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A close study of the above table shows that the soils of these three 

 wooded lands are quite different in composition. This is chiefly due to the 

 difference of tree species, the age and closure of the standing trees as well 

 as the other forest conditions. One point common to the three lots is the 

 richness in nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash and lime, the lots being thus 

 fertile as compared with the soil of the nursery bed at the Station. 



The above statements will evince that the richness of the soil of a 

 woods is depend upon the fallen leaves which greatly enrich originally 

 poor soil or the land left waste for the lack of fertility. Such land will 

 of course be considerably improved by the planting of trees thereon. 



