. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. -" II—-^r- 3C ilS^^A^w^-r^^ftr- 3C T " ir SOILS; WHAT THEY ^ j^ CONTAIN AND DO DC 3C DC 3C DC. A ROSE GROWER'S NOTES. The Origin of Soil. W'li.'it is soil.' Siiil i^ \]]o lumio of llif ;'<iol'l;iiil. Soil is tlio stoi'c- llOUSc fill' IllMt \>:iY[ 111' tlic fonil \vliich llic 1;il\('> ill tluMU^h its I'ools. Soil is llic Inlioi ;i1(ii y, or l;it('lHMi. AviiiMO tile foiicl is ]ii ('iiai'(>'l. And tliis woik :^(ii's 11)1 iiiK'casiiiu'lv. 1-as-tly, soil is a supiMii-t til lioM tlic plant finnjv in its plarc' I'.nt \\liat
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. -" II—-^r- 3C ilS^^A^w^-r^^ftr- 3C T " ir SOILS; WHAT THEY ^ j^ CONTAIN AND DO DC 3C DC 3C DC. A ROSE GROWER'S NOTES. The Origin of Soil. W'li.'it is soil.' Siiil i^ \]]o lumio of llif ;'<iol'l;iiil. Soil is tlio stoi'c- llOUSc fill' IllMt \>:iY[ 111' tlic fonil \vliich llic 1;il\('> ill tluMU^h its I'ools. Soil is llic Inlioi ;i1(ii y, or l;it('lHMi. AviiiMO tile foiicl is ]ii ('iiai'(>'l. And tliis woik :^(ii's 11)1 iiiK'casiiiu'lv. 1-as-tly, soil is a supiMii-t til lioM tlic plant finnjv in its plarc' I'.nt \\liat is soil? Sr>il is fiiii'ly di- \it of the iii\isi(ins. In between the sand and the clay \\t> ha\-e what ari> lienerallv known .as loamy sand, sandy loam, loam, clayev loam and h^amy ola\'. These divisions are based iii>on tlie sizi> of tlie soil strains .and the difVevent ]>ercentages of I'ach size in ;i yiven soil. They are, of cimi-se, not arliitraiily fixed, there heinc; iiiiimmliered \'ariations of soils. Now. if we coii'-ider soils as broken and discomposed roik. the lirst question That comes to our minds is: How aTid when were the roeks which originally covcied the face of the earth converted into soil ? Certainly ac;es and ages be- foie man apjieared on tlio earth. In fact, before .animal life of any kind could exist there mast lun'o beeu vege- tation; anil \egetation of tlu^ higher forms could not exist on bare rock. I'ndiably the coniinencenient of the dis- was coincident with the ap- p(>ariince of life in the lowest form. (u'ologists tell us that the eartli was • )iici- ;i molten mass; also, that the water which now com]ioses the o-'cans was jirobaldy in tlie form of a dense vapor which surrounded the red-hot eartii. the i ai'th began to cool and, as it cooled, it contracted. The result of this -WHS that tlie surl'ace su]iside('r by Alfred Rurtdn, ri^o ^Tinvcr, rcnil I llic llorists' Club cl' riiil:iilc
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