Analyses of Ashes of Plants. 



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Relation of grain to straw as 1000 grain to 1333 straw/ 

 Per centage of water and ash : — 



Water. 



Peas . . . 16-00 

 Straw . . . 15-38 



Analysis of the ash : — 





Pe 



Pea Straw 



Silica • 



. 0-84 



1-94 



Phosphoric Acid . . , 



. 28- So 



1-23 



Sulptauric Acid . 



. 5-85 



2-26 



Carbonic Acid . 



. 2-12 



29-03 



Lime 



. 4-55 , 



36-46 



Magnesia 



. 6-96 



5-73 



Peroxide of Iron . . . 



. trace. • 



0-73 



Potash 



. . 41-50 



12-68 



Soda 



. . 5*02 



0-24 



Chloride of Sodium . 



. . 4-30 



9-66 



Chloride of Potassium • 



none. 



none. 





99-99 



99-96 



Specimen No. 120. — Beans (variety unknown — Common 

 Field Bean). 



From the Rev. A. Huxtable. 



\_Soil, clay loam, on blue clay; well drained ; sown without manure.] 



Proportion of beans to bean-straw (including the pods) as 1000 beans 

 to 1012 straw. 



Per centage of water and ash ; — 



Water. 



Beans . . . 10-00 

 Bean S Iran * . 10-71 



Analysis of the ash :— 



Silica . . • . 

 Phosphoric Acid , , 

 Sulphuric Acid . 

 Carbonic Acid 



Lime 



Magnesia .... 

 Peroxide of Iron . . 

 Potash .... 



Soda 



Chloride of Sodium . 

 Chloride of Potassium 



Ash. 



Ash calculated 

 on dry substance. 

 2-25 . . 2-68 

 7-9!6 . . 9-40 



Ash. 



2-37 

 4*97 



13eans. 



0-42 

 28-72 

 3-05 

 3-42 



5- 20 



6- 90 

 trace. 

 51-72 



0-54 

 trace, 

 none. 



99-97 



Ash calculated 

 On dry substance. 

 2-65 

 5'56 



Bean Stra\s' 

 (including podsj). 

 2 61 



0- 49 



1- 40 

 25-32 

 19-85 



2- 53 

 0-61 



32-85 



2-77 

 11-54 



none. 



99-97 



* Including the pods. 



f The roots were cut off close, and not included in any of the estimatioas. 



