Leaf, fall of the, 1718.
Leaf of a plant, 1310.
Leaf-collecting machine, Snowden's, 2730. Leaf-stalk of plants, 1358.
Labour, farm arrangement of, 4910; rules for the, Leases in Ireland, 823. 4913.
Lafaille, Clement, his works on agriculture, page 1215. A. D. 1762,
Laffenas, Barthelemy de, his work on agriculture, page 1214. A. D. 1604.
Lajons, M. de, his work on agriculture, page 1218. A. D. 1821.
Lakes, method of draining, 4275. Lama, 7386.
Lambert, Joseph, Esq., his work on agriculture, page 1214. A. D. 1829.
Lambing, early, how to promote, 2089. Lamoignon, Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume, his work on agriculture, page 1217. A. D. 1791. Lampadius, Augusto Guglielmo, his work on agri. culture, page 1992. A. D. 1811. Lanarkshire, statistics of, 7842. Lancashire, statistics of, 7812.
Land, extent of, suitable for a farm, 4781. Land, improvement of, by water, 4880. Land, modes of dividing, 3307; new-warped, the best mode of cultivating, 4459; the practice of inclosing, origin of, 211; price of, among the Romans, 169; rent of, 4790; in Scotland, 4795; in England, 4797; in a state of culture, improve- ment of, 4568.
Lasteyrie, Charles Philibert de, his works on agri- culture, page 1217. A. D. 1799.
Lastri, Proposto, his work on agriculture, page 1221. A. D. 1793.
Latch for ornamental gates, 3090; the reversed, for gates, 3091.
Lathrop, E. L., Esq., his work on agriculture, page 1223. A. D. 1829.
Laurence, Edward, his work on agriculture, page 1207. A. D. 1717 Lavender, culture of, 6179.
Lawrence, John, M. A., his work on agriculture, page 1207. A. D. 1726.
Lawrence, John, his works on agriculture, page 1211. A. D. 1796.
Laws, Anglo-Saxon, respecting cattle, 196. Laws of pasturage among the ancient Welsh, 197. Lawson, John, his work on agriculture, page 1211.
Layers, annual, of perennials, 1573; concentric lig- neous, of plants, structure of, 1373-1376; diverg- ent ligneous, of plants, 1376; cortical, of plants, structure of, 1372.
Laying out of landed estates, 3467.
Leases of farms, 4677; rents and covenants of, 4688. Leaping, the action of, in animals, 1905.
Leatham, Isaac, his work on agriculture, page 1210. A. D. 1794.
Leaves of plants, anomalies in the, 1605. Leaves, reproduction of, when injured, 1681.
Le Breze, his work on agriculture, page 1216. A. D. 1769.
Lebrocq, Philip, M. A., his work on agriculture, page 1210. A. D. 1793.
Leech, the, 3905; the medicinal, 7620; food of, 7621; use of, 7622.
Légarré, J. D., Esq., his work on agriculture, page 1219. A. D. 1828.
Leghorn manufacture of wheat straw, 5052. Leghorn plait, to imitate, with the culms of grass, 5766.
Legris, his work on agriculture, page 1218. A.D.1825. Legumes, the cultivated, 5189.
Leicestershire, statistics of, 7798. Leipsic, land near, 612.
Leitrim, statistics of, 7885.
Lentil, the, 5281; soil for, 5283; produce of, 5284; use of, 5285.
Lépinois, M. E. B. de, his work on agriculture, page 1219. A. D. 1826.
Lerouge, his work on agriculture, page 1216. A. D. 1774.
Lesbros-de-la-Versane, Louis, his work on agricul- ture, page 1215. A. D. 1768.
L'Etang de la-Salle, Simon Philibert de, his work on agriculture, page 1215. A.D. 1762.
Letellier, his work on agriculture, page 1214. A. D. 1602,
Letters and papers on agriculture, planting, &c. Anon. page 1209. A. D. 1777-1816. Letting farms, 4671.
Lettuce, the common Cos, 5513.
Leuchs, Char., his work on agriculture, page 1220. A. D. 1825.
