| 单词 | loam |
| 例句 | For it is the loam that is giving you that smell. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Without him there would be no termites, no farms of the fungi that are cultivated by termites and will grow nowhere else, and no conversion of dead trees to loam. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire Columbian Guard seemed to be present, their pale blue uniforms standing out like crocuses against black loam. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The plantings had, by then, expanded from the hothouse to a plot of land by the abbey—a twenty-foot-by-hundred-foot rectangle of loam that bordered the refectory, visible from his room. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Dr. Trefusis accompanied them ashore, and ’twas my pleasure to escort him through the rough terrain of flat stump and loam we have made of the forest, down to the peninsula and to our tent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Too many leaves had fallen and turned to loam, too many plants had grown up and died down over the old home site. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z How much water to keep the loam moist? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her foot sank into the loam a little too much, and she jerked back, heart pounding. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z One minute they were above ground, a moment later there was a veritable shower of loam and topsoil as they vanished beneath the earth: nature’s own technicians. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A smell of loam and another, pungent scent rises from among the leaves, a smell of old things, dense and heavy, forgotten. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z From the loam of Jutta’s memory rises a sentence: What I want to write about today is the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I listened to the muffled rattle of our waters against damp leaf loam. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He dug his fingers through the loam on top, down deep to the cold earth below, and then pulled his hand back out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Beside a mountain stream, O’Dell and I worked at a clear place, picking and shoveling rich, black West Virginia loam into the truck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And how much loam will I need to keep my water still? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The tide of loam reached the Pomerian line and roared straight into the city. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Dobrynya dashed to where his sword lay in the loam beneath the tree. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The land was down upon itself, a land of black loam, but nothing on it, not even grass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The loam was soft and spongy beneath their feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The threads push through the cell wall and grow out of the cell, like grass rising from seeded loam. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pig droppings nearby clinch the identification, and then, looking around, I see Crystal’s tracks in the soft loam. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z An odor of loam and dead leaves hung in the corridor. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I look at my four boys, who are the colors of silt, loam, dust, and clay, an infinite palette for children of their own, and I understand that time erases whiteness altogether. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It will crack then like ice under the pick, and through the breaks I will see the loam, fertile, free of pebbles and twigs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Then she realized a tidal wave of dark loam was rolling across the hills, turning the skin of the earth inside out, leaving nothing behind. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His films have implicitly relied on the loam of his family background, but the series considers it directly—both in the display of personal relationships and in the exploration of memory. “Cutting My Mom,” Reviewed: A Filmmaker’s Ingenious Web Series, Made in Collaboration With His Mother 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z First, they bought a vineyard where a layer of loam sits over bedrock of dolomitic limestone. From Ontario, Cool-Climate Wines of Beauty and Vision 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The word “loam” has long confused gardeners, myself included. How to create a living soil 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The hole the sisters dig for him “takes on a shape like the one inside Lucy, a hollow filled with the smell of loam and morning breath.” Review | C Pam Zhang’s ‘How Much of These Hills Is Gold’ brilliantly reimagines the cowboy narrative 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z For me, loam from my mole hill, compost, and also leaf mold, fallen leaves allowed to rot down in a bag for a year or two, provide the most amazing medium. How to garden through climate change 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Molten copper ingots, metal scraps and discarded bells are poured into the mould and the loam casing is broken away when the metal has cooled. How do I become ... a bellmaker? 2012-12-20T10:42:22Z But topsoil is a much more general term than loam. How to create a living soil 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z On an evening last summer, the sun still high, my wife and I, our 1-year-old daughter strapped to my chest, walked the grassy loam above the cove. On England’s Coast, Thomas Hardy Made His World 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Beneath the loam sat 3½ feet of hard red clay, and below that was the remnant of a petrified forest. This collector-grower built an Eden of rare plants. Now he tackles the challenge to preserve it. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z "No college teaches loam moulding, the mixture of sand, goat's hair, manure, clay and recycled loam from other bells that we use to make the mould case for each bell," says Taylor. How do I become ... a bellmaker? 2012-12-20T10:42:22Z It was silty loam and had been farmed out from years of chemical-dependent tobacco cultivation. This collector-grower built an Eden of rare plants. Now he tackles the challenge to preserve it. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The most fertile loam you can find is in a pasture of grasses mixed with legumes such as clover, and grazed by livestock. How to create a living soil 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Here, the soil was visibly different: clay on the top but a gravelly loam farther down, an assessment verified by matching the soil’s colors to the chart. Does the vineyard’s dirt really affect the taste of what’s in your glass? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z I hope we’re nurturing our children in a rich loam of compassionate, critical thinking. Modern Love: The Mixed-Politics Marriage - Modern Love 2012-11-03T03:48:14Z More importantly, loam is not loam unless it contains organic matter as well, from decaying root fiber, microbes, worm castings and all the other ingredients found in a living soil. How to create a living soil 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Sandy soil dries out quickly and doesn’t hold nutrients in the same way as clay or loam soils. Once barely surviving, the grass on the Mall gets a serious makeover 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The ideal loam is said to be 40 percent sand, 40 percent silt and 20 percent clay. How to create a living soil 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z I worked in the moulding shop making bricks and loam, and building up the core of bells. How do I become ... a bellmaker? 2012-12-20T10:42:22Z He knew that corpses are insensate matter, nothing more; loam, as Hamlet said later, with which to stop a bunghole. Dust to dust 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z This entry-level bottle is from vines grown on loess and loam on gentle slopes. 10 Reasons You Should Give Riesling Another Look 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z True loam is not just any old topsoil. How to create a living soil 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The vineyard rises from 400 to 800 feet above sea level on Goldridge soils, a mix of sandy loam and sandstone from an ancient seabed that helps control vine vigor. The man who brings science to the modern art of winemaking 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z A subterranean river of grief flowed underneath the plot's sly comedy from the beginning, although Harjo and the writers wait until the second season for it to soak into its loam. From beignet bites to a deadly dance, here are 2022's best TV episodes. Well, six of them, anyway 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z The sand resists physical compaction but also contains much more oxygen, which roots need to grow, than a regular loam soil, said Norman Hummel, a consulting soil engineer who worked on the project. Once barely surviving, the grass on the Mall gets a serious makeover 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z I've got three ingredients in my potting compost: one-third compost, one-third rotten down leaf mold, and one-third loam that I've got from molehills in my field is perfect. How to garden through climate change 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z “If we had a free-draining soil that was more sandy loam, we would have seen more survive,” he said. Granny’s flowers these are not: Two perennials that deserve a revival 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z “Sorry to Bother You” is Riley’s first feature; he’s a longtime hip-hop performer and songwriter and also a political activist, and his movie is built on a rich loam of experience, observation, contemplation—and action. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Cold Comfort Farm, published in 1932 when its obscure female author was 30 years old, was a brilliant, perfect comic novel, satirising the "loam and love-child" genre of English . Westwood by Stella Gibbons 2011-07-29T21:53:01Z People seem to forget that you can use topsoil as a loam as part of your potting compost. How to garden through climate change 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Some artists need formaldehyde to show off their organic subjects; gardeners rely on good loam. Why we need horticulturists 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z She lives in a small room — a former potting shed that still smells like “loam and rotting leaves” — attached to the garage of a friend of her brother’s. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman on the Road to Happiness 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Once the dimensions of the intended site have been measured, a loam core is built up within a metal template, a strickle, an outer mould, the cope, is added and the two moulds clamped together. How do I become ... a bellmaker? 