FORMATION OF ASPARAGINE IN PLANTS. 
435 
POTATO SHOOTS. (II) 
TOTAL NITROGEN. 
Plants in 
Sugar . 
Urea . 
Sodium nitrate . 
Sodium nitrate and 
Sugar . 
Control plants . 
Original plants . 
Plants in 
Sugar. 
Urea . 
Sodium nitrate . 
Sodium nitrate and 
Sugar . 
Control plants . 
Original plants . 
Dry matter 
used. 
Gram. 
( i. 0.456 
2. ,, 
1. 0.454 
2. „ 
1. 0.440 
2. 
i. 0.472 
2 « 55 
I. 0.447 
2- 
1. O.478 
2 . 
Baryta water 4 ) 
replaced. 
c. c. 
4.0 
4.0 
5-3 
5-5 
4.8 
5 -o 
46 
4.6 
47 
4.8 
4-7 
4-9 
Nitrogen 
found. 
Percentage of 
nitrogen. 
Gram. 
0.0125 
0.0169 
0.0153 
0.0144 
0.0147 
0.0150 
2.74 
3-71 
348 
3-°4 
3-29 
3-14 
ALBUMINOID NITROGEN. 
Dry matter 
used. 
Gram, 
i. 0.912 
1. 0.908 
2. 
I. 0.880 
2 * 55 
I. O.944 
2* 55 
I. O.894 
O' » 
I. O.956 
Baryta water 4 ) 
replaced. 
c. c. 
4.2 
44 
5-7 
5-7 
5-2 
54 
5-3 
54 
5-3 
5-3 
54 
5.6 
Nitrogen 
found. 
Gram. 
0.0132 
0.0179 
0.0167 
0.0170 
0.0170 
0.0173 
Percentage of 
nitrogen. 
1.45 
1.97 
1.89 
1.80 
1.86 
1.81 
(i) i c.c. baryta solution = 0.0031245 gram nitrogen. 
