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ANALYSES OF THE BEET. 
XXII. BLOOD BEET. 
Soil a sandy loam, based upon the Albany clay. 
1. Analysis of 18 grs. 
. Quantity obtained. Without carbonic acid. 
Silex ...... 
1-180 
Per centum. 
8-730 
Phosphate ----- 
2'615 
19-324 
Carbonate of lime .... 
0-140 
1-042 
Magnesia ..... 
0-576 
4-146 
Potash. 
6-325 
46-684 
Soda - 
1-343 
9-928 
Chlorine ..... 
0-304 
2-245 
Sulphuric acid - - - . 
1-032 
7-628 
Soluble silica .... 
0-012 
0-061 
Carbonic acid .... 
- 
4-307 
PROPORTIONS. 
100 grs. gave, Water ... 
17-834 
99-788 
86-42 
Dry matter 
- 
- 
13-58 
Ash 
- 
. 
1-10 
Calculated dry 
- 
- 
8-10 
The specimen furnishing the foregoing results had probably lost a portion of its water ? 
having been kept through the winter, and exposed a day or two upon a fruit stand in 
market. 
The herbage of one plant, weighing .... 648'5 grs. gave 
Dry matter.- - 47*6 
Ash - - * - - - - - 8'5 
In one week, the herbage increased to - - - - 3400 grs. 
The root -------- 408 
Another beet and its top, three weeks afterwards, weighed : 
Root ..... 15840 grs., or 2 lbs. 1 oz. j 
Top. 7680 “ or 1 lb.; 
the root having increased much faster than the top, during the time specified. 
Those plants whose herbage is large, have large roots in the end. 
