Word: loam
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...plan both for treating the surroundings of the Library itself and for improving and to some extent re-arranging all the minor plantations in the Yard. In addition to these preparations, and also according to a plan for the gradual development of the shade-tree plantations, pits of new loam have been prepared in anticipation of putting in new trees, probably red oaks and elms...
...broken for a row of trees which will be planted along the edges of the triangle around Memorial some time in May. About 35 oaks and elms will be put in place as soon as the ground is soft. Meanwhile the holes for the trees are being filled with loam in order to enrich the soil. The work is part of the plan for beautifying the University grounds which Professor R. T. Fisher, of the Forestry School, is carrying...
...these details, by far the most important acquisition will be the coliseum. As proposed it is of the semi-sunken type, twenty-five feet below ground and thirty-five feet above ground. It is proposed to remove the loam from the territory to be covered by the field and stands, then to excavate the material from the field and use it for constructing an embankment; the inner slope to be cut into steps which are broad and low. These steps are to be protected by a granolithic covering like a sidewalk and curb. On these are to be built wood...
...replanting of the Yard, twelve red oaks have already been set out. These trees have not been found to be susceptible to the attack of moths, and when full grown the foliage is very luxuriant, so that the appearance of the Yard will ultimately unimpaired. The best loam procurable has been placed about the roots of each, within a radius of about eight feet and to a depth of four feet...