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The soil was a black peaty sand of very light character, and the 

 analysis shows it to be of extremely poor character, it being very 

 deficient in the principal elements of fertility — namely, lime, potash, 

 and phosphoric acid. Such a soil as this would, no doubt, be just the 

 kind of one in which to grow Ehododendrons, Azaleas, Ericas, and 

 similar plants which do not need lime, but for shrubs and herbaceous 

 plants generally it would undoubtedly require the addition of lime, and 

 also of materials containing phosphates and potash. Also, it would be 

 very desirable to alter its mechanical and physical properties by incor- 

 porating with it clay or soil of heavier character than its own. 



Soil Fumigants. — Two samples which had been sold as " soil 

 fumigants " were sent to me for general examination. I found ther.c \ 

 to be very similar in nature, and they consisted principally of 

 naphthalene with some form of lime. In the one case the lime was 

 present as carbonate of lime, and in the other gas lime appeared to 

 have been used. There was also in one of the samples a small 

 amount of carbolic acid. 



