In illa enim cum sint dissimili vi ac potestate partes permultae, in quis lapis, marmor, rudus, harena, sabulo, argilla, rubrica, pulvis, creta, cinis, carbunculus, id est quae sole perferve ita fit, ut radices satorum comburat, ab iis quae proprio nomine dicitur terra, cum est admixta ex iis generibus aliqua re, dicitur aut cretosa sic ab aliis generum discriminibus mixta
For there are many substances in the soil, varying in consistency and strength, such as rock, marble, rubble, sand, loam, clay, red ochre, dust, chalk, ash, carbuncle (that is, when the ground becomes so hot from the sun that it chars the roots of plants); and soil, using the word in its specific sense, is called chalky or . . . according as one of these elements predominates'and so of other types of soil.
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