•212 Analyses of the Mineral Ingredients of the Hop- 
month ; the hops of the four hills, dried, weighed 2 lbs. ; the 
dried leaves, 9f oz. ; and the dried bine, 1 lb. 2\ oz. 
1. — Analysis of the Ashes of the Hoy.* 
The 2 lbs. of hops, when dried at a steam heat, lost 3 oz. of 
moisture, and left 1 lb. 13 oz. of dry hops. 
The dry hops were burned to ashes in a large earthen crucible, 
and furnished 1282 grs. of ashes, being at the rate of 9tV P^r 
cent. These ashes were analysed in the usual manner, and every 
hundred parts contained as follows : — 
1. — Ashes of the Hop. 
Silica (or pure sand) 
Chloride of Sodium (common salt) 
Chloride of Potassium 
Potash . . . 
Lime . . , 
Magnesia 
Sulphuric Acid (oil of vitriol) 
Phosphoric Acid . . 
Phosphate of Iron 
Carbonic Acid , . 
20-95 
7-05 
1- 63 
24-50 
15-56 
5-63 
5-27 
9-54 
7-26 
2- 61 
100-00 
2. — Analysis of the Ashes of the Leaves of the Hop Plant. 
The 9f oz. of leaves, dried at a steam heat, lost If oz. of moist- 
ure, and left 8j oz. of dried leaves. 
The dried leaves, burned to ashes as before, gave 572 grs., 
being at the rate of I63 per cent. 
The ashes were of the following composition in the hundred 
parts : — 
Ashes of the Leav 
Silica 
Chloride of Sodium (common 
Soda . 
Potash 
Lime 
Magnesia 
Sulphuric Acid 
Phospiioric Acid 
Phosphate of Iron 
Carbonic Acid 
Es of the Hop Plant. 
salt) 
10-14 
7-92 
0- 32 
12-48 
41-46 
1- 99 
4-20 
2- 02 
2-93 
16-54 
100-00 
3. — Analysis of the Ashes of the Hop Bine, or Stalk. 
The 1 lb. 2^ oz. of the bine, dried at a steam-heat, lost oz. 
of moisture, and left 1 lb. 0| oz. of dry bine. 
The dry bine burned, gave 353 grs. of ashes, being at the rate 
of nearly 5 per cent. 
* In the following tables the loss is previously deducted. 
