Chinese medicine residue contained less water than peat, and subirrigation could promote the growth and quality of poinsettia grown in medicine residue-substrate.
The speaker, a peat- or turf-cutter, who had newly joined the group, carried across his shoulder the singular heart-shaped spade of large dimensions used in that species of labour.
The smoke went up from an Etna of peat in front of him, played round the notches of the chimney-crook, struck against the salt-box, and got lost among the flitches.