140 GENERAL INDEX TO IWYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



tics for replnnting, 381 ; 2>i"0(lucc ix;r 



acre, ih. 

 Peel, Sir Robert, an account of a field 



tliorough-drained at Drayton Ly, iii. 18. 

 Peoler, Mr., liin means to ensure fecun- 

 dity in cows, xix. 151. 

 Pelham, Dudley, on the winter-feeding 



of sheep, xi. 88. 

 Pexicillii'h, one of the fungi of the 



dairy, by E. Sidney, x. 395. 

 PEri'EJi-KAND in corn, see " Smut." 

 PiciTEKWouT, its soils and habits (Buck- 

 man), xvi. 3G0. 

 Peucheu, on breed of horses, at the Paris 



meeting, 1856 (Deni.son), xvii. 38. 

 Permanent pasture, see " Pasture, jjer- 



manent." 

 Pethoselini'm segetum, see "Coru- 



parsley." 

 PiCKEXMAL rye-grass, or darnel, analysis 



of (Way), xiv. 177. 

 , its growth iu different .-iUiations, 



(Kuckman), xv. 408; natural history, 



xvii. 525. 

 I'euky (^Y•(^ "Pears"), on the making of, 



by ¥. Fallcener, iv. 380, -lOG. 



of Gloucestoi-shii-c (Braveudar), xi. 



153. 



making in Herefordshire (Rowland- 

 sou), xiv. -liO; the "Biirland jteri-y, 

 •ll(j ; the amount of juice obtained 

 from a given weight of jjears, ih. ; 

 artificial i)rei)amtion of the oil of pears, 

 418. 



, esssiy on the manufacture and pre- 

 servation of cider andpeny (0. Cadle), 

 XXV. 7G. Sec " Cider and peny." 



pEitr, the cause of its dry climate i Pusey), 

 xiii. 351. (See " Guano." 



Petasites vulgaris, see " Butter-bur." 



Petki, on the germination of wheat at 

 dilfcrent depths, xvii. 170. 



Phalaris arundiuacea, see " Reed canary- 

 grass." 



cauaricnsis, see "Eeed canary- 

 grass." 



Pheasants are great destroyers of the 

 wireworm (Curtis), v. 208. 



Phillus, C. B., on the Pmik sheep of 

 Thibet, xi. 03. 



, G., on the potato-disease, a prize 



essay, vii. 300. 



' PniLosoFiuGAL Trausactious ' (1859, 

 Part II.), containing detailed tables of 

 live and dead weights of cattle, by La wes 

 and Gilbert (see reference), xxi. 441. 



Phleuji pratense, see "Timothy-grass." 



PuoNOLiTE, the, see " CUnkstone." 



Phosphates, on their presence in the 

 strata of tlic eartli and in all fertile 

 soil, l)y Dr. Buekland, x. 520. 



PHOSPHATES. 



Phosphates, on the American and other 

 native jjliosphates of lime, by J. Hud- 

 sou, xii. 24i>. 



of lime the maniu'e for cereals 



(Way), xvi. 535. 



, their money value iu different sub- 

 stances (Way), xvi. 539. 



of lime (soluble), largely present in 



fresh farmvard manure (Voelcker), 

 xvii. 200. 



(soluble), given out by watered 



bones (Voelcker), xvii. 201; Mr. 

 Pusey's plan, ib.; Wilhler's testimony, ih. 



(soluble), on its absorption by dif- 

 ferent soils of known composition, and 

 the application of i)hosi)hate manures 

 to rout-crops ^^Dr. Voelcker), xxiv. 37 ; 

 .sources antl use of supeqihosphate, ib. ; 

 composition and properties of bi- (or 

 soluble) phosphate of lime, 38 ; wliy 

 root-crops are benelited by phosi)hatic 

 manures, 39-41 ; analysis of the ash of 

 turnip bulbs and topa, 39 ; ditto of the 

 grain and straw of wheat, ib. ; per- 

 ctntage of mineral matter removed 

 from the soil by roots and wheat, 40 ; 

 effect of superphosphate on barley, 

 41 ; the cause explained 42 ; auuno- 

 iiiacal .salts, ib. ; use of ash-analyses, ib. ; 

 conditions affecting the use of phos- 

 phatic niamucsalunr or in condjination, 

 43; pliosphoric acid in relation to ger- 

 mination, 44 ; turnip manure for cal- 

 careous clays, 45 ; composition of soil of 

 experimental pk)ts, ib. ; absorption of 

 solul)le!pliosphate by a red loamy soil, 

 40; ditto, by calcareous soil, 48; ditto, 

 by a stiff' clay subsoil, 49; by a stilV 

 clay surface soil, 51 ; liy a light sandy 

 soil, ih. ; by a nuirly soil, 53 ; action of 

 lime, 54; free acids, mineral or organic, 

 injurious to vegetation, ib. ; soluble 

 pliosphates remlered insoluble by cer- 

 tain soils in limited quantities, 55 ; re- 

 cipe for making superphosphate, ib. ; 

 analysis, 56 ; effect on swede crops and 

 succeeding barley, ib. ; permanency of 

 bone-dust, ib. ; primary use of manures, 

 57; cause of the superior efficacy of 

 soluble phosphates, ib. ; economy of 

 applying superi>hosphate with water 

 and "the liquid drill, 58; inefficacy of 

 bone-dust and pliosjjhates in certain 

 localities, 59 ; mineral supeiphosphates 

 deficient iu potash not good turnip- 

 raiuiure, ib.; remarkable instanc(j of 

 anbury at Ashton Keynes, ib. ; analysis 

 of soil and subsoil, 01 ; practical con- 

 clusioiLS, iJ). ; manm-c for light land, 

 02; its manulactnre and mode of appli- 

 cation, ib. ; sunuuary, 63. 



