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ANALYSES OF THE GRASSES. 7 i 
2. Second specimen : gathered June 30, 1848. 
Whole height 40 inches ; head 5 inches long, in full blossom. 
PROPORTIONS. 
Stalk ... 
. 
- 
- 
•52-03 
Leaf 
- 
- 
- 
27-64 
Head 
19-73 
100-00 
Water in the stalk - 
- 
- 
74-75 
Dry matter 
- 
- 
23-75 
Ash - 
- 
- 
1-50 
Ash calculated dry - 
- 
- 
6-31 
Water in the leaf 
- 
- 
71-07 
Dry matter - 
- 
26-56 
Ash .... 
- 
2-37 
Ash calculated dry - 
- 
8-92 
Water in the head - 
- 
66-25 
Dry matter ... 
- 
32-30 
Ash - 
- 
1-45 
Ash calculated dry - 
- 
4-45 
Water in the whole plant 
- 
70-69 
Dry matter ... 
- 
27-54 
Ash .... 
- 
1-77 
Ash calculated dry - 
■ 
6-42 
- % 
3. Ash of timothy grass . 
This specimen was made into hay, and was very bright and thoroughly sun-dried. 
Length 3 feet and 8 inches; head 7 inches, and cut before its blossoms were mature. 100 
grains of the thoroughly sun-dried hay lost in the water bath, 10 • 30; ash, 3*00. Of 
carbonic acid, only a trace was found in the ash. 
Quantity employed 
- 
- 
20-000 grs. 
Per centum. 
Silica 
8-330 
41-650 
Phosphates - 
3-385 
16-925 
Carbonate of lime 
9-040 
0-200 
Magnesia 
0-100 
0-500 
Potash 
6-152 
30-760 
Soda - 
0-204 
1-020 
Soluble silica 
0-040 
0-200 
Chloride of sodium 
0-498 
2-490 
Sulphuric acid 
0-826 
19-535 
4-130 
97-875 