Level, the, 2497; Parker's, 2498; the common, 2499; the water, 2500; the American or triangu lar, 2501; the square, 2502; used in irrigation,
Levelling, 3800.
Levelling harrow, 2721.
Levelling machine, the Flemish, 2720. Levelling staff, the, 2504. Lever, the, 2442.
Ley, Charles, his work on agriculture, page 1210. A. D. 1787.
Library of Useful Knowledge, Farmer's Series. Anon. page 1214. A. D. 1830. Licence of rivers, 4359.
Lichènes, utility of the, 1334.
Lichtervelde, J. F. de, his work on agriculture, page 7905.
Life of animals, term of the, 1990; circumstances regulating the, 1991.
Ligaments of the bones, 1891.
Liger, Louis, his works on agriculture, page 1215. A. D. 1703.
Light, as influencing agriculture, 1259; influence of, on the vital principle of vegetables, 1658-1762; regulation of, for plants, 1829; the nature of,
Lightning, cause of, 2396; effects of, on trees, to remedy, 4033.
Lilleshall estate of Lord Stafford, 7795. Lime, as a manure, 2284; effect of, on wheat crops, 2289; general principles for applying, 2290; pro- motes fermentation, 2291; phosphate of, as a manure, 2302.
Lime n animals, 1930.
Lime, burning, in heaps, 3862. 3870.
Lime, and its management as a manure, 4970. Lime in plants, 1503.
Lime, use of, in China, 1004. Lime-duster, the, 7700.
Lime-kiln, Booker's, 3863; the Menteath or Close- burn, 3864; Heathorn's, 3868, a Yorkshire, 3869. Limerick, statistics of, 7879.
Limestone, as a manure, 2292; magnesian, as a manure, 2294; test of magnesia in, 2295; machine for pounding, 2808. 3871. Lincolnshire, 7801.
Live stock, choice of, for the purposes of breeding or feeding, 4835.
Live stock of Moldavia and Wallachia, 760.
Live stock required for labour, 4828.
Madeira, island of, 1147; lands of, 1148; live stock of, 1151; fruits of, 1152.
Magnesia, as a manure, 2304; in animals, 1931; in limestone, test of, 2295; in plants, 1505." Maidenhair tree, the, in China, 981.
Main, J., his works on agriculture, page 1214. A. D. 1826-1831.
Main, upper side of a, 4424.
Maize, 5149; as a bread corn, 5150; varieties of, 5151; soil and climate for, 5152; culture of, 5153; sowing, 5155; mode of planting in America, 5156; transplanting, 5157; after-culture of, 5158; top- ping the plants of, 5159; harvesting, 5160; shell. ing or threshing, 5161; produce of, 5162; appli cation of, 5163: diseases and enemies of, 5168; the Mexican process of sowing, 1183; of the West Indies, 1222.
Maize-sheller, the, 2549.
Live stock of British agriculture, improvement of Malacca, agriculture of, 948. the, 786.
Liver, to promote the growth of, in geese, 2087.
Livy, Cav. his work on agriculture, page 1221. A. D. 1800.
Loango, 1107. Lochleven, 7846.
Lodges, agricultural, 7910.
Lombardy, climate of, 262; soil of, 263; lands and landed property, 265, 266; irrigation of, 267; im- plements and operations of agriculture in, 268; cattle of, 269; dairies of, 270; sheep of, 271; ro- tations of crops in, 272; herbage crops in, 273; trees grown by the farmer in, 274.
Londonderry, husbandry of, 811; statistics of, 7892. Longford, statistics of, 7874.
Loochoo Islands, description of the, 1032.
Losana, Matteo, his work on agriculture, page 1222. A. D. 1811.
Loudon's Encyclopädie des Landswirtschäft. Anon. page 1220. A. D. 1826.
Loudon's Hortus Britannicus, plants enumerated in, 1795.
Loudon, John Claudius, F.L., G., Z., and H.S., his works on agriculture, page 1212. A. D. 1811. Louth, statistics of, 7875.
Low, David, Esq., his work on agriculture, page 1213. A. D. 1823.
Low's machine for raising large stones, 2810. Luccock, John, his works on agriculture, page 1212. A. D. 1805.
