Table i. Continued. 
July, 1923] 
CURTIS — EFFECT OF RINGING A STEM 
365 
Ash per g. 
Relative 
to 
Check 
1.00 
499 
1.00 
.720 
ba 
a 
10co m m rq on r^ rj-vq cq « n 
4 cd 4 m vd cd id c?v n vd 4 id 
X^vC vD uo CO " 3 - lOvD VO ' 3 " ^ 
* * 
Ash per sq. dec. 
Relative 
to 
Check 
1.00 
.785 
1.00 
.932 
mg. 
vq On oq 00 00 cq 00 vq r>. vq «q »-j 
4 4 ) 00* ^ 4 4 cdoo" vd idvd 
t)- co rt" co M co co CO co <0 co 
* * * 
Total 
Ash 
(mg.) 
oc n 0 00 n n n q 
6 s 6 m fo id m" 6 10 
cOOO low VO M tJ- n 
Mm mm m m mm 
* * * 
Nitrogen per g. 
Dry Wt. 
Relative 
to 
Check 
vO 10 vO co 
O M O O' O 00 O <0 
qq qio q vq q ^q 
mg. 
tq qs tq n O iq n M cq M iq cq Xq iqvO 
on 4 o’ 4 00’ 4 vd m" d m vc* 4 10 cd m m* 
co M ■' 3 “ M COCOCO WWW COCOCO MMM 
Nitrogen per 
sq dec. 
Relative 
to 
Check 
1.00 
.662 
1.00 
.680 
1.00 
.726 
1.00 
.821 
mg. 
on q> vq m cqvq qs oq iqvq quqoo vq cq qs 
4 vd cdvd 4 h w vc vd vd m m m co" 4 rd 
MM Mm MMM mmm MMM mmm 
Total 
Nitrogen 
(mg.) 
M O W VC"^- M rl-Tt- M VO 
m M OsOO CO-^t- VOVO MO m Jq 
cd^. id cd w n id oo* rd 6 «"o 
MVC os^- MON vOvO O ' r>.vc 
Dry 
Weight 
(g) 
m os rf- O vC O co ^-vO co 10 
vO'cf-r^.ON vOm *ct- on co tJ- ■' 3 " On 
-ct- r>. 10 0 mm iovo vc 00 on 
oq oq tooq n 00 on cq qs m q oq 
n* m" m m cd n n cd n cd cd n 
Area 
(sq. 
dec.) 
r^ M co 00 Mio On r>. ONCO M«o 
" 3 -coven COM 0 ^ oovc COM 
iqoo or^. O 10 on h 00 O 0010 
4 w 4 w id 4 cd 4 4 id cd cd 
Number 
of 
Leaves 
2222 22 22 22 22 
Date 
of 
Sampling 
ononi-hmi Mn nn nn nn 
^MMM mm mm mm qn j-h 
oooo oooo oooo oc co' 
Branch 
Check 
Ringed 
Check 
Ringed 
Check 
a 
b 
Ringed 
a 
b 
Check 
a 
b 
Ringed 
a 
b 
Number 
of 
Tree 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
Average 
3 
3 
Average 
4 
4 
Average 
4 
Average 
When the ash was taken out of these crucibles, it was found that some carbon still remained. This would explain the high readings. 
