VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-PIVE. 



187 



fmiu distilled coal, used as a dressing 

 for ouious (Bowditch), xviii. 302. 



ScLPUUE in plants (Bowditch), xvi. 341. 



Si'Lrnrr.ETTEi) hydrogen, emission of, by 

 decomposing organic matters (Bow- 

 ditch), xvi. 342. 



SrLrHriuc acid, its use to prevent the 

 essape of ammoniacal emanations 

 (Fowncs\ iv. 539. 



— — , Dr. lire's table of the quantity in 

 dilute sulphuric acid at difierent den- 

 sities, sii. 235. 



, chemical properties of (Hemming), 



xiii. 431, 



, formation of in rotten dung (Voelc- 



ker), xvii. 221. 



required by turnips (Liebig), xvii. 



~" 323. 



, its use as manure (Bowditch), xviii. 



305. 



iScPERPHosPHATE of lime, report by the 

 committee of the Morayshire Farmers' 

 Club appointed to inspect and to re- 

 port on the experiments made in 

 raising turnips by means of sulphuric 

 acid and bone-dust, iv. 164; this the 

 earhest notice in the Journal of the 

 "great discovery," 164; the first ex- 

 periments (made in 1842) recorded, 

 165 ; Mr. M. Willianxs's experiments, 

 164 ; Mr. Geddess experiments on, 

 166 ; applied in tlic first instance as a 

 liquid manure, 167. 



, on the solution of bones in sul- 

 phuric acid for the purposes of 

 manure, by the Duke of Eichmond, iv. 

 408, 



, note by Mr. Pusey on the foregoing, 



iv. 408. See "Bones." 



hitherto ( 1843) only used in solu- 

 tion or as liquid manure, its use with 

 dry ashes by the drill suggested, iv. 409. 



, on the use of bones and sulphuric 



acid, V. 443. 



, experiments made on turnips with 



different manures at the home-farm of 

 Gordon Castle, Morayshire, in 1843, 

 with the eiicct on the succeeding croiJ 

 in 1844, from tlie president, the Duke 

 of Richmond, v. 443. 



, on the use of bones witli sulphuric 



acid, by E. Wagstafl", v. 444. 



, on bones with wulpliuric acid and 



other manures, by R. W. Purchas, v. 

 440. 



■ , report by the committee appointed 



by the Morayshire Farmers' Club to 

 examine the experiments on the growth 

 of tiu'nips by new manures, \ . 447 ; 

 communicated liy the Duke of Bich- 

 mond, ih. 



Sui'ERPilosrHATE of lime, the trials at 

 Gordon Castle, described by T. I5ell, 

 v. 448. 



, tlie trials bv D. D. Mauson, v. 



449. 



, the trials by G. M. Williams, v. 



452. 



, on the action and ai^plication of 



dissolved bones, by John Hamiam, v. 

 452. 



■ , Mr, Lawes's process of making, v, 



408. 



, on bones and sulphuric acid, hy 



W. C. Spooner, vi. 71. 



, trials on, by P. Davis, vi. 244. 



, trials on, with ^turnips, by W. W. 



Purchas, vi. 244. 



, P. Pusey on, vi. 324. 



compared with guano for turnips, by 



R. D. Drewitt, vi. 5S1. 



■ , W. C. Spooner on, vii. 143 ; weight 



of bones, 148 ; mode of mixing, 152. 



, on its action three years after its 



application, by E. W. Purchas, vii. 

 273. 



, J. B. Lawes, his trials with, viii. 



243. 



, on a drill for distributing,.in a liquid 



state, by C Chandler, ix. 521. 



, trials with, as a maniu'e for wheat, 



by J. B. Lawes, xii. 16, 26. 



, its composition and the methods of 



making and using it, by J. T. Way, 

 xii. 204 ; from bones, 214 ; from bone- 

 ash or animal charcoal, 217 ; from 

 coprolites, 218 ; from the phosphorite, 

 219 ; from guano, 221 ; composition of 

 tlie commercial, 222 ; mode of apply- 

 ing, 231. 



, analysis of, made with burnt and 



unburnt bones, xiii. 490. 



, use of, in Oxfordshire (Bead), xv. 



242. 



, trials with, for swedes, by Dr. A. 



Voelcker, xvi. 95. 



, analysis of (Hodges), xvi. 171 ; spe- 

 cimens, xvi. 553. 



, it tends to early ripening of barley, 



xviii. 482. 



, analysis of. a good specimen (Dr. 



Voelcker), xix. 176 ; different names 

 and qualities of, 171 ; liome-made equal 

 to l)est bought samples, 179. 



of various makers analysed (Nesbit), 



xix. olO. 



, its efficacy for root-crops (Voelcker), 



xxiv. 43. 



Surrey, on the chalks of, by Stevenson, 

 xii. 480, 488. 



, the course of cropping on the chalks, 



loams, and liglit sandy soils of, de- 