Lucern, 5574; varieties, 5576; soil for, 5579; climate for, 5581; sowing, 5582; transplanting of, 5585; after culture of, 5556; top-dressings for, 5588; taking the crop of, 5589; application of, 5590; produce of, 5591; nutritive product of, 5592; saving the seed of, 5593; diseases of, 5594. Lüders, Ph. E, his work on agriculture, page 1219. A. D. 1769.
Lullin, Ch. J. M., his work on agriculture, page 1218. A. D. 1806.
Lumbert's mole-plough machinery, 2644. Lupine, the white, 5288.
Lure, the, of the Swedish shepherd, 688. Lycopodineæ, 1329.
Lycopodium complanàtum as a dye, 698.
M'Adam's opinion respecting the breadth of wheels for roads, 3735; system of repairing roads, 3763; theory and practice of road-making, 3581. Machine, Chinese, for pounding seeds, 995. Machine for reaping beans, Gladstone's, 2740; for reaping the heads of clover, 2741; for mowing clover hay, 2742.
Machine for chopping cabbage, Newton's, 5508. Machinery, Lumbert's mole-plough, 2644. Machines for laying land level, 2719.
Macirone, Colonel, his system of paving roads, 3721. Mackerel fishery, 3879.
Mackintosh, Borland, his work on agriculture, page 1207. A. D. 1729.
Macphail, James, his work on agriculture, page 1210. A. D. 1795.
Macwilliam, Robert, Esq., his work on agriculture, page 1213. A. D. 1818. Madagascar, island of, 1141.
Madder, 5949; soils for, 5950; planting, 5953; after-culture of, 5955; taking the crop of, 5956; drying the roots of, 5957; produce from the root, 5958; use of, 5960; collecting the seed of, 5961; dis- eases of, 5962; culture of, in the Netherlands, 486. Madeira cider, recipe for making, 4135.
Malcolm, James, his work on agriculture, page 1212. A. D. 1805.
Malcolm, William, James, and Jacob, their works on agriculture, page 1210. A. D. 1794.
Malenotti, Ignazio, his work on agriculture, page 1222. A. D. 1815.
Mallet, Robert Xavier, his work on agriculture, page 1216. A. D. 1780. Malt-dust, as a manure, 2235. Mammalia, noxious, 7624. Man, Isle of, statistics of, 7813.
Management of landed property, 4624.
Manager of an estate, and his assistants, 4627; duties of, 4658.
Manganese, in animals, 1934.
Manillas, the, or Philippine Islands, description of,
Manna, the, of Calabria, 322.
Manufactories, establishment of, 3843. Manufactory, evils of a populous, according to Marshal, 3844.
Manures, 2224; animal and vegetable, 2227; or- ganic, 2226; treatment of organic, 2231; applica tion of, to pastures, 5822; of the Chinese, 1000— 1008; collection of, in China, 999; curious source of, in Clackmannanshire, 7846; liquid, 2269; farm-yard, application of, in Scotland, 2276; in a recent state, 2275; organic, the management of, 2270; earthy and saline, 2279; fossil, 2283; sea- son when it is applied, 4968.
Manuring, origin of, 1826.
Manurings, frequent, of the Flemish farmer, 194. Maps, delineation of, 3358; writing on, 3559. Marchand, Jean Henri, his work on agriculture, page 1215. A.D. 1768.
Maremmes, the, in Italy, extent of the district of, 298; climate of, 299; surface of, 300; estates of, 301; agricultural implements and operations of, S02.
Mariott's improved maize separator, 2550.
Marjoram, culture of, 6180.
Markets, situation of farm lands in regard to, 4773. Markham, Gervase, his works on agriculture, page
1207. A. D. 1613.
Marking with the line, 3125. Marl as a manure, 2288. Marquesas Isles, the, 1058.
Marshal's opinion on repairing roads, 3758.
Marshall, William, Esq., his works on agriculture, page 1209. A. D. 1778.
Marshes, fresh water, 4558; salt water, 4560; on the Thames, 4561; improvement of, 4557.
