^^ Anjvjers to ^erier on Vegetation. Feb* 



which they can well afford to pay. Thus the induftrlous are 

 provided for, and the rich increale their gains ; every caufe for 

 emigration to other countries is removed, and the profperity of 

 the country advanced. 



Antiplagiarius. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



Anji:jcrs to ^levies on Vegetation, 

 Sir, 



In the nth Number of your very ufeful publication, you fub- 

 mit a fet of queries on vegetation to your readers and correfpon- 

 dents, and folicit anfwers to the important queftions put. As I am 

 a ilncere friend to every agricultural and horticultural puvfuit, I 

 have ventured to offer anfwers to moft of them, at leall fuch as I 

 have had occafion to turn my mind upon, in the courfe of prac- 

 tice. 



I humbly fubm.it them to your difpofal, if you deem them wor- 

 thy of a place in your magazine ; and am. Sir, yours, &c. 



^z/^. 28. 1 8c 2. W.N. 



I. Concerning the EartJo* 



Anf. to Qncry i. Supportmg them in a proper pofition ; re- 

 ceiving, retaining, or communicating moifture, and other matter, 

 for their nouriihment ; receiving and reflecting the rays of the 

 fun, dews, and exhalations 5 thereby forwarding their growth and 

 perfection. 



2. Anfwered above. 



3. Moil certainly. I do not know any plant that will not 

 grow in different foils by conftraint ; but none will thrive in a 

 luperlative degree, except in that which is peculiarly adapted to 

 its nature. 



4. By proper cultivation of the given foil, I think not. Even 

 iron}- till, which is thought to be the moft inimical of any to ve- 

 getation, can, by proper management, be made productive of ufe- 

 ful plants. 



5. Yes ; generally thofe that arc termed fucculent, as the cac- 

 tus and euphorbia, in an exotic itatc ; and certainly every plant 

 in an indigenous ftate, as the heath, the juniper, the fox-glove, &c. 



6. Becanfe certain plants exhault the foil fader and more than 

 others, and that one plant will thrive, where anothcr.only exiited. 



7. Nutritive matter, raoillure, &c. 



0, Calcareous earth, as lime, chalk, or marl ; clay and fand ; 



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