58 ANALYSES OF THE CARROT. 



2. Calculated without carbonic acid and orgajiic matter. 



Silex 10-415 



Phosphates, etc. 25-051 



Carbonate of lime ..... 0-060 



Magnesia trace. 



Potash 50-391 



Soda 9-560 



Chlorine 2-438 



Sulphuric acid 2-261 



100- 170 



FROFORTIONS. 



One hundred grains of the inside of the root, in a water bath at 212° Fahr., gave 



Water 89-520 



Dry matter ....... 10480 



Ash 2-200 



Calculated dry 20-992 



The outside treated in the same way, gave 



Water 83"78 



Dry matter 16 22 



Ash 2-58 



Calculated dry 15-91 



The carrot, of which the foregoing is an analysis, was preserved through the winter and 

 part of the spring of 1848. Probably it had lost a portion of its water ; and hence it 

 would have furnished a larger percentage of dry matter and ash, had it been taken from 

 the field. 



3. Analysis of the young Orange carrot. 



Silica 4-40 



Phosphates 28-60 



Carbonate of lime - - - - - - 5-40 



Magnesia 9.58 



Potash 27-54 



Soda 15-28 



Sulphuric acid - - - - - - 2 -42 



Chlorine 2-60 



Carbonic acid ------- 4 -52 



100-34 



From this single analysis, there appears more soda and less potash than in the old root. 

 They were raised on different soils ; and in order to establish the fact of material differences 

 existing, it would require repeated analyses. 