Mascall Leonard, his works on agriculture, page 1206. A. D. 1581.
Massachussetts Agricultural Repository and Jour- nal. Anon. page 1223. A. D. 1825. Mastich, 1456.
Materials for making roads, the best, 3635; prepar- ation of, 3645.
Materials of roads, depth of, 3664; order and mode of laying out the, 3684.
Mather, John, his work on agriculture, page 1213. A. D. 1820.
Matter, organised, of two kinds, 1836. Mattock, the, 2413.
Maturity, early, advantage of, in live stock, 2027. Maunsell, William, LL.D., his work on agriculture, page 1210. A. D. 1794.
Maupin, his works on agriculture, page 1216, A. D. 1779.
Mauritius, description of the, 1142. Maw seed, the, 6099.
Meager, Leonard, his work on agriculture, page 1207. A. D. 1697.
Mearns. See Kincardineshire, 7851.
Measuring chain, the, 2505.
Moore, Sir Jonas, Knight, F.R.S., his works on agriculture, page 1207. A. D. 1685. Moors, agriculture among the, 114. Moors, improvement of, 4538. Morasses, improvement of, 4541.
Moravia, favourable state of, for agriculture, 626. Morayshire, statistics of, 7853.
Mordant, John, his work on agriculture, page 1208. A. D. 1761.
Morea, agricultural circumstances of the, 752; plough of the, 752; figs of the, 753; oxen of the, 755; forests of the, 756.
Morel de Vindé, his works on agriculture, page 1218. A. D. 1807.
Moretti, Dr. G., his work on agriculture, page 1222. A. D. 1826.
Morice, Francis, his work on agriculture, page 1213. A. D. 1824.
Measuring of land, 3295; solid bodies, 3296; by the Morley, Christopher, his work on agriculture, page eye, 3297.
Measuring rod, the, 2505.
Meers, artificial, of Derbyshire, 4474.
Meikle's threshing machines, 2786-2791. 7782. Melons in Persia, 875.
Membrana of plants, 1342.
Mémoires d'Agriculture, &c. Anon. page 1219. A. D. 1828.
Memoirs of the Board of Agriculture of the State of New York. Anon. page 1223, A. D. 1821-1826. Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture. Anon, page 1223. A. D. 1785-1826. Méneser wine, 628.
Merino sheep, introduction of, 790.
Merinos of the Cape of Good Hope, 1128. Mesta, the, in Spain, 736.
Metzger, J., his work on agriculture, page 1220.
Milestones, improved, 3723. Milk or cow farmers, 7752.
Milking tasting of turnips, to improve, 7804. Mill, olive, in Spain, 727.
Millet, 5174; the common, 5175; in China, 987; the German, 5176; the Italian, 5178; the Polish, 5179; the great or Indian, 5180; soil for, 5182; harvesting, 5183.
Mills, establishment of, 3837.
Mills, John, F.R.S., his works on agriculture, page 1208. A. D. 1759.
Mimosa nilótica, 1105.
Mine-farmers, 7741.
Morocco, description of the empire of, 1098; mode of enriching the land of, 1099; the live stock of,
Morogues Baron de, his work on agriculture, page 1218. A. D. 1822.
Mortemart-Boisse, his work on agriculture, page 1218. A. D. 1824
Mortimer, John, his work on agriculture, page 1207 A. D. 1707.
Moss of Kincardine, the, 2183; manner of floating off, 2184.
Mosses on pastures, to prevent the growth of, 5320. Motions, muscular, of animals, 1898.
Moubray, Bonnington, Esq., his work on agricul ture, page 1213. A. D. 1815. Mouldebaert, the, 508.
Mound, the earthen, 4340; with puddle-wall em. bankment, the, 4346.
Mound faced with stones, 4349.
Mounds with reversed slopes, 4348; protected by a wicker hedge, 4351.
Mount Annan, in Dumfriesshire, improvement of,
Mountains, improvement of, 4513.
Mouse, the long-tailed field, and the short-tailed field, 7637; in the forest of Dean, 7638. Mowing, 3166; the Hainault, 3172. Mowing and feed alternately, 5813. Mucus in animals, 1944.
