320 



3. Chestnut (Castanea vesca). 





Bark. 



Outside wood. 



Iniide wood 



Potash 



1-36 



4-56 



2-73 



Soda ..... 



0-319 



1-41 



1-98 



Chloride of sodium 



trace. 







Sulphuric acid - 



0-312 



0-50 





Carbonic acid ... 



39-90 



23-842 



29-52 



Lime ..... 



51-60 



40-76 



38-20 



Magnesia . . . . . 



0-60 



5-77 



0-513 



Phosphate of perpxide of iron 



0-20 



1-30 



0-30 



Phosphate of lime 



2-90 



17-44 



8-60 



Phosphate of magnesia - 









Organic matter 



5-00 



1-74 



3-20 



Silica - 



1-20 



1-43 



1-71 



Coal 



1-00 



0-914 



1-76 



Moisture .... 



3-00 





2-13 



107-391 



99-666 



90-143 



Wood of root. Bark of sprouts. 



16-83 



Wood of sprouts. Petiole 



4. Horse Chestnut (JEsculus hippocastanum.) 



Tree in full bloom May 26, at which time the young sprouts (of about five weeks growth), petioles, leaves, 

 peduncles and flowers were gathered for analysis ; but the root analyzed was cut from its tree in April 



Bark of root. 



Potash • 10-88 

 Soda - 15-71 



Chloride sodium, 0-76 

 Sulphuric acid, 7-32 

 Carbonic acid. 8-47 

 Lime - 36-83 



Magnesia - 0-90 



Phos. perox. iron, 1-40 

 Phos. lime, 10-15 



Phos. magnesia, 0-25 

 Organic matter, 5-60 

 Insoluble silica, 2-00 

 Coal - 0-80 



3-27 

 0-36 

 6-39 



5-19 

 5-30 

 1-10 



45-64 

 0-01 

 3-60 

 3-30 



11-00 



17-97 



2-27 



26-45 



5-71 



7-39 



0-25 



0-30 



15-90 



0-50 



22-46 



0-80 



26-33 



4-47 

 28-46 

 0-04 

 0-06 

 0-05 

 0-30 

 2^-70 

 0-02 

 17.09 

 0-50 



30-95 



4-12 

 30-93 

 2-27 

 2-93 

 0-10 

 0-20 

 17-95 

 0-75 

 9.60 

 0-20 



Leaf-blades. 



7-58 



21-94 

 18-29 

 2-91 

 3-00 

 2-50 

 31-75 

 0-75 

 6-24 

 5-50 



30-71 



30-55 

 0-13 

 0-17 

 0-01 

 4-20 



25-65 

 3-75 

 3-20 

 2-00 



101-07 S. 101-99 S. 100-00 S. 100-00 S. 100-00 S. 100-46 S. 100-37S. 



Per cent, water, 57-95 50-14 



Percent, dry, 42-05 49-86 



Percent, ash, 3.SSS. 1-04S. 



PROPORTIONS. 



S2-90 88-10 



1710 

 1-63 S. 



11-90 

 1 • 15 S. 



87-94 

 12-06 

 1-56 S. 



74-80 85-24 



25-20 14-76 



1 -68 S. 1 -83 S. 



