COMPOSITION OF VARIOUS TREES 



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The ashes of this climbing shrub contain in 100 

 parts : — 



Mezereon {Daphne mezereum, Natural Order, 

 Thymelacese) is a hardy deciduous shrub with 

 rose-coloured flowers followed by red or yeUow 

 berries. The flowers appear before the leaves. 

 Daphne laureola (spurge laurel) is an ever- 

 green shrub with green flowers followed by bluish- 

 black berries. Mezereon grows in a compost of 

 loam, peat and sand, or in a sandy-peat soil. 



The ashes of this shrub contain in 100 parts : — 



Iron oxide 2-99 



Manganese dioxide . . . 0-93 



Alumina 0-46 



Lime 22-22 



Magnesia 9-63 



Potash 24-73 



Soda 11-56 



Phosphoric acid . . . . 8-31 



Sulphuric acid . . . . 1-15 



Chlorine 0-42 



SUica 17-60 



