THI5 YEGETATJON OF NATAL. 



0.=, 



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being chiefly a physical one. In such rugged mountainous 

 country either the soil cannot accumulate at all^ or if it does, 

 the valuable soluble constituents are washed out of it, leaving 

 a barren sand behind. The chai-acteristic plants are the 

 Kricas and Proteas (PI. XIX). 



The following table of soil analyses is taken from the 

 records of the Cedara Experiment Farm, Natal : 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 

 23 



24 

 25 

 26 

 27 



Locality. 



Reit Vallei 



Glencoe Junction 

 PJstcoiu-t 

 Ingogo . 

 Curry's Post . 

 Balgowan 

 Tweedie . 



Camperdown 



Durban . 

 Tongaat . 



Ifafa (surface soil) 

 „ (stibsoil of 



same) . 

 ,, (svirface soil) 

 „ (subsoil of 

 same) . 

 Clifton Tea Estate 

 Do. (above Diorite) 

 Clifton Tea Estate 



6-96 

 4-18 

 4-28 

 6-45 

 2-05 

 3-00 

 1-46 



10-69 

 4-74 

 7-70 

 3-90 

 6-47 

 6-99 

 3-34 

 2-75 

 0-55 



14-20 



•71 



-32 



4-87 



11-24 

 5-78 



4-25 

 1-91 

 7-12 

 2-56 



1-72 



10 



05 



08 



03 



06 



01 



009 



01 



54 



12 



12 



12 



11 



05 



07 



06 



06 



03 



01 



03 



04 

 02 



0-5 

 •02 

 -66 

 •04 

 -01 



