328 ANALYSES 



16. Red Beech (Fagus ferruginea). 

 Tree a little hollow at the base. Diameter three feet from the ground, 28 inches; fourteen feet from the 

 ground, 22 inches, sound. Average thickness of the bark, } inch. Section for analysis taken fourteen 

 feet from the ground. Age 240 years. Growth quite uniform. Average thickness of each layer, 

 0-0453 of an inch. Between 60 and 65 outside layers taken for outside wood; the remaining layers 

 for inside wood. 





Bark. 



( utside wood. 



Heart wood. 



Bark of twigs. 



Wood of twigs. 



Potash .... 



0-13 



12-13 



4-04 



0-63 



11-00 



Soda .... 





15-58 



25-53 



4-63 



11-79 



Chloride of sodium 





0-05 



0-24 



0-14 



0-16 



Sulphuric acid 





0-47 



0-62 



4-54 



14-68 



Carbonic acid 



40-41 



24-39 



24-59 



18-18 



1-79 



Lime .... 



52-29 



31-56 



31-82 



23-52 



2-31 



Magnesia ... 



0-32 



5-44 



1-44 



3-41 



6-08 



Phosphate of peroxide of iron, 



) ( 



0-85 



0-40 



0-41 



0-80 



Phosphate of lime 



W-96^ 



17-23 



22-04 



18.89 



35-60 



Phosphate of magnesia 



) ( 



0-93 



0-02 



0-10 



10-89 



Organic matter 





1-86 



2-80 



3-01 



10-50 



Insoluble silica 



3-30 



1-45 



1-60 



29-00 



0-92 



Coal .... 



1-50 









0-31 





99-91 S. 



111-99 S. 



115-14 S. 



106-46 S. 



106-83 S. 



17. Black Cherry (Cerasus serotina). 



Tree sound. Diameter three feet from the ground, 36 inches; twelve feet from the ground, 30^ inches; 

 seventy-two feet from the ground, 24 inches. From base to limbs, 72 feet; whole height, 104 feet. 

 Average thickness of bark, £ inch. Number of layers twelve feet from the ground, 227. Average 

 thickness of each layer, 0-06387 of an inch. The tree grew most rapidly during the first 100 years 

 of its life ; for the last 60 years, growth very slow. 





Bark. 



Outside wood. 



Heart wood. 



Wood of twigs. 



Potash .... 



0-07 



4-93 



5-94 



10-12 



Soda .... 



8-86 



14-39 



12-28 



13-77 



Chloride of sodium 



0-08 



0-12 



0-12 



0-26 



Sulphuric acid ... 



1-91 



19-25 



2-01 



9-76 



Carbonic acid ... 



26-31 



6-75 



22-78 



10-33 



Lime .... 



46-99 



21-67 



19-12 



8-19 



Magnesia .... 



1-16 



2-24 



0-21 



4-24 



Phosphate of peroxide of iron, 



1-01 



1-61 



1-90 



0-80 



Phosphate of lime 



5-85 



12-70 



9-94 



25-25 



Phosphate of magnesia 



0-84 



2-44 



2-76 



1-20 



Organic matter 



4-01 



3-60 



6-01 



7-20 



Insoluble silica 



1-20 



5-80 



10-70 



1-10 



Coal 



1-80 



1-70 



5-20 



3-20 



Moisture .... 





3-40 





3-30 





100-09 S. 



100-60 S. 



98-97 S. 



98-72 



