SOILS. 95 



Hilgard's five-day acid digestion method, and published in 

 Dr. Smith's agricultural report of 1883 (and also about the 

 same time in the sixth volume of the Tenth Census, pp. 

 81-83). They represent only a few localities in each region, 

 and none at all in some. The descriptions of the samples 

 are given below, and the results of the analyses (omitting 

 a few of the less important constituents) in Table" 19. 



Post oak flatwoods. 



1. Flatwoods soil 4 miles west of Livingston, Sumter 

 County. Vegetation post oak, red oak, hickory, and short- 

 leaf pine. 



2. Flatwoods clay 6 miles south of Linden, Marengo 

 County. Depth 10 inches. Vegetation mostly post oak. 



Red hills, western division. 



3. "Lime hills" 10 miles west of Lower Peach Tree, Wil- 

 cox County. Depth 8 inches. Vegetation mostly beech, 

 hickory, short-leaf pine, oaks, ash, poplar, sweet and sour 

 gum, holly, etc. . : 



4. Alabama River second bottoms near Lower Peach 

 Tree, Wilcox County. Depth 9 inches. Vegetation sweet 

 gum, short-leaf pine, poplar, Spanish, red and white oaks, 

 haw, and hackberry. 



Lime hills. 



5. Black shell-prairie, in Sec. 9, T. 8 N., R. 3 W., Wash- 

 ington County. Depth 8 inches. Vegetation dogwood, 

 white and black oaks, sweet gum, ash, short-leaf pine, etc. 



6. Upland brown loam 6 miles north of Gosport, Clarke 

 County. Depth 10 inches. Vegetation post, red, black and 

 Spanish oaks, short and long-leaf pine, and hickory. 



7. Second bottom of Murder Creek, 2 miles west of 

 Evergreen, Conecuh County. Depth 12 inches. Vegetation 

 sweet gum, magnolia, white and water oaks, and short-leaf 

 pine. 



Red hills, eastern division. 



8. Cultivated sandy upland near Clayton, Barbour Coun- 

 ty. Depth 1 foot. Original vegetation post oak, black-jack, 

 hickory, dogwood, and short-leaf pine. 



9. Sandy loam upland near Lawrenceville, Henry Coun- 

 ty. Depth 10 inches. Vegetation red, Spanish and post 



