . . ie * « 
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3 UES RRS i ec aie 
ere ~ home of saat boned 958 Fame puget coaled 
_ Sodium oxalate... .. 
oy een eS eS "daa haga wiinad Vial sore did not coal 
7 iy Sugar melted; did not burn with flame; did not coal 
Na,SO,. .. panic d slightly; sugar — 
ea ee Sugar melted; did not burn with flame; did not coal 
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