. The water-relation between plant and soil. Plants; Soil moisture. 62 THE WATER-SUPPLYING POWER OF THE SOIL Shive and Livingston.^ The proportions of the two soils were meas- ured by dry volume, without packing. Sand smiilar to that here used has, according to Caldwell,^ a moisture-holding capacity of per cent of its dry weight. The corresponding percentage for the loam used by Shive and Livingston was , and that for the mixture as here used was , the last two data being taken from the paper of Shive and Livingston. A further characterization of the soil, suggested by Livingst
. The water-relation between plant and soil. Plants; Soil moisture. 62 THE WATER-SUPPLYING POWER OF THE SOIL Shive and Livingston.^ The proportions of the two soils were meas- ured by dry volume, without packing. Sand smiilar to that here used has, according to Caldwell,^ a moisture-holding capacity of per cent of its dry weight. The corresponding percentage for the loam used by Shive and Livingston was , and that for the mixture as here used was , the last two data being taken from the paper of Shive and Livingston. A further characterization of the soil, suggested by Livingston (1906) and based on its volume when allowed to settle under water, as compared to its dry weight, may be employed here. The soil was. OIL Fio. 2.—Diagram showing osmometeT as arranged to operate against soil. The membrane is held against the soil surface by means of the weight, appUed through the lever and cord. Surface evaporation from the soil is practically eliminated by cotton packing around the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Livingston, Burton Edward, 1875-; Hawkins, Lon Adrian, 1880-; Pulling, Howard Edward. Washington, D. C. , Carnegie Institution of Washington
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