2012-12-20T10:42:22Z There’s an inherent documentary aspect to standup, a report on the world as it seems to the performer—but there’s also a self-creation and a self-affirmation that is, itself, the loam of creation. Where Comedy Comes From 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z That’s because, contrary to the shibboleth, the good isn’t the enemy of the great—it’s the loam of the great. A Video Discussion of the Best Movies of the Year So Far 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Dalya, who lives two doors down, wanders by to share insights about cultivating shitakes on loam in a shady side yard. Opinion: How to dig your way out of climate grief 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z A red squirrel stared back at us from a mound of loam. Cardboard Has Taken Over Our Lives. Where Does It Come From? 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z He installed mostly Mediterranean plants in a limited palette, not only because they need little water but also because he knew they would work well in the home’s sandy loam soil. How one renter swapped his lawn for a drought-tolerant family retreat 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z He installed mostly Mediterranean plants in a limited palette, not only because they need little water, but also because he knew they would work well in the home’s sandy loam soil. How one renter swapped his lawn for a drought-tolerant family retreat 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The rich loam inside began spilling out onto the white pebble pathways around the beds, an eyesore and a waste. Raised beds can take a garden to the next level. Here’s what to know. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The phrase “field work” might seem stationary, bringing to mind, as it does for me, imagery of farmers, black loam, tethered oxen, shovels and plows. Seamus Heaney’s ‘Field Work’ is the perfect travel companion 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z When people rave about “nice loam,” it’s the soil texture to which they are referring, Cassidy said. Want to grow better plants? Learn these basics about soil 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The wine grown on a mix of gravelly loam and clay soil was deeper in color and more complex in flavor than one grown on simple clay soil. How vineyard soils affect the taste of your wine 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z About 100 workers coax eggplants, berries, melons, sweet corn and other produce from sandy loam fields that stretch across 800 acres in the state’s central region. They Haven’t Gone for a Shot. So Shots Are Coming to Them. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z He said that’s partly because the growing season’s shorter and partly because burrowing in Mississippi’s soil, which holds more clay and loam, is more work than in sandy eastern forests. Tortoises released early into the wild in Mississippi 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Cracks and holes in the walls of her brick house are smeared with loam to keep mosquitoes out. First malaria vaccine rolled out in Africa—despite limited efficacy and nagging safety concerns 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “If you have sandy loam, it has a little more sand in it. Silt loam has a little more silt in it. Clay loam has more clay in it.” Want to grow better plants? Learn these basics about soil 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Such complexity is loam for the seeds of poisonous populism. Opinion | Populists are popular because they give easy answers to problems that don’t have them 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z After the cutting horse stakes in December, crews scoop out the sand and then remove the clay and sandy loam base, Slaughter said. Last rodeo for Fort Worth’s famed Will Rogers Coliseum 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He meant that national patriotism sprouts from local soil, from the rich loam of civil society’s communitarian institutions such as families, churches, labor unions, clubs, service organizations, etc. Opinion | Alternative for Germany is a Rorschach test for anyone watching the country 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Corrupt weeds grow on the soil of capitalism, the loam of profit and greed as well as of rents from government contracts. The International Monetary Fund flexes its muscles in Latin America 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The rich, dark loam of the Black Belt, red Alabama clays, beige sands from the coast. Perspective | The soil remembers the barbarity of lynching even though America tried to bury it 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Several museum volunteers enthusiastically raked the sandy loam together with bags of compost supplied by the Sanitation Department. The City’s Buried Treasure Isn’t Under the Dirt. It Is the Dirt. 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Developing loam especially from alkaline soils requires a commitment to a long-term effort. Can Dirt Save the Earth? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z No one can say for sure if the young Tubman’s feet trod the property where the museum rises from Dorchester’s silt loam. Harriet Tubman national park visitors shatter projections 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Both of us were anorexic – but the loam was soft and the waxy rhododendron leaves an effective screen. Will Self: memories of the artist as a young addict 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Fertile sandy loam, red clays, alluvial black silts — soils from Maryland to Mississippi, and beyond. Perspective | The soil remembers the barbarity of lynching even though America tried to bury it 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z These “rabbits,” he said, love his soil — a sandy loam. North Little Rock man grows fig market 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z I hear a confusion sometimes when people equate topsoil and loam. Can Dirt Save the Earth? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z But the best preserve the essence of the text and tease new meanings from its rich loam. Review: Seattle Shakes’ ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is missing some of its magic 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z I cannot be interred in the soft loam of the simple past, I refuse the easy certainties of a fictionalised life. Will Self: memories of the artist as a young addict 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Churning up the sometimes-wet loam meant the walls of the hole were unstable. At a Therapeutic Ranch, No Payday Until Later 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z In the late 1800s, loam and livestock were predominant north of Central Park and in what is now the East 50s. A Staten Island Urban Farmer 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Topsoil refers to where the soil is located, whereas loam refers to soil quality. Can Dirt Save the Earth? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Johl pumps water from wells and now conserves it by using drip irrigation for his trees, which favor the porous loam slurried down from the mountains over eons. 'Flood fighting is in our DNA': To live by the Feather River is to know its power and danger 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z The past is a loam of inertia through which the shoots of futurity struggle to emerge. The historic truth about science fiction from H. G. Wells to Star Trek 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z ‘In the pine forests, the high sun coaxed steam out of the loam.’ Scotland’s Newest Hiking Trail: Beginner-Friendly With Killer Views 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z There’s basically a boatload of upchucking and filthy loam and infection transfer and putrid breath. 'The Strain' recap: Dr. Goodweather goes to Washington in 'Identity' 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The town uses loam and sand from the property at cemeteries, parks and for winter road maintenance. Endangered turtles halt excavation in New Hampshire 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Using a pick, a shovel, and a rectangular wooden template, he carved from the upstate loam at least 1,500 graves, 60 to a row and six feet deep. Restoring Lost Names, Recapturing Lost Dignity 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z "Not working like it used to, the trillions seem to seep through the sandy loam of investment and innovation straight into the cement mixer of the marketplace." Deflation a growing possibility: Bill Gross 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The route wound through pine forests, where the high sun coaxed steam out of the loam, and on to the moorland beyond, swathed in that distinctive highland texture of gorse, fern and heather. Scotland’s Newest Hiking Trail: Beginner-Friendly With Killer Views 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Richardson and Mr. Ruckelshaus left with their reputations intact, without which, as Shakespeare observed, “men are but gilded loam and painted clay.” How the IRS director can clear his account The final race of the series tends to be won by mystery horses with fresher legs that can plow through the deep loam of the huge tree studded park, and that was Tonalist. ‘All horses get beat sooner or later’ Tottenham fans long to look down on their neighbours when the season packs up in May, not just when spring is warming the loam. Tottenham Hotspur tug at Arsenal in latest twist in north London rivalry 2013-03-01T16:55:25Z The best of both worlds is a clay loam with a bit of both. Why Do Trees Topple in a Storm? 2012-11-12T14:45:00.190Z The ideal growing medium for plants and vegetables is what’s called loam, and it is a combination of soil; organic matter, such as compost; nutrients, including potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus, and trace minerals; and air. Why I Learned to Grow My Own Food, and 4 Tips for Starting Your Garden 2012-07-09T14:36:00Z It went sprawling over the ground, choking more delicate plants, and rioting day by day in the warm sun and the rich loam underneath. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The lands most sought after have been scrub, deep alluvial flats, and black and chocolate loams; and, until recently, it was on land of this kind that most of the wheat and barley was grown. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z The soil is light and good, in many places a rich light loam, which would delight an English gardener’s heart. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z In the south is found a light sandy loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z More likely it will not, and another 75 years hence, we will still be struggling with the rich philosophical loam that Turing left us with. Will Computers Ever Know Everything? 2012-04-12T21:45:00.217Z Glacial gravels, clays and loams cover a great deal of the whole area, and the Upper Chalk itself has been disturbed at Reed and Barley by the same agency. