The sample cut in August contained a larger amount of nutriment than the specimen analysed in the spring; but its constituents appeared to be much less soluble in water, and therefore, less digestible. Professor Blyth, of the Queen's College, Cork, has more recently made a very elaborate analysis of furze, grown in the county of Cork, which gave results still more favorable to the plant than those arrived at by me--probably because the specimens furnished to him were drier than mine. ANALYSIS OF FRESH FURZE, BY DR. BLYTH. 100 parts contain:-- _Matters readily soluble in water and easily digested._ [*] Albuminous, or flesh-forming compounds 1·68 Fat and heat-producing, or respiratory elements, viz., sugar, gum, &c. &c. 7·83 Ash 0·83 ----- Total matters soluble in water 10·34 [* Containing nitrogen 0·265] _Matters insoluble in water._ Oil 2·14 [+] Albuminous, or flesh-producing compounds 2·83 Fat and heat-producing, or respiratory elements 1·00 Woody fibre 28·80 Ash 3·23 ----- Total matters insoluble in water 38·00 Water, expelled at 212 51·50 ----- 99·48 Total nitrogen in plant 0·71 Total albuminous, or flesh-producing compounds 4·51 Total respiratory, or heat and fat-producing compounds 8·83 Total ash 4·06 The ash contains in 100 parts:-- Potash 20·00 Phosphoric acid 8·72 [+ Containing nitrogen 0·445] If the large per-centage of water be deducted, the dry, nutritive matters can then be more readily compared with the amount of the same substances in other feeding articles:-- _Composition of 100 parts of furze dried at 212°. Matters soluble in water in the dry furze._ [*] Albuminous compounds 3·47 Respiratory elements 16·15 Ash 1·71 ------ Total matters soluble in water 21·33 [* Containing nitrogen 0·546] _Matters insoluble in water in the dry furze._