OF THE ASH OF FRUIT TREES. 



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2. Peach (Amygdala persica). 



Small seedling peach. Age of the tree, 23 years. Mean diameter, 3| inches. Thickness of bark, | inch. 

 Growth rather slow. Average thickness of each layer, 0-0699 of an inch. 



Bark of 

 trunk. 



Wood of 

 trunk. 



Bark of 



Wood of 



Leaves. 



Pits*. 



Bark of 

 limbet- 



Wood of 



limbsf. 



Potash - - h.aoj 



, 7-11 



3-162 



8-58 



12-41 



18-47 



8-85 



19-21 



Soda - ) 1 



: ii-i5 



1-92 . 



15-92 





5.21 





8-n 



Chloride sodium, 0-04 



0-16 



0-33 



5-60 





2-70 



0-28 



0-24 



Chloride potassium, 









0-36 









Sulphuric acid 4-19 



1-51 



3-44 



0-58 



12-12 



15-12 



6-18 



8-07 



Carbonic acid (not determined). 















Lime - - 42-17 



23-26 



3S-48 



0-11 



14-77 



16-80 



31-98 



24-64 



Magnesia - 2-16 



6-40 



2-91 



0-01 



8-00 



1-33 



6-00 



9-76 



Phosph. perox. iron, 0*45 



0-32 



) ( 



1-02 



2-47 



1-33 



1-60 



0-60 



Phosphate lime, 18-79 



29-19 



M0-40{ 



18-10 



10-44 



17-98 



8-50 



13-20 



Phosphate magnesia, 0-01 



1-34 



) ( 



30-00 



3-15 



6-02 



0-20 



0-20 



Organic matter, 3 '30 



5-20 



3-60 



2-55 



0-86 



6-61 



5-00 



8-40 



Insoluble silica, 4 "15 



1-35 



9-40 



6-46 



6-42 



10-00 



4-30 



1-00 



Coal 



104-97 



1-40 

 104-562 



89-02 



4-48 

 86-85 



128-77 



1-00 



1-20 



109-04 



99-03 



104-99 



S. 



'S. 





S. 



S. 



S. 



S. 



S. 



Leaves of the Peach tree, July 22. 



Carbonic acid 13-300 



Silicic acid 0-600 



Phosphates - - - - - - 9-600 



Lime 16-220 



Magnesia 5-900 



Potash 14-280 



Soda 21-220 



Chlorine 5-120 



Sulphuric acid ...... 4-420 



Organic acids - 7 • 900 



98-560 S. 



* Analysis made with two grains of ash. 



t Peach limb3 half an inch in diameter. 



