The Effect of Strongly Calcareous Soils on the Growth and Ash Composition of Certain Plants (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Effect of Strongly Calcareous Soils on the Growth and Ash Composition of Certain Plants There is, however, an extensive literature on calciphilous and calcifugous plants, which for the most part consists of observations on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of plants on calcareous soils.1 These studies, which have afforded rather conflicting results, seem to Show that there are a very few plants which never occur naturally on calcareous soils, but the Observations do not Show with certainty whether this is due to the physical or chemical character Of the soils. There are also some culture experiments which show that some plants, as certain varieties of lupines,2 sphagnum moss,3 s'erradella,4 pine apples,5 etc., are intolerant of calcareous soils. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.