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ANALYSES OF THE CARROT. 
2. Calculated without carbonic acid and organic matter. 
Silex.10-415 
Phosphates, etc. - - - - - - 25-051 
Carbonate of lime ..... 0 - 060 
Magnesia ....... trace. 
Potash - - - - - - - 50 "391 
Soda 9-560 
Chlorine ....... 2-438 
Sulphuric acid ...... 2-261 
100-176 
PROPORTIONS. 
One hundred grains of the inside of the root, in a water hath at 212° Fahr., gave 
Water - - -. 89-520 
Dry matter ....... 10-480 
Ash.2-200 
Calculated dry ...... 20-992 
The outside treated in the same way, gave 
Water.83-78 
Dry matter - - - - - - - 16-22 
Ash.2-5S 
Calculated dry - - - - - - 15-91 
The carrot, of which the foregoing is an analysis, was preserved through the winter and 
part of the spring of 1848. Probably it had lost a portion of its water; and hence it 
would have furnished a larger percentage of dry matter and ash, had it been taken from 
the field. « 
3. Analysis of the young Orange carrot. 
Silica ... 
- 
- 
4-40 
Phosphates 
- 
- 
28-60 
Carbonate of lime - 
- 
- 
5-40 
Magnesia 
- 
- 
9.58 
Potash - 
- 
- 
27-54 
Soda 
- 
- 
15-28 
Sulphuric acid 
- 
- 
2-42 
Chlorine 
• 
- 
- 
2-60 
Carbonic acid - 
. 
. 
- 
4-52 
100-34 
From this single analysis, there appears more soda and less potash than in the old root. 
They were raised on different soils ; and in order to establish the fact of material differences 
existing, it would require repeated analyses. 