Mud walls for cottages, 2894.
Mulberry tree in China, 983; in Hindustan, 897; the white, in Spain, 730.
Munro, Col. Innes, his work on agriculture, page 1213. A. D. 1822.
Nairnshire, statistics of, 7853, 7854. Naismith, John, his works on agriculture, page 1210. A. D. 1790.
Names of plants, rules in forming the, 1297. Nan, Bh. Seb., his work on agriculture, page 1219.
Napier, Hon. William John, F.R.S., his work on agriculture, page 1213. A. D. 1822. Narcotic principle, the, in vegetables, 1422. Neapolitan territory, the farming on the, 312; me- tayers of, 313; trees of, 314; maize of, S15; plants and fruit of, 318-324; oysters of, 325. Neat cattle, see horned cattle, 6773. Neatness, 3372.
Nelumbium, the, of China, 985.
Nervous system in animals, the, 1912; functions of the, 1915.
Netherlands, present state of agriculture in the, 429; idea of husbandry in, 431; political secret of husbandry in, 432; present state of agriculture in, 433; climate of, 434; surface of, 435; con- fusion of the Dutch and Flemish, 436; landed property of, 487; farmeries of the, 438; a farmery of the, 459; arable lands of, 442; fallows in, 413; soil and culture of, 444; the polders or embanked
Months, the hottest and coldest, 2436. Moon, influence of, on the weather, 2402.
volatile, 1445. Olibanum, 1478.
Olive, the, in Spain, 727. Olive tree of the Morea, 752.
Onorati, Nicola Columella, his works on agriculture, page 1222. A. D. 1816.
Operations of husbandry after the Norman conquest, 207.
Operators on farms, gradation of, 3368. Opobalsamum, 1461. Opoponax, 1476. Orchard, the, 2917. Orchard farmers, 7730.
lands of, 447; culture of the polder of Snaerskirke | Oils, vegetable, fixed, 1434; fat, 1435; drying, 1440; in, 448; reclaiming lands in, 449; mills for raising water in, 451; cultivation of some particular crops in, 460; wheat in, 461; rye in, 462; buck- wheat, 463; rape, 464; cultivation of the poppy, 467; the red clover, 470; the turnip, 471; the potato in, 472; the carrot in, 474; the white beet in, 476; manufacturing beet-root sugar in, 478; culture of flax in, 479; culture of spurry in, 482; culture of the hop in, 484; culture of madder in, 486; culture of woad in, 491; culinary ve- getables of, 492; treatment of asparagus in, 493; manures in use in, 495; agricultural implements of, 505; plough of, 506; agricultural operations in, 515; trenching in, 516; live stock in, 517; the horse of, 518; dairies of, 523; woodlands of, 526; artificial plantations in, 527; the pine woods of, 529; preservation of trees in, 532; royal forests of, 533; management of the coppices in, 536; sorts of trees cultivated in, 537; domestic circumstances of the farmers of, 538; farm ser. vants of, 510; day labourers of, 541; beggars of, 542; clothing of the peasantry of, 543; farm- houses of, 544; labourer's cottage of, 545; cha- racter of the farmers of, 546.
Neuve-Eglise, Louis Joseph Bellepière de, his works on agriculture, page 1215. A. D. 1761. New Britain, agriculture of, 1052. New Brunswick, agriculture of, 1195. New Caledonia, agriculture of, 1052. New Guinea, agriculture of, 1053.
New Hebrides, the, agriculture of, 1052.
New Holland, as a country for emigrants, 1036; general account of, 1037; mineral productions of, 1038; soil of, 1059; the productions of nature in, 1040; state of cultivation in, 1041.
New Ireland, agriculture of, 1052
New South Wales, as a country for agricultural emigrants, 1042.
New York Farmer and Horticultural Repository. Anon. page 1228. A. D. 1828.
New Zealand, agriculture of, 1054. Newstead farmery, 4165.
Orchard fruits, Gibbs's select list of, 4097. Orchards, choosing trees for, 4105. Orchards in Clydesdale, 7842.
