VOLUMES ONE TO SIXTEEN. 



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WAY. 



Wat, J. T., and J. M. Paine, on the silica 

 strata of the lower chalk, xiv. 225. 



, on the use of town-sewage as ma- 

 nure, XV. 135. 



, on the influence of lime on the 



"absorptive properties" of soils, xv. 

 491. 



■ ■ ■ , analysis of certain crystalline salts 

 from Tampico, xv. 515. 



, the atmosphere as a source of nitro- 

 gen to plants, being an account of 

 recent researches ou the subject, xvi. 

 249. 



, on the value of artificial manures, 



xvi. 53.3. 



Wealdek formation of Kent, the, de- 

 scribed by G. Buckland, vi. 281. 



of Surrey described (Evershed), xiv, 



412. 



Wkanisg of lambs, R. Smith on, viii. 5. 



Wkatiikr, on prognostications of, by N. 

 Whitley, xi. 57. 



, by 15. Simpson, xi. 612. 



Wkbb, Jonas, his flocks and farm (Jonas), 

 vii. CO. 



, his flock (R. Smith), viii. 7. 



Webb, Dr. W., report on the wheats se- 

 lected for trial at the Bristol meeting, 

 iv. 580. 



Webster, W. B., on the failure of deep- 

 draining on certain strong clay sub- 

 soils, and ou the injurious effect of 

 sinking the water too far below the 

 roots of plants in very porous, alluvial, 

 and peaty soils, ix. 2.37. 



, on the mischief arising from drain- 

 ing certain clay soils too deeply, xi. 311. 



Weeds, the subsoils of Essex remarkably 

 prolific of (H. Baker), v. 26. 



, on the eradication of. from pastures, 



by U. Smith, ix. 22. 



, analysis of the most common, xiii. 



.528. 



, analysis of all the weeds from an 



inferior turnip soil, xiii. 528. 



, effect of extirpating, from a farm, 



the alisciice of wirewornis on a clean 

 farm in Surrey flCvi'rshed , xiv. 84. 



of Oxfordshire ( Head), xv. 2()(;. 



, on agricidtural weeds, by J. Buck- 

 man, a prize essay, xvi. 359 ; various 

 definitions of the word weed, i'<. ; a list 

 of. .')•;(); influence of soils upon, 368; 

 certain weeds never found on unbroki-n 

 ground, i''. ; clay-land is subject ti) llie 

 fewest weeds, Hi. ; the weetis of sandy 

 soils, ill.; of calcareous soils, i'>. ; of 

 loamy soils, .^09 : agniriau weeds, il>. ; 

 analysis of the aslics of five wei-ils, 370 ; 

 annual wee<ls, «''. ; biennials, .371 ; pe- 

 rennials, their modes of increase, ib. ; 



habit of growth, 372 ; parasitic weeds, 

 373 ; the extirpation of weeds, 374 ; of 

 the seeds dormant in soils, ib. ; the pre- 

 vention of weed-sowing, 370; weeds in 

 manure, 377; seeding of weeds, ib.; 

 estimate of the number of flowers and 

 seeds, ib. ; dissemination of seeds from 

 wastes, 378; weeds of meadows, 379; 

 which impede watercourses, 380 ; of 

 hedge-banks and fences, ib. 



Weevil, on the, and other insects which 

 affect corn in the granary and the field, 

 by J. Curtis, vii. 9|^ in peas, 405. 



, on a, which affects the pea-crops, 



by J.Curtis, viii. .399. 



, on the turnip, by J. Curtis, v. 119. 



Weighing-machines, on thosyat Shrews- 

 bury in 1845, vi, 317 ; at Newcastle in 

 1846 (Parkes), vii. C91 ; at the Lewes 

 meeting in 1852, xiii. 327. 



Welbeck, system of planting an<l ma- 

 nagement of plantations at, ix. 360. 



Weli.es, E. F., on the Argyleshire cattle, 

 i. 348. 



Welsh or Radnor sheep, the, J. Wilson 

 on, xvi. 232; wool of, 241. 



Wensleydale, its farming (Milburn), 

 ix. 516. 



Wr.sTMiNSTER, the Marquis of, on a dress 

 for drainers, x. 51. 



Wharkcliffe, Lord, on draining under 

 certain conditions of soil and climate, 

 xii. 41. 



Wheat, Professor Henslow on diseases 

 of, ii. 1 ; its parasitic fungi, 2 : on the 

 bunt-smut balls or pepperbrand, 4 ; on 

 the smut or dust-brand, 6 ; effect of 

 different steeps in preventing smut, 8 ; 

 on rust in, 9 ; ou red-rag in, ib. ; on 

 red-robin in, t7>. ; on red-gum in. i''i. ; 

 on mildew in, ib. ; on the precautions 

 to be taken against rust and mildew, 

 12 ; on the supposed influence of the 

 berberry in producing mildew, 13 ; on 

 the ergot on, 15 ; on the prevention of 

 ergot on, 19 ; on the ear-cockle, purples, 

 or pe[)percorn, i''. ; on the prevention 

 of tile ear-cockle, 21 ; on tlie wheat- 

 midge, 22 ; on the precautions to be 

 taken against the wheat-midge, 23. 



, on the productiveness of certain 



wheats, by C. Ilillyard, ii. 265. 



, on some varieties of, by Sir C 



J?urrell, ii. 147 ; Browne's prolific. 

 Hunter's white, and three of Colonel 

 Le Couteur's, I'l. 



, on a productive variety of, bv IJ. 



B. Harvey, ii. 148. 



— — , notice of several specimens of, con- 

 trd)Ute<l to the museum of the Society, 

 by J. S. Henslow, ii. 271. 



