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1. The evolution of ideas on raw humus formation is briefly reviewed. 2. It is shown experimentally that mixtures of the litters of Spruce and Hazel, Spruce and Hornbeam, and Spruce and Epilobium ...

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THE turn-over of soil organic matter is a much-discussed problem in pedology. Although much has been written about the rate of breakdown of soil organic matter in mull and mor (for references see ref.