Orchards, formation of, 4079; aspect, soil, and situ- ation for, 4081; sorts of trees for, 4085; manner of planting, 4106; after-management of, 4110; gathering and keeping the fruit of, 4120. Orchis, the culture of, 6184.
Order and neatness, necessity of, 3370; maxims of, 3373.
Organs, decomposite, of plants, development of, 1580. Orkney Islands, statistics of the, 7860. Orobanche, the, 1760.
Osier grounds, produce of, 4042.
Otaheite Island, 1061; soil of the, 1062; produce
of the, 1063; live stock of the, 106. Otter, the, an enemy to fish, 3891. Ovary, fecundation of the, 1627. Oven, a baking or roasting, 2807.
Overseer of slaves in Jamaica, 1201; his house,
Ox, see horned cattle, 6773.
Ox, the common, of Hindustan, 912; of Thibet, 882; of the Morea, 755.
Oxfordshire, statistics of, 7789.
Oxides, metallic, in vegetable ashes, 1507. Oxygen, in animals, 1920.
Oxygen, in the atmosphere, 2341; use of, to vege. tables and animals, 2542.
Nicole's mode of distilling palatable water at sea, Oyster fishery, 3884. 4510.
Night soil, as a manure, 2259.
Oysters of the kingdom of Naples, 325.
Nitre, as a manure, 2307.
Norfolk, statistics of, 7788.
Normandy, climate of, 392.
North America, climate of, 1153; surface of, 1154; | Paillet, his work on agriculture, page 1217. A. D. agriculture of, 1155.
Northamptonshire, statistics of, 7803. Northumberland, statistics of, 7809.
Northumberland ploughman the happiest of la- bourers, 7962.
Norway, climate of, 687; cottages in, 693; domestic customs of the farmers in, 707. Norwegians, Alpine, habits of the, 1260. Nottinghamshire, statistics of, 7800.
Nourishment, abundant, necessary to produce a perfect-formed animal, 2051.
Nourse, Timothy, his work on agriculture, page 1207. A. D. 1700.
Oak trees, valuing of, 4074.
Oat, the, in China, 980; varieties of, 5121; soil for, 5134; climate for, 5136; sowing, 5139; after-cul. ture of, 5140; harvesting, 5141; kiln-drying, 5142; produce of, 5144; use of, 5146; diseases of, 5147. Oatmeal, remarks on, as a princípal food, 7850. Oats, frosted, 4997.
Oats, insects injurious to, 7664.
Object staff, the, 2503.
Objects, organised or unorganised, 1290.
Obstacles in hedge-making, to avert, 3005.
Palm, the areca, of Sumatra, 1025; the fan, in Spain, 725.
Palm trees in Hindustan, 901. Palmyra, the, of Hindustan, 906.
Palk, Sir Lawrence, a new village seaport in Devon- shire formed by, 3852.
Paling, the simple nailed, 3040; the jointed hori zontal, 3041; the upright lath, 3042; the hori- zontal, of young firs, &c., 3043.
Palteau, Guillaume Louis Formanoir de, his work on agriculture, page 1215. A. D. 1768. Pane of ground, 4415.
Pane, upper, in a meadow, 4425. Paraguay, description of, 1231.
Paring and burning lands, 3209,
Paring lands, 4536.
Park, extent of, on an estate, 3517.
Park-gate, the improved, 3097; Parker's sympa. thetic, 3107.
Parks, number of, in the time of Elizabeth, 225. Parkinson, Richard, his works on agriculture, page 1211. A. D. 1799.
Parlof, M., his work on agriculture, 7907. Parmentier, Antoine Augustin, his works on agri- culture, page 1216. A. D. 1781.
Parry,Caleb Hillier, M.D. F.R.S., his works on agri- culture, page 1211. A. D. 1800. Parsley, 5634.
Parsnep, 5471; best variety of, 5472; soil, prepar- ation, and manure, 5473; sowing, 5474; after-cul- ture, and taking up, 5477; produce of, 5478; use of, 5480; saving the seed of, 5481. Partridge, the, 7556.
