151 



Chemical Analysis. ! 

 (Soil passed through 3 m.m. Sieve, dried at 100° C.) 



Insoluble Matter 



27. 



870 



Soluble m Hydrochloric Acid 



72. 



130 



[.rotasn 





67°<6 



J Lime 



1 



379 



<. i. iiubpiiurio xiOiu. ... 



2.760 



1 liflrnnTiin A mrl *»a ^ 





600 







Combined Water and organic matter 



25. 



100 



Humus (soluble in Ammonia) 



9 



.86 



Nitrogen 





.7036 



Hygroscopic Moisture ... 



24 



860 



Fertility Analysis. 







Available Potash 







0571 



Available Phosporic Acid 







0908 



Observations. 



This is a remarkable soil. It contains a large proportion of vege- 

 table mould, and is yet possessed of a desirable proportion of fine soil 

 particles. It is b< th free-draining and retentive of moisture. An 

 ideal medium for the root system of the banana. The subsoil is po- 

 rous and self- draining. The proportion of nitrogen and phosphoric 

 acid is most extraordinary, the former being 7 times and the latter 30 

 times greater th^n good average arable land in England. The availa- 

 ble potash and phosphoric acid are both high. This is a typical 

 specimen of a Jamaica soil specially prepared, as it were, for the 

 kindly growth of the banana. I can suggest no manures as desirable 

 or necessary, and conclude that cultivation alone will suffice for full 

 crops of standard fruit for many years to come. 



Source Details. 



SOIL ANALYSIS. 

 Reference Number — 7. Burlington B. from Hon. H. 



f Surface soil growing bananas well, 

 \ Type of good average banana land. 

 Depth of Sample — 9 inches. 



Physical Analysis. 



Stones 

 Gravel 

 Sand 



Fine Sand 

 Silt 



Agricultural ( Fine Silt 

 Clay. (. Clay 



Combined water, ) 

 Organic matter. / 



Total 



Retentive power for water 



Cork. 

 Flat land. 

 < Clarke Piece/ 



Per Cent. 

 Nil 

 3.23^) 

 7.97 

 44.38 

 30,20 



7.05 ^ 

 054 



Fine 

 Eartk 



6.63 



100.00 

 Per Cen' 

 45 