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The heavy rains washed the loam from the hills and deposited it on these bottoms. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z The soil was of the richest and blackest loam with a clay subsoil; but water except where there was sand, was not easily found only in or near a draw, or a flat. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z It will grow in almost any soil not absolutely wet, but flourishes best in rather dry than moist sandy loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z What would you think of an architect who says: "For the foundation loam is good enough; we put a sandstone house over it, any way." Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z The country was open, the soil a rich red loam, covered with rank rough pasturage and wild clover, with occasional clumps of woodland. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Of the two million acres, perhaps one million, five hundred thousand ranged from fair to the richest of loam soil, underlaid with clay. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z The plaza showed a rich black loam and nothing else. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Seeds are sown when ripe in well drained pans of sandy loam at a temperature of about 65�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z To protect the cast-iron lining of the mould from the molten metal it is painted with loam. An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design 2012-03-06T03:00:25.777Z The smell of a ploughed field is perhaps the best of all earthy scents, though what Bliss Carman calls "the racy smell of the forest loam" is always good. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z In country places where vaults are used, there should be a supply of dry loam kept, and enough of this to cover the fresh contents should be thrown into the vaults every evening. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Flowers white in graceful panicles; flourishes in a mixture of sandy peat and loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The soil is a rich, sandy loam, of a dark red colour; and although rarely, if ever manured, produces fair average crops. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The Fens on the eastern side of the county are underlain by Oxford clay, which here and there projects through the prevailing newer deposit of silt and loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z On any soil, be it loam or clay, Mellow and light, or rough and stony, Those men who best make farming pay Find use for brains as well as money. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z The soils of the N. are clays, sometimes mixed with loam; those of the central part are mainly loams; while those of the S. are sands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z It likes rich sandy loam and sunny spots. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z A deep loam is the most favourable soil for the growth of the Spanish chestnut and ash. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z On the banks of the Ouse it consists of fine black loam deposited by the overflow of the river, and its meadows form very rich pasture grounds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Dahlias succeed best in an open situation, and in rich deep loam, but there is scarcely any garden soil in which they will not thrive, if it is manured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Black peaty earth is the most prevalent soil in the mountainous districts; but dry loams occur in the lowlands, and are well adapted to green crops, grain and pasture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Lychnis.—Brilliant erect-growing caryophyllaceous plants, thriving best in beds of peat earth or of deep sandy loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Then she smoothed the soil over all, and pressed her white hands on the black loam. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The knolls about Buffalo Lake are 162 pleasant, round-topped elevations, for the most part wooded, and between them are little prairies, generally sandy, but occasionally covered with dark loam. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z The uppermost stratum of these pits or mines is a rich fertile yellow loam, exactly resembling our diluvial loams. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z A warm, sheltered spot with a south aspect and a mound of rich, sandy loam with a little leaf-mould placed over a hot-bed of dung and leaves is recommended. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Warm sunny situations and rich sandy loam and peat are required. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Catholic Christianity Transplanted from the poor and arid soil of Hebraism into the rich and fruitful loam of Graeco-Roman civilisation, the Christian plant was sure to grow apace and be transformed. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z The banks are of black, sandy loam, from twelve to twenty feet high, based with sandy beaches. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Along the coast the soil is sandy, but farther inland it is composed of rich loam and is very fertile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z It thrives best on a dry, deep, sandy loam, on airy sheltered sites at no great elevation above the sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Bedding plants thrive best in a light loam, liberally manured with thoroughly rotten dung from an old hotbed or thoroughly decomposed cow droppings and leaf-mould. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z As far as one could see, the soil was thin alluvial loam, interspersed with the stiff "gumbo" that grows the finest wheat; but the plow had not yet broken its surface. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Now we cannot investigate how of that loam he made flesh and blood, bones and skin, hair and nails. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z The soil is generally light sandy loam, overlying an angular gravel which rests upon the weathered granite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Bugeo, which contains argillaceous loam, mixed with carbonate of lime, some quartz ore sand, and a large proportion of vegetable mould.—"History of Modern Wines," by Dr. Alexander Henderson, p. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Requires rich, gritty loam of good depth, as it produces tuberous roots 1 to 2 ft. long. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z What was extraordinary was that his master was able to keep it up, soft as the loam was under the trees. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The loose material is in places covered by a layer of loam several feet deep, which greatly improves the character of the soil. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z The streets of a prairie town are inches deep in powdered loam all summer and in bottomless sloughs all spring. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z It was freshly whitewashed, which caused a terrible smell; the floor, moreover was so thick with dirt, that I imagined it was of loam, though it was really laid with bricks. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Nierembergia.—N. rivularis, 4 in., from La Plata, has slender, creeping, rooting stems, bearing stalked ovate leaves, and large funnel-shaped white flowers, with a remarkably long slender tube; especially adapted for rockwork, requiring moist sandy loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Across the flooded lowlands And slopes of sodden loam, The pack-horse struggles onward, To take dumb tidings home. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z On the slope below the gravel, the surface is covered with loam which has a suggestion of stratification, while above it, the soil and subsoil appear to be the product of local rock decomposition. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z I was tramping behind the seeder one fine morning, alternately watching the somewhat unruly team and the trickle of golden grain into the good black loam, when two horsemen appeared on the prairie. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z I had before thought it a loam floor. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Scilla.—Beautiful dwarf bulbous plants, thriving in well-worked sandy loam, or sandy peat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z A sandy loam base with good humus content is desirable. The Tomato 2011-11-20T03:00:13.470Z A heavy clay loam is best, although a strong clay will answer. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z Soil, Location and Climate.—European varieties of the filbert thrive best in what may be termed a rich loam, with a dry subsoil. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Both of these were built of loam and stones outside, at one end of the cabin. A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z Silene.—Pretty caryophyllaceous plants, preferring sandy loam, and well adapted for rockwork. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z In some canning sections, clay loams and even clay soils are used. The Tomato 2011-11-20T03:00:13.470Z It will succeed in almost any soil, but prefers a rich loam or black alluvium, and, though naturally a plant of rather dry places, will do well in moist land, if drained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z In the famous nut orchards of Kent, England, the soil is loam upon a dry, sandy rock. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z There is solace and hope in the upturned loam. Open Water 2011-10-14T02:00:31.043Z The soil should consist of about 3 parts turfy loam, 1 part leaf mould, 1 part coarse silver sand, with enough chemical or other manure added to render the whole moderately rich. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The ideal is a medium sandy loam, well supplied with humus for good water holding capacity. The Tomato 2011-11-20T03:00:13.470Z The plant grows freely in good garden soil, preferring a deep well-drained loam, and is all the better for a top-dressing of manure as it approaches the flowering stage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z As a lawn tree, the black ash has little to recommend it for it often dies of thirst in the loam of a garden. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The soil is a light gray silt loam underlaid by “tight clay.” Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Good turfy loam is also used for some, such as cypripediums and calanthes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The roads were rougher than usual and there was a change here in the soil, its black clayey loam being very rich and productive, making Henry County noted for its fine farms. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Sandy soils and sandy loams produce the very best roots, most evenly distributed, and also most easily preserved and removed when the trees are dug from the earth. