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rOTATO-GKOWD-'G . 



experiments on the firtifioial jiroductiou 

 nf the disease. 69 ; the vine disease akin 

 to that of potatoes, ih. ; apple, sloe, ash, 

 maple, and mulberry-trees, and Jiipan 

 lihes similarly nttected, 71 ; experiments 

 on the eflccts of certain manuies, dung, 

 guano, ashes, lime, and salt, 72 : trials 

 of sniphnr and charcoal inconclusive, 

 73 ; trial of silicate of potash, why and 

 witli what result, 74 ; the disease 

 microscopically examined, 76 ; its iden- 

 tity in the potato, vine, and mulberry, 

 ib. ; the central black spot in the leaf 

 contagious, ib. ; sulphiu" in a confinetl 

 space a remedy, 77 ; potatoes covered 

 with 3 inches of soil exempt from dis- 

 ease, ib. ; potatoes stored at that depth 

 coidd not be affected experimentally, 

 78 ; Japan lily gives three weeks' 

 warning of disease, 79 ; white potatoes 

 less liable than red to disease, 79 ; 

 etiect of dew in causing disease, SO ; 

 its fungoid nature, 81 ; lime and salt the 

 only safe manure, ib. ; sorts least liable to 

 disease, ib. ; preventive measures, ib. 



Potato growing, on the system pursued by 

 IVIr. Knight, of Downtou Castle (Dr. 

 Lang), xix. 75 ; its wondrous results, ib. 



growhig, practical directions for (Dr. 



Lang), xix. 78 ; choice of seed, ib. ; 

 proportions of lime and salt to bo used 

 as manure, ib. ; imiiortance of ridging 

 up the rows, ib. ; seedlings, uncertain 

 and troublesome to cultivate, SO ; con- 

 clusions, 81. 



, method of planting in Jersey (Le 



Cornu), XX. 42. 



, autumn preparation for,- and spring 



setting of (Mr. Grey Dilston), xx. 451. 



, sweet, the, analysed, xiii. 522. 



PoTENTiLLA auscrina, see " SUverweed." 



tormentilla, see " Tormentil." 



PoTERiUM millefolium, see " Yarrow." 



sanguisorbia, see " Burnet, common 



salad." 



Pottek's clay of Dorsetshii-e (Ruegg), xv. 

 390-394. 



PouDRETTE de Bondy, or Paris nightsoil, 

 as turnip manure (Dr. Voelcker), xix. 

 170 ; its analysis, 181. 



PouiLLET, on eifect of radiation on the 

 earth's surface, xvii. 415. 



Pot'LTRY, those of Devonshire (Tanner), 

 Lx. 483. 



, on the rearing and management of, 

 a prize essay, by W. Trotter, xii. 161 ; 

 the Queen's poidtry-house, 162 ; the 

 fowl -house, 164; the turkey - house, 

 166 ; the goost;-house, 167 ; the grass- 

 plat, ib. ; breeds, the Cochin-China, 

 169; the Malay, 172; the Spanish, 



173; the game, 174; the Dorking, 175 ; 

 tlic Dutch evcry-day layers, 176; the 

 Polish, 177 ; the spangled Hamburg 

 and the bantam, ib. ; table-fowls, 179 ; 

 how to obtain a good breed, ISO ; selec- 

 tion of eggs for hatching 181 ; liatch- 

 ing ih. ; artificial hatching. 185 ; the 

 turke}', 187 ; the guinea-fowl, 192 ; 

 geese, 193 ; ducks, 195 ; the pigeon, 

 196 ; chseases of poultry, 202. 



PovLTKY of Cumberland (Dickinson), xiii. 

 270. 



, the number of, exhibited at the 



Lewes meeting, xiii. 404. 



, those shown at the Lincoln meet- 

 ing (1851), xv. 382. 



, analysis of the dung of, xiii. 482. 



, the excrements of, examined by Dr. 



C. Sprengel, i. -193. 



Prehnite, analysis of, xiii. 532. 



Preisser on the precipitation of mineral 

 salts taken up by the Seine in its 

 course through Paris, xxii. 432, 



Premiums for live stock and implements 

 awarded at the Oxford meeting, i. lix. 



at the Cambridge meeting, ii. viii. 



at the Liverpool meeting, ii. xcvii. 



at the Bristol meeting, iii. sxv. 



at the Derby meeting, iv. xxxvi. 



at the Southampton meeting, v. 



xlix. 



■ at the Shrewsbury meeting, vi. sxvi. 



at the Nevvcastle meeting, vii. xv, 



at the Northampton meeting, viii. 



xvii. 



at the York meeting, ix. xxi. 



for implements awarded at the 



Exeter meeting, by Colonel Challoner, 

 xi. 487 ; for live stock, Iv. 



for live stock awarded at tlie Nor- 

 wich meeting (1842j, xi. xv. ; for im- 

 plements, XXV. 



, awards of medals at the Great Ex- 

 hibition of the Works of all Nations 

 (in 1851) for agricultural implements, 

 xii. 649. 



— — for li\e stock exhibited at the 

 Windsor meeting (in 1851 i, xii. xl. 



for implements awarded at the Lewes 



meeting (1852), xiii. xx. 337 ; for live 

 stock, ix. 



, Gloucester meeting (1853), for live 



stock, xiv. xxxiii. ; fcir implements, xliv. 



, Lincoln meeting (^1854), for live 



stock, XV. Ixvi. ; for implements, Ixxxiii. 



, Carlisle meeting (1855), for live 



stock, xvi. xxi.; for implements, xxxvii. 



, Chtdmsford meeting (1856), for live 



stock, xvii. xxiv. ; for implements, xxxv. 



— — , Salisbury meeting (1857), for live 

 stock, xviii. viii. ; for implements, xxx. 

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