VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



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Soils, loams, sandy, waste lands, disin- 

 tegrated rocks, xiii. 544. 



, analysis of two, where clover suc- 

 ceeded, and where clover tailed, xiii. 

 552. 



, analysis of good Irish flax, xiii. 



552. 



, of best Dutch tlax, xiii. 552. 



, alluvia], at Hornuhureh, xiii. 552. 



, of barren pasture at Brayden, in 



North Wiltshire, xiii. 552. 



-. where peas failed at Lancaster, xiii. 



552. 



where barley failed at Lynedock, in 



Perthshire, xiii. 552. 



where oats failed at Pampherston, 



xiii. 552. 



where turnips rotted, xiii. 554. 



, analysis of, where plantains would 



not grow, xiii. 554. 



■ where plantations of firs were dying, 



xiii. 554. 



, where the lime was in the state of 



insoluble silicate, xiii. 554. 



where it was in the state of suljihate, 



and where it was in the state of car- 

 bonate, xiii. 554. 



, reclaimed peat, overlimed, xiii. 554. 



, of ocln-ey, xiii. 554. 



, amount of ingredients abstracted 



from a soil by a rotation of turnips, 

 barley, clover, and wheat, xiii. 5G0. 



, the same, in a rotation of turnips, 



wheat, beans, wheat, mangolds, wheat, 

 clover, wheat, xiii. 562. 



of Derbyshire (^Kowley), xiv. 17 ; 



magnesian limestone, 20 ; of the coal, 

 series, 27 ; of the millstone grit and 

 shale series, 39 ; of tlic carboniferous 

 limestone, 56 ; of tlie clays and gravels 

 of the new marl and new red sand- 

 stone, and the alluvium of the Trent 

 and Dove, 58. 



, on the improved methods of crop- 

 ping and cultivating light land, by 

 Sidney Evershed, a prize essay, xiv. 

 79 ; cleansing of, S3. 



, the effect of, on the growth of tim- 

 ber-trees (Evershed), xiv. 416. 



and subsoils of Herefordshire (Eow- 



landson). xiv. 433. 



the effect of, on the growth of tim- 

 ber-trees in Herefordshire, xiv. 451. 



, amount of water evaporated from a 



di-y chalk and a saturated soil (Clarke), 

 XV. 41. 



on light-land farming, a prize essay, 



l)y J. Haxton, xv. 88 ; definition of a 

 light soil, 89; of the upper chalk, 90, 

 91) ; of the upper oolite, 91 ; the sandy 

 or siliceous, ib. ; of the Hastings sand. 



92 ; of the plastic clay, ih. ; of the 

 granite in Scotland, lb. ; of the whin- 

 stone or trap-rocks, 93, 103 ; of tlie 

 basalt, tlie greenstone, the amygdaloid, 

 93; of the "Links," 94; the bog-eartii 

 aTid peaty soils of Ireland, 95, 122 ; tlie 

 Norfolk hght soils, 115; its different 

 I'otations contrasted, 116. 



Soils, the occasional difference of soils and 

 tiic rocks on wliich fhey rest (Kuegg), 

 XV. 397. 



, on the influence of lime upon tlie 



absorptive jiroperties of soils, by J. T. 

 Way, XV. 491 ; ammonia in, before and 

 after liming, 505, 512. 



■ , on the causes of fertility or barren- 

 ness in, a prize issay, by J. Coleman, 

 xvi. 169; mechanical distinctions fif 

 soils, 173; argillaceous, siliceous, cal- 

 careous, liumous, or peaty soils, 'ib. ; 

 clays, 174 ; sandy or siliceous soils, 

 176 ; calcareous, 179 ; peaty or vege- 

 table soils, 181 ; analysis of soils, 193 ; 

 clay, ib. ; calcareous, ib. ; of fertile and 

 barren sands, 194 ; efl'ect of deiith of 

 soil on vegetation, 195 ; warmth or 

 coldness of soils, 198; suitableness of 

 different soils to different crops, 200; 

 barley, 202 ; oats, ib. ; beans, ib. ; root- 

 crops, 204; necessity or not tor the 

 lireseuce of vegetable matter in, 205. 



, influence of, upon the growth of 



wool, J. Wilson, xvi. 240. 



of Buclcinghamsliiro (Read), xvi. 



272, 286. 



, influence of, upon weeds (Buckman), 



xvi. 368. 



, of weeds dormant in (Buelanan), 



xvi. 374. 



suited for dee]5 cultivation (P. Love), 



xvii. 545. 



absorptive power of (J. T. Way), 



xvii. 124. 



■ , the thin brasliy soils of the Cofs- 



wolds, analysis of (Voelckcr), xviii. 

 359-60. 



, liow affected by silicates and lime 



(Way), xvii. 57. 



, moorland, analysis of (Exmoor), 



(Nesbit), xvii. 391. 



, temperature of, influenced liy its 



colour (Jamieson), xvii. 409 ; table of 

 temperature in difterent latitudes, 411 ; 

 maxima, 412 ; increase of tempei-atuie 

 with depth, 414; action of frost on 

 ])louglie(i land greater than on jiasture, 

 417, 419 ; Forbes and Quetek-t on tcm- 

 ])erature of soil, 417 ; Parkcs, ditto, 41S ; 

 variations of temperature on surface 

 greater tiian in air, 418 ; tcmjHuature 

 of red moss, Lancashire, ib. ; inlhience 