Pastures, the best natural, of England, plants com- posing, 5703; feeding, 5816; culture and manage- ment of, 5817; hilly, 5839; improving, without taking a crop of corn, 5844; insects injurious to, 7676; mountainous, 5842; ímprovement of, 5845; permanent, 5815; permanent, lands best adapted for, 5851; old, to regenerate, 5843; upland, manage ment of, 5310; weeding of, 5818; stocking, 5825.
Patagonia, agriculture of, 1245. Paterson's opinion of broad wheels, 3732; of M'Adam's road making, 3593; of the breadth of road, 3599, his system of draining roads, 3604; his system of repairing roads, 3760.
Patrons of agriculture, 7759; improving the taste of, 7929.
Paupaille, M, his work on agriculture, page 1219. A. D. 1826.
Pavement, defects of the common, and theory of its wear, 3716.
Pavements, 3696; improvements in laying, 3713. Paving roads, 3697.
Payen et Chevalier, MM., their works on agricul. ture, page 1219. A. D. 1825.
Pea, the, 5191; varieties of, 5192; choice of sorts, 5196; soil for the, 5198; climate of the, 5199; sowing the, 5200; after-culture of the, 5206; har- vesting, 5207; threshing, 5211; produce of the, 5212; use of, 5216; saving the, 5220; diseases of the, 5221.
Pea straw, use of, 5219. Peacock, the 7495.
Pears, baking and dessert, fit for orchards, accord- ing to Nicol, 4093; to Gorrie, 4094; to Gibbs, 4097.
Pears, cider, the most approved sorts of, 4091. Pearson, George, M.D. F.R.S., his work on agri- culture, page 1212. A. D. 1805.
Pearson's select list of orchard apples, 4099. Peas, insects injurious to, 7665,
Peat ashes as a manure in Berkshire, 7790. Peat borer, the, 2519.
Peat-burning, 3210.
Peat mosses, improvement of, 4541.
Peaty matter, as a manure, 2241.
Peebleshire, statistics of, 7838.
Pellew Isles, agriculture of, 1056.
People, character of a, as influencing agriculture,
Perennials, and their annual layers, 1573.
Pericarp of plants, 1349.
Periodicals, agricultural, 805.
Periosteum of the bone, 1882.
Perry, manufacture of, 436; produce of, by the acre, 4137.
Perthshire, statistics of, 7849.
Persia, climate of, 863; surface of, 864; soil of,
865; landed property of, 866; agricultural pro- ducts of, 867; fruits of, 869; saline deserts of, 870; live stock of, 871; mode of hunting the quail in, 873; implements and operations of agri. culture in, 874; artificial watering in, 876; forests of, 877.
Perspective, isometrical, 3365. Peru, agriculture of, 1228.
Peters, Matthew, his works on agriculture, page 1209. A. D. 1770.
Petsai, the, a species of white cabbage, of China, 988.
Peyrouse, Baron Picot de la, his work on agricul- ture, page 1218. A. D. 1819.
Pheasant, the common, 7548; varieties of, 7550; breeding, 7551; feeding, 7554.
Phillips, Robert, his work on agriculture, page 1208. A. D. 1737.
Phoenicia, agriculture of, 37.
Phosphate of lime, as a manure, 2302. Phosphorus in animals, 1922.
Phytography, 1925.
Piacenza, Giovanni, his work on agriculture, page 1221. A. D. 1805.
Picardy, climate of, 392.
Pick, the, 2443.
Picking, 3122.
Pickling wheat for sowing, 5026.
Pictet, Charles, his works on agriculture, page 1217. A. D. 1802.
Piers, caution requisite in the use of, 4364; con- struction of, 4365.
Pigeon, the, 7532; flesh of, 7533; varieties of, 7535; breeding, 7537; terms applied to, 7538; food of, 7539; cleanliness of, 7541; diseases of, 7546; laws respecting, 7547.
Pigeon's dung, as a manure, 2260; use of the, in Persia, 875.
Pigs of the Cape of Good Hope, 1131. Pike, 7580.
Pilchard fishery, 3882.
Pine plantations, management of, 4017. Pinteur, his work on agriculture, page 1219. A. D. 1825.
Pipe-draining, Pearson's method of, 4097. Pitch, 1455.