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z In the Chalk Hill district, light black earth on chalk prevails, with flint, chalk, gravel, and loam. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z The soft limestone underlying this region is covered, in the uplands, with grey, sandy soils, which have a subsoil of loam; in the lowlands the surface soils are loams, the subsoils clays. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z When employed for making vine borders, loam of a somewhat heavier nature can be used with advantage, on account of the porous materials which should accompany it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The soil is a rich, black loam, and often, I am told, from five to ten feet in depth. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z The great plains of the earth’s surface are due to this deposit of gravel, sand and loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The Vale of Kennet, is generally peat land, with gravel, loam and clay, though in the south east parts a poor stony and heathy soil. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Here the prevailing soils are grey and sandy with a subsoil of loam, but they are less fertile than those of the Lime Sink or Cotton Belts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z For stone fruits a calcareous loam is best; indeed, for these subjects a rich calcareous loam used in a pure and simple state cannot be surpassed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z There in the yellow loam lies the drum of clean white steel marked with the symbols M 38 and a crown. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z A third group, for which he reserved Lehmann’s name “Fl�tz,” was made up chiefly of mechanical detritus, while youngest of all came the “Alluvial” series of loams, clays, sands, gravels and peat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The Forest District, gravel, clay, and loam, except on the south, which is poor and heathy. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z In the Cumberland Plateau and Great Valley Regions are a red or brown loam, rich in decomposed limestone and calcareous shales, and sandy or gravelly loams. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z For garden purposes loam should be rather unctuous or soapy to the touch when moderately dry, not too clinging nor adhesive, and should readily crumble when a compressed handful is thrown on the ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The best type of soil for the raising of tobacco intended for the cigar trade is a warm, deep, sandy loam which rests on permeable well-drained subsoil. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z After the operation, the tree was bandaged up and plastered over with loam. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z The Vale of White Horse consists generally of a rich strong loam and gravel, with some sand and stone brasp, producing corn, wheat, beans, &c. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z A compost made up of three parts of rich fibrous loam, one part of silver or river sand, and one part of leaf-soil, all well mixed, should be prepared. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z It was a heavy house of hewn timber and smoothed with our blue clay, which cuts the sandy loam of Tryon in great streaks. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Very light sandy soils or very light loams with clayey subsoils are usually chosen for these light yellow tobaccos. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z Then they filled the interstices with "wattle-and-daub," a basketwork of branches, twigs, and roots, coated on both sides with loam and lime, mixed with straw. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z The extreme eastern corner is occupied by older Tertiary loam, which is used for making bricks, and upon this and the river-banks are the most fertile spots, woods, cultivated land, pastures, towns and villages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The soil in which they appear to flourish best seems to be sharp sand, leaf-soil and road grit, well mixed together with a little loam added. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z In twa hours after this, a man on horseback, bespattered wi' the red loam o' the Warlocks' Glen up to the chin, arrived at my door. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z The bunkers and other hazards are natural, the putting greens are smooth, and the subsoil is of sandy loam. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z The soil, a stiff loam, grows strawberries to perfection, and 165 acres are allotted to this fruit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z But before then the soil changes, and clay and loam spoil the clean, sandy, or gravelly bottom trout delight in. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A rich sandy loam will suit most kinds, but any good and well-drained garden soil will give satisfactory results. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Roots in Mr. Ball’s bottom-land soil, rich in deep glacial deposits of silt loam, can drill down 10 feet or more. Want Fresher Produce? Leave Dirt Behind 2011-08-02T22:57:55Z The land, on either side, was found, on examination, to be a deep, rich loam, capable of producing corn, sugar, tobacco and rice. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z The soil, a strong or medium loam of fair depth, resting on clay, is so well adapted to plums that trees live for fifty years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Top soil from an old pasture, if it be a moderately heavy loam, taken with the grass roots and chopped very fine, will do excellently for the Hybrid Perpetuals. Making a Rose Garden 2011-07-29T02:00:21.533Z It likes a rich sandy loam and leaf-soil and soon makes fine clumps in the milder parts of the kingdom. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Its soil, I understand, is light, a little inclined to sand, or light loam. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The early grain fields have already caught the color of the sun, and the tasseling corn rustles its broad leaves above the rich loam that the woodcock delights to bore. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The soil is a sandy loam 9 or 10 in. deep, resting on a bed of Oxford Clay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z There was room for wheat enough to glut markets of the world on the leagues of rich black loam that undulated to the frozen waters of Lake Winnipeg. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z A light sandy loam, with a little leaf-soil, will suit the plants best, and they may be increased by offsets. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z The soil of England is mainly argillaceous, a soft and unctuous loam upon a substratum of clay. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z They then became yeasty, which heaves the sub-soil, and stirs and mixes the surface loam, in preparation for seed sowing in the spring. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z They root readily in a compost of loam and silver-sand if kept close and sprinkled for a short time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Those little grasses have been ten thousand years building up the black loam I'm making wheat of. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z The plants like a moist sandy loam and leaf-soil, which, however, must be well drained so that the bulbs may not decay with the winter rains. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z The western side, which is of very recent formation, consists of a flat shore plain of coralline alluvium, mixed with decayed vegetable matter and loam brought down from the hill. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z Now the Allier divides it; and the astonished cultivator digs into virgin strata of fertile loams, the lowest depths of which have never yet been revealed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Mortar, bricks, loam, or any other lining of the sides of a pen in which a diseased animal has been standing, should be broken out and buried. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z Her dress of hackneyed smartness was bedraggled, the skirt marked by knees that in some fall had ground into loam. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z They like a rich and well-drained sandy loam, and if left undisturbed for a few years, will probably require protection in bleak localities from winter rains and frost. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z The soil is varied, consisting of black and yellow sand loam with clay subsoil. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z He rushed into the smoke, stumbled into the shell-crater and clambered wildly out of it, to see Helen rising unhurt and shaking the fresh, moist loam and splinters from her gown. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z The best soil for onions is a deep, rich, mellow loam. Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them 2011-05-10T02:00:58.433Z A plate, A, carries a quantity of bricks, B, which are embedded in loam, and break joint. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z This plant flourishes in well-drained sandy loam and leaf-soil, and may be considered fairly hardy in the milder parts of the kingdom. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z The soil is chiefly a sandy loam with clay subsoil. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z A gravelly or sandy loam is generally preferred for orchards; yet I have known them to flourish and bear generously on heavy clay. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z On light, sandy soils it will be found wise to turn the whole crop under with the plow, while on heavy loams this plan is of doubtful benefit. Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them 2011-05-10T02:00:58.433Z To a striking bar, C, supported in a step, a striking board or sweeping board, D, is bolted, and is swept round against plastic loam, which is afterwards dried. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z It flourishes in moist sandy loam and peat. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z The soil is a black sandy loam with clay subsoil. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The soil of the domain is a deep loam, well calculated for tillage and grazing. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z A sandy soil or light loam is best for carrots, but they will grow anywhere under good culture. Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them 2011-05-10T02:00:58.433Z At the latter point, fine gravel was plentifully mingled with this loam. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Being a native of Mexico, M. biflora should be grown in warm sheltered spots in the rock-garden or border, in a rich sandy loam, the bulbs being planted about 4 inches deep. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z There is black sandy loam in the plains and a black vegetable mould in the timber, with clay subsoils. