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CHAPTER IV.

"Cet arbre vient sur tous les terraius." .

. 249. The olive will live in almost any soil except a dry and compact, or a humid one. An analysis of the ashes of the wood, leaves, and fruit of this tree give the following result:

The berry, and especially the meaty part, contains a very large proportion of potash, while the wood and the leaves abound in lime. This is an important fact. The deduction from it is that a soil, rich in these ingredients, possesses all the conditions necessary for