CONTENTS 



O F 



VOLUME VI. 



I PACE 



NTRODUCTION . vii 



A Scries of Letters on Planting and the Management of Woods, 



by Thomas South, efq. ^— f 



Letter L Dimenfions of an Oak, felled in the year 1758 in 



Langley-Wood, near the New-Forcft — — 8 



— — — IL On the Growth of Elms — ■ 11 



IIL OnAbele 23 



Alder — — — — %g 



Beech — ' — a8 



■ ■ IV. Defcription of Fyfield's Oak, &c. — — 33 



Dimenfions of the Bull Oak 46 



— V. An Eflay on the Growth of Oaks, and the produc- 

 tion of crooked Timber for Naval Purpofes 47 

 Additional 'Letter, by the fame, on his Intention of publifhing a 



Treatife on the Management of Wall-Fruit Trees 64 



A Defcription of the Inftrument called a Sward-Cutter, invented 



by the Hon. Robert Sandilands — ■ 'j% 



Queries of Mr. Le Blanc, refpe^ing the Culture of Turnip- 

 Rooted Cabbages, with Anfwers to the fame, by Sir Thomas 



BeevoKi bart. — — 87 



Letter on various Subje<f\s, from Sir Thomas Becvor, bart. 89 



Queftions addrefled by the Commiflioners of the Land Revenue, 

 to the Chairman of the Quarter-SelTions of the County of Nor- 

 folk; with Anfwers tranfmitted. By the fame, • 94 

 On Mowing Cabbage. By the fame — — — loj 

 On the characfleriilick Diftindions of Plants. By tfjefame 103 

 On the heft Method of planting Mangel-Wurzel, and of its Ufe 

 and Value for feeding Pigs, Cattle, &c. By Mr. Jofeph Ultttpfy 106 



Of the Caufe of Smut in Wheat. By the fame 116 



On the Drill-Hulbandry. By the fume, 1 25 



On Field-Mice, and on the tranfplantation of Wheat. By Mr, 



JohnWagstaffe — — 127 



On the Grafting of Crab-llocks, White-thorns, &c. with Apples 



and Pears. By the fame. — — — — i^% 



On the Saccharine quality of Pears, Maple-Sugar, &c. By 



the fame, ■ — — . 138 



On Mangel-Wurzel, and 'other Crops for feeding Cattle. By 

 y, Franklcrty efq, — » _ ■ 139 