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The rich loam round the roots of the plants harbors nothing noxious; the asphalt walks that thread the thicket are clean and trustworthy. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z In ten days, more or less, as shown by a thermometer, this danger will be past, and the bed should receive a coating of good loam an inch deep. Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them 2011-05-10T02:00:58.433Z This formation extends upward about one mile and a half, when the gravel and loam disappear, and the hard clay succeeds and continues upward with a gradual downward slope nearly to the Falls. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z They grow in almost any soil, but prefer a rather stiff and well-drained loam. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z The soil is a sandy loam with clay subsoil. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z That adjacent to the East Neuk consists chiefly of clay and rich loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z For a depth of nearly two feet I dug through a brownish-black loam that turned easily and threw clean from the shovel. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z These soils are rich vegetable humus or clay loam with good clay subsoil. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Warm sheltered spots in the rock-garden or flower border, and a compost of rich sandy loam and leaf-soil suit this plant best. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z The soil is a sand and clay loam, with clay gravel subsoil. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Excepting Stratheden and Strathleven, which are mostly rich, fertile loam, the interior is principally cold and stiff clay or thin loam with strong clayey subsoil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z They are composed of gravel, sand, clay, and loam, that have been comminuted, and sorted, and deposited, by water chiefly. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Soil and Surface.—The soil in all of Saskatchewan is a rich loam, running from eight to twenty inches deep over a chocolate clay subsoil. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z The plants flourish in rich sandy loam, peat and leaf-soil, and are more satisfactory in the open air in the mildest parts of the kingdom. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z The soil is somewhat varied, ranging from sandy loam in the interior, to red clay on the lake shore. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The plants should be potted in turfy loam mixed with charcoal and old mortar rubbish, and in summer top-dressings of rotten manure, with manure water two or three times a week, will be beneficial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The joint action of the ocean and the glaciers on the land ground down into sand, clay, and loam, the coarser drift, and sorted it in the form of beaches, terraces, and alluvial deposits. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Manitoba's soil is a deep rich loam, inexhaustible in its productiveness. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Rich sandy loam and leaf-soil is a good compost into which the corms may be planted, 6 to 9 inches deep, about September. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Much of the soil of the county is a sandy loam admirably suited to cereals and vegetables. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z He is now speaking with some difficulty, and is looking, not at her, but at the pattern he is drawing on the soft loam at his feet. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z The human jaw was at a depth of nineteen feet from the surface, in a stratum of sandy loam, beneath a stratum of pebbly and sandy beds, and immediately above the gravel. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z This deposit, which covers even the rocks, consists of earth or loam mixed more or less with sand. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The soil cannot be too well drained, and should consist of a rich sandy loam, while the position should be the warmest and most sheltered in the garden. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z It has a good black loam soil, and is well watered by Rice lake and numerous small streams. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The "Temple mounds" are seldom more than twenty feet high, and stratified with ashes, loam, gravel, &c. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Dr. Dickeson found, in the yellow loam of the Mississippi at Natchez, a human pelvic bone along with the bones of the mastodon and megalonyx. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z I could easily discern several strata, in this exposed surface, alternately of common earth and a black friable loam, resembling powder to the eye, but soft like paste in the fingers. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Were a hapless wight to lose his footing, he would descend as easily and gracefully into the bosom of the yielding loam, as into a barrel of soft soap. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z The soil is mostly sandy loam with clay subsoil, and valuable granite quarries are found in the northern tier of towns. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z In the city set upon slime and loam They cry in their parliament “Who goes home?” Wine, Water, and Song 2011-01-31T03:00:17.240Z Lower level gravel, with elephants' bones and flint tools covered with fluviatile loam, twenty to forty feet thick. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z They were walking single file now, in the soft, mealy loam of a field, David leading the way. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z They lapped the soft loam from the tree-roots until the clear snow-water was stained with streaks of brown, in which floated mildewing patches of clotted leaves. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The soil is a rich clayey loam and well adapted for grass, grain and root crops. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Framed in the archway were mountains and sky—dark loam smeared upon the firmament. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Upper level gravel, with similar fossils, and overlying loam. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Agriculture.—Near the river Tees, and in some places bordering on the other rivers, the soil is loam or a rich clay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The Oak is most abundant on clay soils, but is at its best when growing in deep sandy loam, where there is also plenty of humus. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z The soil is a sandy loam; the timber chiefly oak openings. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z He had surveyed for drains through a field that had never grown much but bulrushes, and Billy had another two acres of black loam added to his tillable area. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Upland loam without shells, five or six feet thick. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z The hills east of the line from Barnard Castle to Consett are covered with a dry loam, the fertility of which varies with its depth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z This is when it is growing in moist loam, upon which rain or floods have washed down good layers of humus from woods at a higher elevation. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z The soil is black clay loam with subsoil of clay. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z David Watson, the group's arable operations manager, said the geology – sandy loam over clay – was promising and the site was well-sheltered. English wine boom takes Co-op to Cotswolds 2010-05-06T14:36:00Z Brown loam from four to five feet thick, containing a few angular flints. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z The arable lands extend chiefly along the Clyde and the Leven, and are composed of rich black loam, gravelly soil and clay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Yorkshire's intention to liven up their pitches by shaving off two inches and laying lighter loam succeeded in their opening match against Somerset, but this time the surface grouched defiantly. Yorkshire consolidate at top in draw 2010-04-30T18:55:00Z The soil varies from a rich sandy loam to a sandy soil. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z It was filled with plants, flies and compost tubs and smelled of mildew and loam: not the sterile environment their work required. 2010-02-12T18:54:00Z First, vegetable soil; then about twenty-five feet of sand and pebbles, under which was a layer of sandy loam, in which, during the year 1850, a complete skeleton of the mammoth was discovered. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z It requires a good deep loam with gravelly subsoil, and a situation naturally sheltered, such as the steep banks of glens, rivers or lakes; in cold and wet clay it does not succeed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Separate it immediately by the use of warm water, and rub the parts with dry loam or clay. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. The soil is a rich, sandy loam, deep, strong and productive. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z With a shocked exclamation Jos� flung a chunk of loam at the parrot. The Trail of Conflict The melting of them had formed a mixture of loam and gravel. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z The shores are sand, clay or loam throughout some 1300 m., with very rare rock ridges or rapids, and the banks rise low above ordinary water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The general soil of the plains and valleys is strong loam. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It is timbered with hardwood, has good soil, chiefly a black clay loam, with clay subsoil, and is well watered by Rush river and Rock creek and tributaries. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z In combination with silica it is one of the most widely distributed of substances, as it enters in large quantity into the composition of granite, traps, slates, schists, clays, loams, and other rocks. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Then when the torrents poured forth from the glaciers the loam was formed without the pebbles. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Their poor soils are distinctively sandy, those of the lowlands clayey; but these elements are usually found combined in rich loams characterized by the predominance of one or the other constituent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The tree will thrive in any good well-drained soil, the best being a good mellow calcareous loam, while the less iron there is in the subsoil the better. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The surface is mostly undulating, and the soil a sandy loam. