. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. TLOWISG WELL OF THE PEAK, DEBBTSHIBE. CHAPTER lY. MECHANICAL PREPARATION OF SOILS. 93. The great improver, not of soils only, but of the climate of whole districts when brought iinder its influence, is drainage. Within the present generation, localities, formerly known as raw, cold, swampy, and unproduc- tive, with late harvests, if they could be said to deserve the name, have become warm and dry, yielding highly-productive crops, naarly approxi- mating, in time, to the mo
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. TLOWISG WELL OF THE PEAK, DEBBTSHIBE. CHAPTER lY. MECHANICAL PREPARATION OF SOILS. 93. The great improver, not of soils only, but of the climate of whole districts when brought iinder its influence, is drainage. Within the present generation, localities, formerly known as raw, cold, swampy, and unproduc- tive, with late harvests, if they could be said to deserve the name, have become warm and dry, yielding highly-productive crops, naarly approxi- mating, in time, to the most fonvard districts, under the effects of di'ainage. Under its influence the moisture is made to percolate through the eai-th to its lowest level, drawn from a gradually extending circle, until the surrounding soil is freed from superfluous moisture, giving place to atmospheric air with its fertilizing effects ; while the atmosphere on the surface, which was formerly chilled by the effects of evaporation, is now rendered warm and genial; for water long retains its heat; and wherever water can flow, atmospheric air can follow. 94. While the general effects of drainage are so useful, however, it is difficult to give any specific directions on the subject. Every kind of soil requires a different treatment, and some are capable of being seriously injured by injudicious draining. There are few gardens in which it can be wholly dispensed with; as a general rule, however, a light loamy or sandy soil, with a gravelly subsoil, and a natural slope to some outfall, requires no drainage whatever ; on the contrary, an admixture of clay is necessary to render it more retentive of moisture; while a tenacious clay soil and subsoil require thorough drainage to render them suitable for garden purposes. Before at- tempting it, however, even on a small scale, some thought must be given to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced f
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