14 GARDENING FOR ALL. 
Peaty soils should be liberally dressed with lime, to 
correct their acidity ; and dressings with marl and burnt clay 
will increase their density and improve their retentive 
capacity in regard to their capacity to retain manure. 
When soil is not suitable for our crops we must set about 
making it suitable, and not sit with folded hands complaining 
of our hard lot and disadvantages; but get to work 
industriously, and make good use of the advantages we do 
possess. Plodding industry, and a wise application of 
knowledge, are the ‘‘open sesame” to Nature’s bounteous 
stores. 
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