146 GENERAL INDEX TO ROYAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



potasli and sulphate of potash, 345 ; 



use of lime and marl, 346 ; experiments 



■with a solution of chloride of potassium 



on a calcareous soil, ib. ; on clay soil 



347 ; fertile light sandy loam, ib. 



pasture-land, ib.; calcareous clays, 348 



sterile sandy soil, 349 ; marly soil, 350 



absorption of jjotash from a solution of 



nitrate, 351 ; results, 352. 

 Potatoes, on a disease in, the bobbin- 



joan, by Sir C. Lemon, iv. 431. 



, analysis of, by Dr. Fowncs, iv. 532. 



grown in Cheshire (Palin), v. 102. 



• , ravages of the wireworm nijou 



(Curtis), V. 192. 

 , the -wireworm docs not seem to 



attack them in some parts of the North 



of England (Curtis), v. 198. 

 , results of experiments on planting, 



by Su- James GKiiiam, Bart., i. 244. 

 , tiic growth of, at Stinchcombe, in 



Gloucestersliire, i. 391. 

 , successful application of soot to 



(J. Morton), i. 401. 

 , on the prevention of curl and dry- 

 rot in, by H. S. Thompson, vi. 101. 

 , on the disease in, by Lord Portman, 



vi. 343. 

 , on the cultivation of, by H. Cox, 



vi. 345 ; time of planting, 347 ; various 



lands, 352. 

 , on the cultivation of, in Cornwall 



(Karkeek), vi. 428. 

 • , on the nature and ttiuses of the 



decay in, by Dr. Lyon Playfair, vi. 



532 ; analysis of, 536. 

 , experiments on tlie growth of, by 



Lord Portman, vii. 158. 

 ' , on the potato disease, by G. Phillips, 



a prize essay, vii. 300. 

 ■ , on the potato disease, a prize essay, 



by E. J. Graham, vii. 357. 

 on the potato disease, a prize csssiy, 



by H. Cox, vii. 486. 

 ■ , experiments on, by Lord Portman, 



vii. 498. 

 ' , disease of, in Poland (Duplat), vii. 



678. 

 , trial of seedling, by W. Miles, viii. 



420. 

 , gi'own on the ■warp-soils of the 



W. E. of Yorkshire (Oiamock), ix. 298. 



of Devonshire Tanner), ix. 403. 



of N. R. of Yorkshire (Milburu), 



sections of the potato-pits employed, 



ix. 514. 

 , on the various insects wliich affect 



this crop, by J. Curtis, x. 70. 



, on the funguses of, by the Rev. E. 



Sidney, x. 393, 394. 

 , on certaiu fimguses in connexion 



POTATO-DISEASE. 



with the potato disease by F. J. Grur 

 ham, xi. 443. 



Potatoes, analysis of, by J. T. Way and 

 G. H. Ogston, xi. 529. 



, on the effect of climate on the 



gi'owth of, by B. Simpson, xi. 054. 



, growtii of, in Cumberland (W. 



Dickinson), xiii. 230. 



, analysis of, xiii. 458. 



, refuse of starch-makers, analj'sis of, 



xiii. 498. 



, gro-wth of, in East Lothian (Steven- 

 son), xiv. 303. 



, effect of farmyard manure from 



covered and uncovered yard on, by 

 Lord Kinnaird, xiv. 337. 



, growth of, on the light flinty chalk 



soils (Haxton\ xv. 100 ; on the sandy 

 soils of Norfolk, 121. 



, light emitted by decomposing 



(Bowditch), xvi. 340. 



how grown near Binningham, xvii. 



486. 



, on the early cultivation of (Rev. 



E. F. Manby), xviii. 98 ; at Morecombe, 

 Lancashire, two crops yearly, 99 ; ad- 

 vantiiges of the soil and situation, 100 ; 

 the " lemon kidney " a good early 

 sort, which does not flower, ib. ; rent 

 and inoduce per acre, 101 ; tlie " red 

 eye," the second early sort, 102 ; tho 

 " fluke,' a late winter kind, sound and 

 productive, ib. ; preparation for the 

 crop, 103 ; diagram of the proper spado 

 for setting, 104; management of grow- 

 ing crop, 100 ; time for lifting, ib. ; 

 preparation of seed ; sprouting, 107 ; 

 sprouting rooms, ib. ; management of 

 seed, 108 ; shelter of young plants from 

 frost, 109 ; genuine seed scarce and 

 dear, Hk ; precautions against disease, 

 110; ground clear of potatoes adapted 

 for mangold or swedes, 106. 



aTid cabbage grown together on Mr. 



Horsfall's farm, xviii. 185. 



• , on their culture, jjroduction, and 



disease ; a prize essay (Dr. Lang), xix. 

 65 ; metliod of preparing and under- 

 letting potato-land in South Devon, ib. ; 

 the " lazy-bed " system described, ib. ; 

 the drill or row system clean but less 

 productive, ib. ; the row and harrow 

 space system, 06 ; the golden pink-eyed 

 potato,.it continuous growth for twenty- 

 six years, in self-seeded land, ib. 



PoTATO-disease, its first inroad (1845) de- 

 scribed (Dr. Lang), xix. 66 ; inquiry as 

 to its cause, 08 ; the question of 

 atmospheric influence discussed, ib. ; 

 physiology of the potato, 09 ; germ of 

 the stem and tuber convertible, ib,; 



