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A FURTHER NOTE ON THE CULTIVATION OF RHODODENDRONS 
AT LEONARDSLEE. 
The soil at Leonardslee, generally speaking, is not unfavourable to the 
growth of Rhododendrons, but there are parts where the soil is too heavy and 
where they suffer in cold, wet winters, and there are some parts where the soil 
is so light that it dries up completely in times of drought. 
I have already mentioned in Vol. I., p. 195 of the Society’s Notes, that we 
had opened a trench round the plants that had suffered, and had placed turfy 
loam round the roots. The turf is taken off, about one inch thick, off pasture 
land and stacked. This note is to say that this treatment has succeeded beyond 
expectation. 
x\ll the plants so treated, which were looking ill and yellow, are now in the 
best of health, with dark green foliage. We find that leaf mould, and peat even, 
are apt to turn sour, and we now pin our faith to turfy loam when anything is 
required. 
EDMUND GILES LODER. 
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