4 BULLETIX 795, U. S. DEPARTZUEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 2. — Analyses of oxeye daisy flowers {Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L.). 1 
1 J. J. T. Graham, assistant chemist, Insecticide and Fungicide Laboratory, assisted in makii a 
analyses reported in this table. 
Table 3. — Comparison of average analyses of C. cinerariwfolium and C. leucan- 
themum L. 1 
Sample. 
Moisture. 2 
Nitrogen, 
X. 2 
Ash. 2 
Ash insol. 
in HC1. 2 
Crude 
fiber. 2 
C. cinerarisefolium: 
Closed flowers.. 
Open flowers... 
Stems 
C. leucanthemum: 
Per cent. 
........ "6.69(17)' 
o. 50 riQ~> 
Per cent. 
1. 784 (103) 
1. 267 (104) 
. 765 (73) 
1. 86 (21) 
Per cent. 
7. 20 (103) 
6. 09 (104) 
4. 90 (38) 
10.06(21) 
Per cent. 
0. 49 (103) 
.26(104) 
. 50 (38) 
1.02(21) 
Per cent. 
22. 09 : 27 
31. 02 (28) 
40. 66 (27) 
22. 56 (20) 
Sample. 
Pentosans. 2 
Ether 
extract. 2 
Petroleum- Phosphorus 
ether pentoxid, 
extract. 2 P;0 5 . 2 
Manganese. 
Mn. 2 
C. cinerarisefolium: 
Closed flowers 
Open flowers. 
Stems 
C. leucanthemum: 
Flowers 
Percent. Percent. Percent. Percent. Percent. 
16. 66 (5) 6. 87 (6) 4. 11 (5) 0. 691 (34) 3 o. 0120 (22) 
21.11(5) 5.81(8) . 4.06(8) .532(94) 3.0076(13) 
18. 21 (5) 3. 22 (7) 1. 97 (7) . 234 (38) ! 3 . 0100 (22 I 
12.45(11) 5.03(20) 
.58(19) 
.84 (11) J .0093(19) 
1 These results, except those for manganese, are taken from U. S. Department Agriculture Bulletin 824, 
"Insect Powder," by .McDonnell, Roark, and Keenan, issued in 1920. 
- The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of samples upon which the determination in question 
was made. 
"Manganese in Insect Flowers and Insect Flower Stems,'-' J. Agr. Research 1917) 11: Si. 
Table 3 gives a comparison of analyses of the different commercial 
grades of insect flowers ("open" and "closed") and insect flower 