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The soil varies greatly according to the district, being in some cases a rich loam, in others a chalky marl, and elsewhere showing a coating of peat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The bone came from a river deposit of loam covered with a layer of stalagmite, and at a depth of thirteen feet from the surface. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Industries.—The soil of the northern portion of the county is a rich brown loam, on a substratum of clay or gravel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" At Little Stairs a gravel, largely of angular chert, reaches a thickness of 12 feet, and in parts are several feet of loam above gravel. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight Its soil ranges from a light sandy to a dark loam, with clay subsoil, and the timber includes the pines and the hardwoods common to the latitude. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Other things being equal, preference should be given to a not too tenacious, clayey loam. Cacao Culture in the Philippines The floor of the cave was covered four or five feet in thickness with a deposit of mud or loam, and containing some rounded fragments of chert. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z As he lay there in the soft loam, feeling the cool trickling of the water passing over his stiff tendrils, the newly christened Pete felt a stirring within himself. Old Friends Are the Best Variegated marls they are called—marl means a limy clay, loam a sandy clay; and very fine are the colours of these marls, rich reds and purples and browns. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight The soil is clay loam, and in the western part are many lakes. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z These excluded, still leave a very wide range of silt, clay, and loam soils, most of which are suitable to cacao culture. Cacao Culture in the Philippines There was no stalagmite overlying the mud or loam in which the skeleton was found, and no other bones met with save the tusk of a bear. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Along the southern edge of the Organos, from Herredura east, lies a charming narrow belt of rolling country covered with a rich sandy loam that extends almost to the city of Artemisa. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 If an asparagus fern turns yellow, repot it, giving it a strong loam enriched with one-fifth very old and finely crumbed manure and add a little coarse sand. The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) On its west side the country was one boundless level plain of rich, deep loam, whose fertility would presently amaze the newcomers, accustomed to the grudging, niggardly soil of their native land. Ti-Ti-Pu A Boy of Red River After the roadbed has been thoroughly prepared, if made of loam or clay, it should be rolled and made as hard and compact as possible. The Future of Road-making in America Occasionally, within the boulder clay, there are irregular lenticular masses of more or less stratified sand, gravel or loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The soil was a dark, sandy loam, which would give good result if properly fed, watered and cultivated. The Land of Strong Men They have been grown successfully in a compost in which decayed leaves formed the principal ingredient, the remainder being either Sphagnum-moss, loam fibre, or peat, with a little sand or fine crocks added. Orchids It is most common in sandy or gravelly loams, and is absent from the hard clay soils. The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 Place upon it a light coat of loam or fine clay, which will act as a binder. The Future of Road-making in America Wherever the light soil called loam, or “loess,” is found, it splits with a vertical cleavage, leaving high banks on each side of a rent in the earth. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology And here, in a forest equally ancient, every plant is growing out of the bare yellow loam as it might in a well-hoed garden-bed. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 These should be potted in peat, Sphagnum-moss, and loam fibre in equal proportions, with a sprinkling of leaves, and fine broken crocks added. Orchids To get this, the turf should be pared off carefully, and then the first nine inches of brown fibrous loam beneath taken out. Roses and Rose Growing For binding, what is called garden loam is the best. The Future of Road-making in America The soft, Aprilian ardors That warm the waiting loam Shall whisper in his pulses To bid him overcome, And he shall learn the wonder-cry Beneath the azure dome. Later Poems In the light sandy districts where the soil is perfectly free, and contains a portion of vegetable and mineral loam, the coco-nut palm flourishes in great luxuriance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" For Cypripediums, and especially Selenipediums, a proportion of good, fibrous loam should be added to the compost recommended for epiphytal Orchids, the proportion of loam being increased as the plants get larger. Orchids In the neighbourhood of towns and villages, where building is going on, this turfy loam is often to be had when new roads are cut out and houses run up. Roses and Rose Growing Coarse sand and gravel can sometimes be used with impunity as a binder, but the wisdom of using loam or clay is very much questioned. The Future of Road-making in America The same soil, a mixture of peat, loam and sand, suits both. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them My left hand was almost frozen, for I had to keep putting it into a tub of wet loam with which I covered the roots. On the Heights A Novel Pot the plants in equal proportions of fibrous loam, peat, and Sphagnum-moss. Orchids Better ground only needs to be thoroughly dug two spits deep, with manure and fibrous loam worked in. Roses and Rose Growing Wang-Tsa is a small village built at the foot of a hill of black loam, covered with thickets of holly and p. 282cypress. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 It is important that the soil of the border be of fairly good quality; if the staple be poor and rocky, plenty of loam must be incorporated with a small proportion of manure. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them In sinking wells in the environs, masses of shingle and boulders have been reached resembling those now in the river-channels of the same district, under a deposit of thirty feet of reddish loam. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The plants should be grown in shallow Orchid pots, using a mixture of one-third peat, and loam and leaves in equal parts well mixed together, adding some finely broken crocks. Orchids I have even seen roses growing superbly, without manure of any kind, in an open field of this rich loam on one of the most exposed ridges of Warwickshire. Roses and Rose Growing The soil was a light sandy loam, poorly timbered, rather hilly. An Artilleryman's Diary The H.P.’s, as gardeners call them, must have loam and clay to do them properly; where the soil is not improved by adding these ingredients, it is advisable to rely chiefly on Tea Roses. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them During the excavations recently made near Behat in India, the bones of two deer were found at the bottom of an ancient well which had been filled up with alluvial loam. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Pot them in a compost of one-half fibrous loam, one-fourth Sphagnum-moss, and one-fourth leaves, with a sprinkling of sand. Orchids The cuttings are put in pots filled with fibrous loam and silver sand, about six in a five-inch pot. Roses and Rose Growing Certain districts, indeed, in which a layer of heavy loam underlies the porous and friable surface, are able to retain the moisture which elsewhere is absorbed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Strawberries are partial to rather a light soil, but nearly all other fruit-trees revel in a mixture of loam and clay, with a little sand to keep it open. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them After penetrating 120 feet, they found loam containing water-worn fragments of mica-slate and other kinds of rock, which the current of the Ganges can no longer transport to this region. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology They should be potted in loam, peat, and sand, and cultivated on a greenhouse shelf. Orchids Where soft upon each flowering stock The butterfly spreads damask wings; And under grassy loam and rock The cottage cricket sings. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue I saw the red fox leave his lair, A shaggy shadow, on the knoll; And, tunnelling his thoroughfare Beneath the loam, I watched the mole— Stealth's own self could not take more care. Shapes and Shadows In other words, what is commonly called a loam is the ideal type for general agricultural and horticultural purposes. A Living from the Land Farther to the south we find cliffs, composed, like those of Holderness before mentioned, of alternating strata of blue clay, gravel, loam, and fine sand. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology When good loam fibre can be obtained, a small proportion may be added. Orchids The mirror for the thirty-foot reflector is to be cast in a mould of loam, prepared from horse dung. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days It is sandy, with occasional bits of loam, and is by no means as good riding as from Poughkeepsie to Blue Stores. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 This may be a heavy loam, in which clay predominates, or a so-called light loam, in which sand particles predominate. A Living from the Land In garden-mould or compost, the flowers are invariably red; in some kinds of bog-earth they are blue; and the same change is always produced by a particular sort of yellow loam. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Terrestrial species bury themselves for the winter in the loam, or burrow into the dry dust of rotting logs and stumps. The Ranidae How to breed, feed and raise the edible frog The trail was very fresh in the soft loam of the ravines and the broken branches and trampled leaves were still wet with sap. The Orphan The road itself is sandy, and occasionally covered with loam. Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 Purchase soil of loam texture, mixture of sand and clay. A Living from the Land When the white spawn is observed on or near the surface, cover the whole surface with from one to two inches of garden loam well pulverized. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous The depth of the ponds need not be very great, three feet is ample, and they could be less if you can have a good loam bottom that will hold water. The Ranidae How to breed, feed and raise the edible frog Soil.—Sand and loams in great variety, grading from mere sand to adobe, make up the soils of the state. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" We have even seen them on a poor sandy clay, scarcely good enough to call loam, in Sussex; for Calluna, unlike the other Heaths, will grow willingly in clay. