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like plants ; yet, even these, are often liable to 

 perish in winter, on account of the extreme 

 lightness of the soil, and the cold necessarily 

 produced by frequent watering. 



Shrubby, hard wooded, and fine fibrous 

 rooted plants in general, thrive very well in 

 this and loam, mixed in about equal proportions; 

 but I think it by no means suitable to fruits. It 

 is seldom used by itself except for heaths, Bo- 

 tany Bay plants, and the general productions of 

 Northern America, to all of which it seems 

 particularly adapted. 



Sand is rarely used simply, except for 

 striking cuttings of the two first of the above 

 mentioned plants; viz. heaths, and Botany 

 Bays ; for which it is peculiarly suitable ; their 

 fine hair like fibres not having strength to ve- 

 getate in stronger soils. An inch or two in 

 depth of it on the surface is quite sufficient, as 

 it is intended merely to strike the cutting in, 

 the lower part of the pot being filled with peat, 

 into which the young fibres will soon penetrate, 

 and draw therefrom the principal part of their 

 nourishment as from their parent soil : it should 

 be kept moderately moist when used in this 

 manner, otherwise, from its natural drying 

 quality, it would soon parch up, and destroy 

 whatever cuttings may have been put therein. 



The soil of the interior parts of Southern 

 Africa being for the greater part excessively 



