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THIS is an interesting production, one of the better class of books on gardening written for the non-technical reader. Although it is mainly about soil, it covers a wider ground, including manures and fertilizers, pests and diseases and crops. In conformity with the title of the book, the discussion of these subjects is based on their soil aspects; this form of treatment has led to some repetition, both between and within chapters, that calls for pruning when a new edition is prepared.
Gardener's Earth
An Introduction to the Study of Soils for the Everyday Gardener. By Dr. Stanley B. Whitehead. Pp. viii + 231 + 24 plates. (London: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1945.) 7s. 6d. net.
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K., B. Gardener's Earth. Nature 155, 772 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155772d0
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