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The soil is good, however, despite the fact that each dry season the fires destroy the grasses and the loams which are necessary for their nourishment. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal For a mile or two there were gently undulating farms of rich, black loam, and these Wallingford inspected in careful turn. Young Wallingford I saw an acre this year, as beautiful as possible, sowed upon a light loam, which bore last year a fine crop of potatoes. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Cuttings are taken in August and placed in sandy peat or loam in a cold shaded frame. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" When first formed, stiff loam to a depth of 3 feet was spread all over the garden, and into this large quantities of decayed leaves were mixed; in this soil the plants have thriven well. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The soil used should be decomposed turfy loam, moderately dry, so as to bear compression without running together like paste, but damp enough to become firm, close, and even, when beaten closely. Theory and Practice, Applied to the Cultivation of the Cucumber in the Winter Season To Which Is Added a Chapter on Melons Industries.—The predominating soil is a loam of little depth, in most places intermixed with considerable quantities of stones of various sizes, but differing materially in character according to the nature of the subsoil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Most odd to contemplate; this glassy barren, nonproducing, uncultivated and unmined, waste and sterile, was yet a better money-maker than the best placer or the richest loam land of all Hillsboro. Stepsons of Light A mixture of sand, clay, and humus is called "loam." Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place A suitable compost consists of equal parts of loam, leaf-mould, and peat, with half a part of sand. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The next two inches of the dung should have about a sixth part of light turfy loam reduced to mould, and sifted, mixed with it to give it body. Theory and Practice, Applied to the Cultivation of the Cucumber in the Winter Season To Which Is Added a Chapter on Melons As for our snakes, which in Latin are properly named angues, they commonly are seen in moors, fens, loam walls, and low bottoms. Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison So the narrow bottom lands of the creek were given over to truck patches and brown gardeners; tiny empires between loop and loop of twisting water; black loam, pay dirt. Stepsons of Light If sand predominates, it is a sandy loam—warm, mellow soil. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place It succeeds best on a good deep loam, and the old growths should be cut out every winter. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens They brought the magician good, dark loam in small sacks. The Tower of Dago It is cultivated in America on a soil of peat or vegetable mould, free from loam and clay, and cleared of turf, and having a surface layer of clean sand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" It appears to do well in most soils, but thrives best in light loam with moderate moisture. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products The morning evermore must be A newer, purer mystery— The dewy grasses, or the bloom Of orchards, or the wood's perfume Of wild sweet-williams, or the wet Blent scent of loam and violet. The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches About every third or fourth year after pruning give a surface dressing of half-decayed manure and loam in equal proportions. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The most suitable soils are medium grades of loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" They are increased by cuttings, and grown in a cool greenhouse in rough peaty soil, with a slight addition of loam and sand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" We find it does best when potted firmly in a compost of two parts loam to one of peat, and with a good sprinkling of sifted coal ashes. Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 Everything from bedrock to loam that belonged to the Earth itself had disappeared. Freudian Slip It enjoys a deep rich loam, but will not fail to give a good account of itself on any soil. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The best soil for cotton is thus a deep, well-drained loam, able to afford a uniform supply of moisture during the growing period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" The soils thus vary from sandy loams, usually on the higher ground, to stiff clays along the limestone hollows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The plantation occupies a steep slope facing the South and covered with a thin coating of gravelly loam largely mixed towards the bottom of the hill with light sand. Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 The pioneers of empire, for all time, Are gold-dust, from the placers of our homes— The surface croppings from a nation's prime, The mellow acre of the richest loams. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation It grows well in deep, rich, moist loam or in peaty soils, and propagates readily by layers laid down under stones. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The result is a great destruction of the humus of the soil, and great leaching and washing, especially in the light loams of the hill country of the United States. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" They are laid in a 125 similar manner to other bricks, the mortar used being wet loam, or even the material of which the bricks are made. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) The broken earth was yellow, and of a different texture than the deep jungle loam at the other stations. The Flaming Mountain There are also rights of taking sand, gravel or loam for the repair and maintenance of land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" A peat soil or a mixture of loam and peat will provide quite suitable material. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens What am I, that he has made All this love a bitter foam, Blown about a life of loam That must break and fade? Blooms of the Berry The red loams of South Africa, where not too sandy, make excellent pisé. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) Usually, on one side or the other, there is a perpendicular bank of clay and loam some thirty feet high, and here and there are small plantations. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The soil recommended is a half-rich sandy loam and half-rotten cow and stable manure mixed with a dash of silver sand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" It is a delightful shrub, and best in a fairly moist light loam. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens He wants four seasons to his year, and to hear his horse’s feet on pike, and to put his seed into loam.” The House of Fulfilment The material used was not homogeneous, and the mixture consisted of a very clayey loam, a fibrous loam, sand and large stones. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) The Ohio water is filled with fine sand and loam; the Mississippi is discolored with clay besides, and the water looks like a tub of soapsuds after a hard day’s washing. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The most suitable soil is a light, sandy loam enriched with well decomposed manure, in a rather moist situation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Planted in loam and peat and sand at the foot of a sunny and sheltered wall, the flowering shoots may be preserved intact during the winter. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens At that time the roads in Missouri were merely rough trails, running over hills and deep-soiled valleys of fertile loam, cut every few miles by rapid streams. The Struggle for Missouri I prefer bottom land with black loam and clay subsoil, with a southern slope. The Apple The wood-thrush knows and follows him, Who whistles up the birds and bees; And 'round him all the perfumes swim Of woodland loam and trees. The Garden of Dreams The cuttings of young shoots should be propagated every year, about March, being planted in thumb pots, in sandy loam, and placed in a close temperature of 70�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" But R. lutea, in strong loam with plenty of lime added, generally thrives well. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens For commercial purposes on a large scale, and when the trucker has the choice of location, a well-drained, light, deep, sandy loam, with a light clay subsoil, is to be preferred to any other. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history I prefer hilltop, with a black loam, and a clay subsoil having a reddish color, and a northeast slope. The Apple They are composed of deep rich loam, and are distinguished as the black corcasses, adapted for tillage, and the blue, used more advantageously as meadow land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Soil.—The soils of the lowlands are prevailing sandy loams, with a covering of rich mould. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" It thrives in sandy loam, and likes plenty of sun and air. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The soil generally is a rather stiff sandy loam with calcareous matter in some parts, but the soil has not all to do with the peculiar excellence of the vegetable. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history I prefer a low bottom with a black loam, and a north slope. The Apple Its composition is peculiar, as it is chiefly formed of small pieces of pumice, obsidian, and trachyte, in beds alternating with loam, ferriferous sand, and fragments of limestone. Volcanoes: Past and Present After the first hour's ride, fertile rolling plains succeeded the level sandy loam. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise They are quite hardy, and not particular as to soil, though a fairly deep loam suits them best. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Within five minutes' walk to the south the soil is from a lively to a quite heavy loam, in which corn, potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, and, in fact, all other crops revel. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history I prefer a gentle east slope at the bottom of a hill, with a deep sandy loam or four feet of red land on lime rock. The Apple The main thoroughfare of Whithorn-in-Arden was scored like the bed of a torrent, and fringed with an ochreish scum tossed up from the churning loam. The Return of the Prodigal The land on both sides of the railway was a black, sandy loam, level almost as a floor, intersected and broken only by the canals and irrigation ditches. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Good deep loam, rather dry; starts early, so catkins and leaves sometimes get injured by frost Caucasus ,, rhoifolia Tree 25 ft. