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with lime, or calcareous or clayey loams. In Norfolk they feem 

 to value clay more than marie, probably becaufe their fandy foils 

 already contain calcareous parts ; poflibly alfo they mifname 

 marie, calling mere chalk by that name. Lime or chalk are 

 lefs proper, as they do not give fufficient coherence to the foil ; 

 however, when mixed with earth or dung, they anfwer well *, 

 becaufe they form a fort of marie or compound, comprehending 

 the defedive ingredients. 



Sandy Loams. 



These are defedive chiefly in the calcareous ingredient, and 

 in fome degree alfo in the argillaceous ; their texture too is im- 

 perfed, as they abound both in fine and coarfe fand ; chalk or 

 lime would fupply the firft defed, but would leave the texture 

 unamended ; hence they are ufed when better cannot be 

 had f . Yet calcareous or argillaceous marles are moft proper \. 

 Clay, after land has been chalked, anfwers, as we are told, 

 remarkably well, becaufe it remedies the texture §. 



Gravelly Loams. 



These foils are benefited by the application of marie, whether 

 argillaceous or calcareous ||, for reafons which I fuppofe are now 

 appatent ; if the gravel be calcareous, day may be employed •[. 

 A mixtiire of effete lime and clayfhould anfwer in all cafes. 



* Young's Eaftern Tour, 397. f 4th Ibid. '398. 



X Ibid. 402. J 4th Young's Annals, 413. 



II 4th Young's Eaftern Tour, 404. 406. f ift Eaft. Tour, 494. 



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