. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. RIC 505 green climber. Cuttings. Loam, peat, | and sand. [ RICINUS. Eight species. Half-i liardy annuals and green-house ever- green shrubs. Seeds and cuttings. Rich soil. R. communis produces ttie Castor Oil. RICOTIA lunaria. Hardy annual. Seeds. Light sandy soil. RIDGING is digging the soil into ... parallel ridges in this formâso AAA ââ ,â â^ââ,â ;, .1,â,â,,âUIâ ,â .l.â. deep. In the first place the ground is measured out in longitudinal beds four feet wide ; this done, the top spit of the ,^ _- ---0-- - -- bed c, is laid on the bed g, and the
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. RIC 505 green climber. Cuttings. Loam, peat, | and sand. [ RICINUS. Eight species. Half-i liardy annuals and green-house ever- green shrubs. Seeds and cuttings. Rich soil. R. communis produces ttie Castor Oil. RICOTIA lunaria. Hardy annual. Seeds. Light sandy soil. RIDGING is digging the soil into ... parallel ridges in this formâso AAA ââ ,â â^ââ,â ;, .1,â,â,,âUIâ ,â .l.â. deep. In the first place the ground is measured out in longitudinal beds four feet wide ; this done, the top spit of the ,^ _- ---0-- - -- bed c, is laid on the bed g, and the as to expose it thoroughly to the second spit of the bed c, is laid on h. action either of the atmosphere or of The first or top spit of the bed/, is then frost. M. Schluber says, "that freezing re- duces the consistency of soils most re- markably, and that in the case of clays and other adhesive soils, the diminution of this consistency amounts to at least fifty per ; In hoeing clay he found it reduced from S'xty-nine to forty-five of the scale already stated, and in the ordinary arable soil from thirty-three to twenty. laid on h, so that the top soil and sub- i soil are kept on separate and alternate i beds, and may be mixed, reversed, or ! returned as taken out, at the will of the operator. By this method the ad- vantages areâmuch greater exposure of surface to the action of the weather; the opportunity of incorporating with the soil any desirable or obtainable manures, and at any desired depth ; a thorough blending of the soil to the â .; " ^"-j- â¢â â¢â ^â¢^^i^-- ^.^..âf, -â â -- â He satisfactorily explains this phenome- depth of two or three feet; and it also non, by observing that the crystals of facilitates the operation of draining, ice pervading the entire substance of where necessary. It is needless to add, the frozen sod, necessarily separate the i that when the first thrown-out beds are particfes of earth, rende
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