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 house bench till January 1. On again testing with litmus 

 paper the limed ends of the boxes now gave a strong alkaline 

 reaction. The boxes were planted to American Wonder peas. 

 It soon became evident that too much lime had been used, for 

 after coming up, the peas in the limed ends of the boxes all 

 died. They did not seem able to strike root in the soil. The 

 boxes were replanted at intervals, but without success, until 

 about the middle of March, when they were planted to lettuce 

 and radishes. On April 2 it was noted that at last a good 

 stand had been secured in two of the limed boxes. The one 

 containing the upland soil was still a complete failure. In box 

 No. 3. with the hammock soil the lettuce was decidedly best 

 in the limed end, no diflference could be noted in the radishes. 

 In box No. 2. , the Savannah soil, the lettuce was at least three 

 times as large in the limed end, while the radishes seemed 

 hardly so good with the lime. The radishes continued to 

 grow luxuriantly in both ends of both boxes, but at maturity 

 they were slightly better in each case in the limed ends. 

 With the lettuce the difference was very marked. In the un- 

 limed ends of both boxes it was stunted and sickly, with 

 leaves less than two inches long, but in the limed ends it grew 

 rank and luxuriant. The result was as striking a one as the 

 experimenter could desire, and it is well illustrated by the 



