ABSTRACT
Moreover, every other element, whether mineral or organic, which is required for nutrition is found in the vegetable kingdom; as for example--salts of potash, soda, lime, magnesia, iron, and manganese; substances
analogous to fibrin, albumen, and gelatin; gum, pectin, and sugar; phosphoric, acetic, sulphuric, hydrochloric, and fluoric acids; besides many acids peculiar to vegetables.
