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INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



SiLENE inflata, see " Bladder campion." 



Silesia, some account of the cultivation 

 of a farm in, by artificial manure only 

 for 14 years, by M. Rotschke, xiii. 564. 



Silica in plants, on its origin, by Dr. 

 Fownes, iv. .'324, 5.31. 



, origin of, in wheat-straw, by J. T. 



Way, xiii. 137. 



' , chemical properties of (Hemming), 



xiii. 429. 



■ , soluUe, on, by J. T. Way and J. M. 



Paine, xiv. 226. 



strata, the, of the lower chalk, by 



J. T, Way and J. M. Paine, xiv. 225. 



Silicates, double, on the, by J. T. Way, 

 xiii. 129, 



of alumina and soda, xiii. 129, 



of alumina and lime, xiii. 130. 



of alumina and potash, xiii. 131. 



of alumina and ammonia, xiii. 131. 



, the soil from them derives its power 



to absorb manure, xiii. 135. 



, the power of the silicates to absorb 



ammonia from the air, xiii. 139. 



, on making silicates of potash and 



soda (Way), xiv. 238 ; silicate of lime, 

 239; possible agricultural uses of, 241; 

 effects of, upon wheat, 242. 



on their employment as deodorizers 



for town sewage (Way), xv. 1G4. 



Siliceous soils, on, by J. Trimmer, xii. 

 456. 



■ , J. Coleman on the fertility or bar- 

 renness of, xvi. 173, 176. 



Silver fir-tree, on the, its planting and 

 management (Falkener), iii. 277. 



Silverweed, the, its soils and habits 

 (Buckman), xvi. 360. 



SiMONDS, J. B., a lecture on the ana- 

 tomy, physiology, and pathology of the 

 digestive organs of the ox and sheep, 

 ix. 27. 



, on the maternal organs of reproduc- 

 tion in animals, and the practice in diffi- 

 cult cases of labour, especially in the 

 cow and ewe, x. 248. 



, on the organs of respiration and cir- 

 culation, with especial reference to 

 pleui'a pneumonia in the ox, x. 570. 



, on inoculation for pleura pneu- 

 monia in cattle, first report, xiii. 373. 



, second report on the prevention of 



pleura pneumonia in cattle by inocula- 

 tion, xiv. 244. 



. , on the teeth of the ox, sheep, and 



pig, as indicative of the age of the 

 animal, xv. 276. 



Simpson, B., on the climate of the British 

 Islands in its effect on cultivation, xi. 

 617. 



Simpson, William, report on the exhibi- 



SOFT. 



tion of live stock at the Carlisle meet- 

 ing (185,5), xvi. 502. 

 Sinapis arvenis, sec " Charlock." 



nigra, see " Black mustard." 



Skidding one-horse carts, ii. 81. See 



" Carts." 

 Skipjacks, the parents of the wireworm, 



J. Curtis on, v. 180. See " Wireworm." 

 Slate rocks, analysis of soils of, at Castle 



Douglas, xiii. 544. 

 Slender foxtail-grass, or black bent 



(Buckman), xv. 471 ; its soils and 



habits, xvi. 366. 

 Slipping calf (Keary), ix. 445 ; (J. Bar- 

 low), xii. 62. 

 Sloe, the, for hedges (Grigor), vi. 215. 

 Slugs on wheat, use of salt for (Almack), 



V. 355. 

 Smearing sheep, the compound used, and 



the effect, by T. Rowlandson, x. 445. 

 Smell, sense of, connection between it 



and taste (Simonds), xv. 282; fineness 



of that of the pig, 283. 

 Smooth stalked meadow-grass, analysis 



of (Way), xiv. 177. 

 • , its growth in different situations 



(Buckman), xv. 468. 

 Smith (the geologist), on his labours, 



by Joshua Trimmer, xii. 451, 478. 

 Smith of Deanston, on his system of 



draining, by Sir J. Graham, i. 29. 

 Smith, Robert, on the management of 



sheep, a prize essay, viii. 1. See 



"■ Sheep." 

 , on the management of grass-land, 



a prize essay, ix. 1. 

 , some account of the formation of 



hill-side catch-meadows on Exmoor, 



xii. 139. 

 Smith, Rev. S., of Lois Weedon, experi- 

 ment and growth of wheat, year after 



year, on the same land, xii. 133, xiii. 91. 

 , on his system of wheat culture, by 



J. T. Way, xiii. 141. 

 Smut in wheat, the (Henslow\ ii. 4. 



, precautions to be taken against, ii.6,. 



, effect of different steeps on seed- 

 wheat, ii. 8. 



, the Rev. E. Sidney on, x. 387. 



, in grasses, on, by J. Bucluuan, xv. 



474. 

 Snapdragon, the small (Buckman), xvi. 



364. 

 Soda, chemical properties of (Hemming), 



xiii. 429. 



, ash, analysis of, xiii. 498. 



water-makers' lime refuse, analysis 



of, xiii. 498. 

 SoDALiTE, analysis of, xiii. 532. 

 Soft meadow-grass, analysis of (Way), 



xiv. 177. 