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Hookena had shone out green under the black lip of the overhanging crag, green as a May orchard; the lava might have been some rich black loam. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) I prefer a sandy loam with a clay subsoil, having a north or northwest aspect. The Apple Cilicia Pedias included the rugged spurs of Taurus and a large plain, which consists, in great part, of a rich stoneless loam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Achimenes.—Place the tubers thickly in pans, to be potted singly as they appear, in equal portions of leaf mould and sandy loam; to be started into growth in a moderate bottom heat. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house Good deep sandy loam; very handsome Mediterranean region ,, ,, and varieties Evergreen, various heights ,, ,, ,, Garden forms ,, imbricaria Tree 40 to 50 ft. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Below the loam was sand; under the sand a layer of fresh-water shells; under these were sand, gravel, and London clay. Old and New London Volume I My land is a black loam, in the bottom, with an east slope. The Apple The whole consisted of Nile deposits, alternate layers of loam and sand of the same composition throughout. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition To be shaken out, and fresh potted in equal parts of turfy loam and heath soil and a little sand. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house The loess is a solid but friable earth of brownish-yellow colour, and when triturated with water is not unlike loam, but differs from the latter by its highly porous and tubular structure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Ben was the first on his feet, which was not saying much, since the bottom of the opening was not level, and he stood in the soft loam up to his ankles. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon The soil preferred for most apples should be clay, while for Ben Davis I prefer black loam. The Apple A clayey loam is the best of all soils for the Pear, yet even that may be much improved by exposure before planting, and the use of the fork or hoe afterwards. The Book of Pears and Plums Gloriosa superba.—Shake out the roots, and repot in good fibrous loam, with a sprinkling of sand, and place them in bottom heat. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house Whether sand, clay, gravel, muck or loam, it will get a living out of them, though gravel is perhaps least desirable. The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus Such are deposits of coal, ores, or oil, and those ingredients of loam which are exhausted by tillage. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy I prefer bottom land, with sandy loam and clay subsoil, and a north slope. The Apple Have ready some new soil made chiefly of good turfy loam, to which old mortar rubbish or road scrapings, wood ashes, guano, and bone-dust have previously been added. The Book of Pears and Plums Begonias.—Being of free growth they delight in fresh soil, consisting of equal parts of sandy loam and leaf mould. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house The trees may be either planted out in tolerably rich soil, or grown in large pots of good turfy friable calcareous loam mixed with rotten dung. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" No stumps, no stones, and the loam's thick. The Plow-Woman Prefers to plant on good black loam, in ravines facing north. The Apple Cherries like a deep, mellow, and rather sandy soil, but they also thrive on a good loam lying on chalk. The Book of Pears and Plums Cape and other bulbs in a compost of loam, leaf mould, with a good sprinkling of sand, as soon as they begin to make growth in foliage. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house The tree grows rapidly; it flourishes best in a sandy, somewhat moist loam, and attains a height of 50 to 60 or more ft., assuming a pyramidal outline. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Vast fields of peanuts were now being plowed, ready to be passed through a huge coarse sieve to separate the nuts from the sandy loam. Across Asia on a Bicycle I prefer hilltop with deep vegetable or sandy loam. The Apple The plum being hardier than the pear will flourish in most soils, even in a heavy loam, but not in light sandy or gravelly soil. The Book of Pears and Plums Lilium lancifolium.—To be potted either in a good peat, with a little silver sand, or in a light sandy loam, using also some silver sand. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house Soil.—The best is a deep, rich loam, with a dry subsoil. Soil Culture There it was dark, and one smelled the boards of an old wooden box that stood there, garden loam, and the sourish barberries. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 I prefer hilltop, with a deep, sandy loam, and a gravel subsoil, northeast slope. The Apple The Satyr hoof still prints the loam; And, whiter than the wind-blown foam, The Oread haunts her mountain home. Weeds by the Wall Verses Globe Amaranthus.—To be potted into 48-sized pots, in which they will flower in a soil composed of peat, loam, and leaf mould, or rotten dung. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house Scions cut in the fall and buried six inches deep in yellow loam or fine sand, will keep well till next spring. Soil Culture It was generally a dry loam, and hence a horse though shod, upon the walk would make but little noise. Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. I prefer upland, with a deep, rich loam, and an eastern slope. The Apple The arable loam, a few inches in thickness, is the result of the detriti of the stones, mixed with the remainder of the decomposition of vegetable matter. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa They succeed best in a compost of half leaf mould and half loam. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house To convert stiff clay, or light sand and gravel, into a good loam, is an easy matter on so small a plat as is usually devoted to a garden. Soil Culture For it was life that greened the landscape, roughened the stones with moss and lichen, thickened the ocean with ooze, and turned the dry sand into loam—life that swarmed underfoot, overhead, all around! Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 I prefer hill land, with black loam soil and clay subsoil; a northeast slope. The Apple Little tawny roofs of home, Nestling in the gray, Where the smell of Sussex loam Blows across the bay ... The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems Strawberries.—Some lay the runners at once into pots of strong, rich loam, cutting them away from the parent plants when they have made roots enough for their own support. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house Plant six inches deep in loam, in the shade. Soil Culture Here, in the very birthplace of silence where I could smell the loam of untouched wilderness, would be the haunt of my re-created, or pre-created, self. Wings of the Wind I prefer a black loam soil with a clay subsoil; north slope. The Apple Streaming up with the yoke, Brown as the sweet-smelling loam, Thro' a sun-swept smother of sweat and smoke The two great horses come. Collected Poems Volume Two To be potted in light fibrous turfy loam of a sandy quality, and placed in a dry situation; to be covered with three or four inches of old tan or coal ashes. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house Chalk or dry yellow loam, placed within their reach is very useful. Soil Culture The surface soil of Colorado Springs is a coarse, sandy loam, into which the moisture sinks rapidly. The Truth About America I prefer sandy bottom, loam soil, with a north or northeast aspect. The Apple In Thralldom's grasp we waged giant war, The storms rasped at each cursing crowd, From regions far there sprung a cold That froze each hoodlum stuck in loam. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell Gesnera zebrina.—Shift them for winter flowering; they delight in a mixture composed of equal parts of fibrous loam, heath soil, and leaf mould. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house On a rather moist, heavy loam, and especially in the shade, its productions are truly wonderful. Soil Culture The soil is loam, with kimeridge clay below, and gravel deposits. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time I prefer bottom land with sandy loam and similar subsoil, north slope. The Apple It lay among the pine ridges, the rich, level bottomlands, and the newborn townships, in a region of blue lakes and black loam that was destined to be a thriving community of prosperous farmer folk. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country It is advisable when the spawn is put in to cover it with good, strong, fresh loam at least from two to three inches thick, and to make it as firm as possible. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house It does well on plum-stock, and best in good deep, moist loam, manured as the peach and plum. Soil Culture On the pathway of soft, dark loam his steps fell noiselessly. The Side Of The Angels A Novel I prefer bottom or low land with a dark loam, and a north or northeast aspect. The Apple In their excursions through the island they had met with a slimy loam, or a kind of clay nearly in the middle of it. The History of Sandford and Merton They delight in light open soil composed of peat, loam, and sand, and rotten leaf mould as an addition to, or substitute for, the peat. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house Such soil is better than light sand, or some of the poorer loams. Soil Culture A soil of black loam was under us, a thick soft underbrush reached our knees, and lacy, flexible leaves and branches were at our shoulder height. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 I prefer a black loam, with clay subsoil, on a northern slope. The Apple The plants were a little sluggish, though I planted in hills far apart each way in a rich warm loam enriched by everything that could make a sincere watermelon get up and hump itself. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) The general impression was in favor of the “scratching” post, for one expects to grow something better than weeds on a rich loam soil. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country We should prefer carefully collecting and saving it under cover, mixed with muck or loam, and apply where and when we choose. Soil Culture It is even something more, for every handful of loam on which the lawns and trees grow was transported from the mainland to make fruitful the arid sand of the spit. Westward with the Prince of Wales I prefer bottom land with a black loam and a clay subsoil, with a north and east slope. The Apple Thirty or forty bushels of potatoes were planted in the black loam of the prairie. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba Pot them in loam and sand, with a small quantity of old crumbled manure and leaf loam. The Mayflower, January, 1905 |
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