62 
No. of jar. 
0 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
‘BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
Each jar contained 20 grms. Sheepskin and 1450 
grms. Provincetown sand. 
The crop harvested 
April 3, 1876. 
The jar was watered 
Grew to Had 
Weig’d 
; height. 
Phosphate of potash . 34/7 31/7 34/7 
Rain-water a or , 24 2h ot 
Nitrate of potash vars ; 64 7 
Nitrate of lime. . . of 24 3 
Phosphate of potash 
and nitrate of lime. 7k 94 15 
seeds. 
Each jar contained 20 grms. 
roasted Sheepskin and 
1450 Provincetown sand. 
The crop harvested 
April 3, 1876. 
Had 
seeds. 
Grew to 
height. 
0.470% | 4/7 43/7 5/7 
0.250*| 3k 4 Sh 
0.275 |5 5 6 
0.250 |2 3h 3} 
0345*|4 4 5 
* Green and immature, when harvested. 
Each jar contained 40 grms. Sole Leather and 
1300 grms. Berkshire sand. 
The crop harvested 
Feb. 2, 1875. 
The jar was watered 
with xr Weig’d 
grms. 
Grew to Had 
height. 
0.115 
0.120 
0.110 
0.230 
0.155 
0.280 
0.385 
Sulphate of potash 
Phosphate of poe 4 
Rain-water .. 
Nitrate of potash . 
Nitrate of lime. . 
Phosphate of potash 
and nitrate of lime . 
Phosphate of potash 
and nitrate of potash 
QUI 3/1 4/7 
seeds. 
Each jar contained 40 grms. 
roasted Sole Leather and 
1300 grms. Berks. sand. 
The crop harvested 
Feb. 3, 1875. 
Had 
seeds. 
Grew to 
Weig’d 
height. 
grms. 
0.230 | 23/7 43/7 6/7 
0.210*|4 5 6 
0.220*| 3h 4 5 
0.295 |4 6 8 
0.290* 
0.360* 
0.345* 
* Green and immature, when harvested. 
Each jar contained 40 grms. Sole Leather, 760 grms. 
Berkshire sand, and 560 grms. calcined loam. 
The crop harvested 
April 3, 1876. 
The jar was watered 
Weig’d 
height. 
0.150 | 34/74/7417 
0.130 | 2k 3} 4 
1.810 |10 11 11 
2315 | 6 7 8 
3.720 | 9$ 11 144 
Phosphate of potash . 
Rain-water . . «. % 
Nitrate of potash . 
Nitrate of lime. . 
Phosphate of potash 
pil nitrate of lime . 
Grew to Had 
seeds. 
Each jar contained 40 grms. 
roasted Sole Leather, 760 
B. sand, and 560 cale. loam. 
The crop harvested 
April 3, 1876. ° 
Grew to 
height. 
Weig’d 
grms. 
Had 
seeds, 
81/7 97 11/7 
6 i & 
5 8 9 
5 64 7 17 
65 9 10} | 21 
