BULLETIN 795, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Tap 
le 1. — Ana 
lyses 
9/Ch 
rysanthemum Leucanthemum L. 
Analyst 
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Ash 
u 
o 
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Potassium 
oxid, K 2 
Manganese, 
Mn 
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Mass.. 
W.Va. 
N. H.. 
Del 
Whole plant, 
do 
Per 
cent 
9.65 
Per 
cent 
1.36 
2.12 
1.36 
1.29 
Per 
cent 
7.80 
Per 
cent 
2.57 
Per 
cent 
39.94 
Per 
cent 
Per Per 
cent cent 
Per 
cewi 
Per 
cent 
Per 
cen£ 
Millspaugh... 
Stone 
0.45 
2.88'. .. 
: do 
do 
77.50 
70.89 
8.40 
7.08 
9.30 
8.93 
2.53 28.89 
4.99 28.16 
Penny 
Beringer 
(?).... 
(?) 
Flowers only 
do 
do 
2.68 
13.43 
9.45 
3.37 
10.11 
7.59 
Dietze 
Mil 
3 3.7€ 
4 3.r 
5 2.46 
i 
G 2.25 
J In those cases in which moisture is reported, the results for the other constituents are calculated 
on a moisture-free basis. 
2 Protein divided by 6.25. 
3 Ether of specific gravity 0.735 used. 
4 Ether of specific gravity 0.720 used. 
5 Petroleum ether used. 
6 "Purest" petroleum ether used. 
In Table 2 are presented the results of analyses of the samples 
collected by the authors and obtained from drug collectors in Vir- 
ginia and North Carolina during the summer of 1917. The analyses 
were made according to the methods of the Association of Official 
Agricultural Chemists (Jour. A. O. A. C, vol. 2, no. 1, pt. 2, May 15, 
1916). 
Table 2. — Analyses of ox-eye daisy flowers (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum L.). 1 
So 
i—! 
Place collected 
Date 
collected 
o . 
aPu 
28242 
28244 
28245 
28247 
28248 
28249 
28250 
28251 
28252 
28253 
28256 
28257 
28258 
28396 
28397 
28398 
28399 
14933 
23020 
Southwestern Virginia July, 1917 
do j do 
do do 
do do.. . . 
do ! do.... 
do do.. . . 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
Western North Carolina 
do 
do.... 
Buncombe Co., N. C . 
do 
Yancey Co., N. 
do.. 
Not known . . . 
Markham, Va.. 
Minimum . 
Maximum. 
Average. . 
...do 
...•do 
....do 
....do 
....do 
do ... 
June, 1917 
July. 1917 
Aug , 1917 
do.... 
do.... 
July. 1917 
do.... 
July, 1915 
Per 
cent 
6.25 
7.15 
6.45 
7.18 
6.60 
6 
4.83 
4.30 
4.58 
5.18 
8.25 
8.09 
7.62 
7.92 
8.25 
6.50 
Per 
cent 
1.81 
1.80 
1.87 
1.91 
1.80 
1.86 
1.95 
1.93 
1.94 
1.84 
1.90 
1 
1.93 
1.79 
1.82 
2.07 
1 
1.77 
1.62 
1.82 
2.23 
1.62 
2.23 
1 
Per 
cent 
9.60 
9.20 
9.68 
10.12 
9.10 
9.06 
9.60 
9.90 
9.44 
9.54 
9.36 
12.49 
11.70 
10.74 
9.90 
12.68 
9.38 
10.02 
10.45 
9.06 
12 
10.06 
Per 
cent 
0.66 
.42 
.48 
1.20 
.30 
.38 
.90 
.60 
.78 
.88 
.84 
.44 
.58 
2.84 
2.52 
1.85 
1.26 
3.04 
.46 
.92 
.15 
.15 
3.04 
1.02 
Per 
cent 
23.17 
21.70 
23.49 
22.03 
22 
23.37 
22.56 
22.40 
22.69 
24.09 
22 
22.47 
22.63 
22.45 
24.23 
22.75 
21.04 
22.63 
21.93 
20.14 
Per Per | Per 
cent cent, cent 
13.29 
ii/97 
20.14 
24.23 
22.56 
12.95 
11.63 
12.10 
11.83 
11.99 
11.80 
12.67 
14.34 
11.63 
14.34 
12.45 
5.16 
5.31 
4.59J 
4.87 
5.47 
4.93 
4.90 
5.53 
4.91 
5.53 
4.96 
4.80 
4.02 
4.83 
5.52 
5.11 
5.33 
5.34 
6.27 
3.18 
3.18 
6.27 
5.03 
3.66 
3.82 
3.30 
3.46 
3.63 
3.711 
3.32' 
3.58' 
3.09 
3.85 
3.66 
3.62 
3.18 
3.34 
3.54 
3.51 
3.50 
3.80 
Per 
cent 
0.85 
3.09 
4.46 
3.58 
Per 
cent 
0.0087 
.0098 
.0093 
.0104 
.0096 
.0082 
.0111 
.0101 
.0090 
.0083 
.0096 
.0086 
.0113 
.0079 
.0072 
.0110 
.0083 
.0102 
.0083 
.0072 
.0113 
l J. J. T. Graham, Assistant Chemist, Insecticide and Fungicide Laboratory, assisted in making the 
analyses reported in this table. 
