The Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany, 1856, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany, 1856, Vol. 6

The geologist has examined these rocks which lie beneath the soil, and has discovered them to be very different in appearance and com position - some are sandstones, others limestones, and so on. These rocks, when exposed to the action of the weather, are seen gradually to crumble away; in this manner are soils naturally formed, and they consequently assume the character of these rocks. This at once accounts for the diversity of soils. Armed with a practical knowledge of this science, we shall be able to ascertain the nature of the soils we cultivate, and shape our practice accordingly. But though geology tells us the general character of land in a district - throws much light on the nature and origin of soils, and on the causes of their diversity - still it is chemistry which tells us that soils, of whatever kind, are made up of two parts - an organic and inorganic part. It is chemistry that tells us that vegetables are made up of two parts - an organic and inorganic part. It is chemistry which tells us that though vegetables not only may, but actually do, derive a considerable portion of their organic part from the atmosphere, they derive the whole of their inorganic part from the soil. Chemistry also tells us that these soils, which contain these inorganic parts in greatest abundance are naturally the most fertile.

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Excerpt from The Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany, 1856, Vol. 6

There is no subject of so much interest and of such vital importance to mankind, as a knowledge of the nature, constitution, and origin of soils the causes of diversity in mineral character, and of their natural productiveness. When we consider that the corporeal frame of every organised being requires a certain amount of food to keep up its healthy action, and that the products of the soil supply this food, and that the amount of this supply will be in proportion to the fertility of10 the florist.

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