III SITUATION AND SOIL 49 
Some very fertile soils may be found on the lower 
-chalk or marl formation, particularly on the edge 
of the greensand. Hitchin would be a case in 
point, where Mr. EK. B. Lindsell has for some years 
grown the best amateur H.P.s, and where Messrs. 
Harkness and Sons have endeavoured, if possible, 
to better even their Yorkshire fame. 
Sanp.—This may be considered in itself to be the 
worst soil of all, but where it occurs in the green- 
sand from sandy rocks, strong loam is probably to 
be had within carting distance, and almost all the 
really sandy part being taken right away to the 
depth of two feet, good Teas at least might probably 
be grown in well-made beds in such a place. But 
in sands like that to be found at the seaside, or as 
the ‘‘blowing”’ sands on the Norfolk and Suffolk 
border near Thetford, where thick belts of firs have 
to be planted to prevent one man’s crop, and field 
too, being actually blown away to his neighbour, 
I fear the Rosarian must stifle his impulses, change 
his object of worship, and devote himself, according 
to the extent of his holding, to hyacinths or 
partridges. 
