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SOIL. 
Plants requiring peat. The Cape Jasmine will grow 
very luxuriantly in it. One-third of such peat, and 
one-third of sandy loam, and one-third of decayed ma¬ 
nure from an old hot bed, well incorporated together 
and ameliorated by frost, will form what Florists term 
a light, rich soil, suitable for a great many Plants, such 
as Fuchsias, Calceolarias, Euphorbia, Mimosa, and 
any Plants requiring a mixture of loam and peat. The 
Cape Bulbs, as Ixia, Tritonia, Sparaxis, Gladiolus, &c., 
thrive best in light, rich sandy loam with a little peat. 
Succulent Plants, as the Crassula, Mesembryanthe- 
mum, &c., thrive well in a sandy loam, with a little 
lime in it. Roses thrive best in a good strong loamy 
soil, with decayed manure, though being subject to 
bake hard in the pots, a little sandy peat, or one-third 
sand should be used to keep the loam open. A hard 
clayey soil should not be used in pots if it can be 
avoided, as very few Plants will grow well in it. In 
case a person’s garden consists of such soil, and it is 
necessary to use it, it should have considerable sand, 
chip, or decayed manure mixed with it to keep it from 
binding hard, and the pots should be well drained 
with pieces of broken pot at the bottom. Sandy soil 
should be as free from Oxyd of Iron as possible. 
Persons procuring plants from Florists should, when 
they require shifting into larger pots, use a soil as near 
as they can get like that they received them in. 
