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England. Of these, some are, of course, 
better adapted to certain soils than others; 
and to ascertain which grass was best suited 
to each soil, the late Duke of Bedford, whose 
loss the horticultural and agricultural world 
has recently had to deplore, instituted a 
series of experiments at Woburn under the 
superintendence of his gardener, the late 
Mr. Sinclair, who was a very intelligent 
man, and the result of which was published 
in the Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis. 
From these experiments, it was found that 
what are called hungry sandy soils, were the 
worst, and rich alluvial soils the best for the 
production of grasses; but that sandy loams 
produced the most equal and most perma¬ 
nent crops. To apply this to practice in the 
production of proper lawn grasses, it is evi¬ 
dent that as a sandy loam appears to be the 
best for them, a sandy soil would be improved 
by the addition of clay, and a clayey one by 
the addition of sand, both these mixtures 
constituting what is called a sandy loam: and 
it may be added, that where the soil is calca¬ 
reous, it may generally be left without any 
alteration, when it is to be covered with 