Pith of plants, structure of the, 1871.
Pithing cattle, 2092; Du Gard's observations on, 2093.
Pits, method of draining, 4274.
Put, William, his works on agriculture, page 1210. A. D. 1794.
Pitting system of planting, 3945. 3951. Plaiting straw, 5056.
Plan of life, necessity of forming a, 7954. Plans of estates, to make, 3551.
Plantain, the, culture of, in the West Indies,
Plantations, as skreens on farms, 4585; filling up blanks in, 3983; pruning and heading down trees in, 3987; the formation of, S922; enclosing, 3923; preparation of the soil for, 3924; whether should be sown or planted, 3926; disposing the plants in, 3928; mixture of trees in, 3958; insects injurious to, 7681; near roads, S621; neglected, improvement of, 4022; for shelter, 4585; of spruce and silver firs, management of, 4018; thinning out, 4009; the proper season for, 4020. Planting, 3142; as applied to seeds and tubers, 3143; as applied to plants already originated, $144. Planting trees, a general principle of guidance in, $910; the fittest situations for, 3911; near build- ings, 3913; sort of product desired from, 3921; orchard trees, 4106; seasons for, 3937; with the diamond dibber, 3948; with the planting mattock, 3949, with the forest planter or ground adze, 3950.
Plants, action of the atmosphere on, 2344; of Brazil, with fibres adapted for economic purposes, 1236; of Britain, distribution of, 1795; social and anti- social habits of, 1772; colouring, 5995; composite organs of, 1368. 1568; elementary organs of, 1378. 1566; conservative appendages of, 1312; conservative organs of, 1306; constituent ele- ments of, 1510; cotyledonous and acotyledonous, of Britain, 1797, 1798; distribution of, 1799, 1800; geographical distribution of, 1801; cultivated for oil in Hindustan, 900; cultivated for their roots or leaves, 5289; nutritive products of, 5290; cultivated for their use in the brewery, 5996; substitutes for, 6072; definition of, 1670; diseases of, 1685; distribution of, with respect to their systematic classifications, 1776; food of, 1521; general distribution of, 1722; green succu- lent, as a manure, 2233; herbage, 5518; Sir H. Davy's table of the nutritive products of the principal, 5520; imperfect, 1828; to increase the number and improve the nutritive qualities of, 1825; injuries and disorders incident to, 1671; introsusception of nourishment by, 1538; mari- time, 1748; fluviatic, 1749; champaign, 1750; dumose, 1751; ruderate, 1752; sylvatic, 1753 alpine, 1754; parasitical, 1755; domesticated, 1765; mode of describing, 1299; the most uni- versal, 1782; the native countries of, 1774; natu. ral decline of, 1716; decay of the temporary or- gans in, 1717; decay of the permanent organs of, 1721; physical virtues of, changed by cultivation, 1620; preparation of, for planting, 3145; insertion of, in the prepared soil, 3146; reproductive organs of, 1321; appendages of the, 1327; the total num- ber of species of, 1794; the true nourishment of, 2147; the two methods of arranging, 1302; useful and edible, of China, 989; virtues of, where resi- dent, 1497; of visible sexes, 1777; of invisible sexes, 1778; which distinguish the various kinds of soils, 2122.
Plashing an old hedge, 3025.
Plat, Hugh, his work on agriculture, page 1207. A. D. 1601.
Plattes, Gabriel, his works on agriculture, page 1207. A. D. 1639.
Plough, Arabian. 885; the common, of Castile, 744; the Chinese, 995; draining, 2626; wheel, 2627; of Ezerum, 874; forms of the different parts of, 2591; at Moegelin, 588; of the Morea, 752; of Osterobothnia, 703; the Walloon, 507; Weather- ley's movable stilt, 2612; the ribbing, 2612; Duck- et's skim coulter, 2613; the double share, 2615; the mining or trenching, 2616; Somerville's double furrow, 2617; the Argyleshire, 2618; the
Pigeon-houses, 7542; the interior of, 7543; breeding holes in, 7544.
Pigeonry, the, 2844.
Pig-house, Harley's, 2839.
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