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Definition of Leaf mould
1. Noun. Soil composed mainly of decaying leaves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaf Mould
Literary usage of Leaf mould
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"LEAF-MOULD is formed of decayed leaves, and is one of the most useful materials in
... All plants whatever will grow in leaf-mould, mixed with loam and sand ..."
2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1843)
"It should be potted in a rich loam of a light and fibrous nature, mixed with
about a third of loose decayed manure, or leaf-mould, and shifted gradually ..."
3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1856)
"One-third sea or river sand ; one-third loam ; one-fourth rotten cow-dung ;
one-twelfth leaf-mould. 2. Two-sixths gray sand ; two-sixths well-rotted ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1907)
"A large pocket knife for cutting roots and leaf mould is a valuable accessory;
and to him whose bump of locality is small, a compass is indispensable. ..."
5. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"The species at present introduced are very pretty little plants, growing in peat
and leaf mould, arid are readily increased by cuttings placed under a ..."
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