VOLUMES ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE. 



203 



Wat, J. T. (with G. H. Ogston), fourth 

 report on tho analysis of the ashes of 

 plants, xi. 497. 



, miscellaneous examinations of ma- 

 nures, xi. 764. 



, on superphosphate of lime and 



methods of making and using it, xii. 

 204. 



, the cliemieal and agricultural cha- 

 racters of the chalk-formation, by, and 

 J. M. Paine, xii. 544. 



« , on dried blood as manure, xii. 5S4. 



■ , on the relative nutritive and fat- 

 tening properties of chtfcrent natural 

 and artificial grasses, xiv. 171. 



• and J. M. Paine, on the silica strata 



of the lower chalk, xiv. 225. 



• , on the use of tovm-sewage as ma- 



nm-e, sv. 135. 



' , on the influence of lime on the 



" absorptive properties " of soils, xv. 

 491. 



, analysis of certain crystalline salts 

 from Tampico, xv. 515. 



•■^ , the atmosphere as a source of nitro- 

 gen to plants, being an account of 

 recent researches on the subject, xvi. 

 249. 



• , on the value of artificial manm-es, 



xvi. 533. 



■ , on silicates and lime, xvii. 56. 



■ , on the composition of the waters of 



land-di-ainage and of rain, xvii. 123. 



, his complaint against Prof. Liebig, 



note, 139. 



> , his analysis of bean-straw, xvii. 263. 



, on the quantity of nitric acid and 



ammonia in rain-water, xvii. 618. 



' , his opinion of the mineral theory 



(Dr. Voelcker), xxi. 106. 



• and Ogston on the composition of 



the ash of wheat-straw, xxii. 394. 



• , estimated value of human excreta, 



xxiv. 125, 126. 



Wealden formation of Kent, the, de- 

 scribed by G. Buckland, vi. 2S1. 



■ of Surrey described (Evershed), xiv. 



412. 



— — clay of Sussex and its cultivation, 

 on the (S, Hawes), xix. 182 ; the weald 

 (" wald," a wood) a fresh-water forma- 

 tion, lb. ; wealden-clay essentially a wheat 

 soil, ih. ; how to make it grow roots, 

 183 ; directions for growing mangold, 

 184 ; Jerusalem artichoke stands frost 

 in the ground, and its tops good as 

 fodder for cattle, 185 ; clover liable to 

 sickness, but excellent crops grown, 

 186; rye-gi'ass and tares occasionally 

 ploughed in as a preparation for wheat, 

 ih. ; wealden-clay, called by ^ Smith 



\ " oak-tree clay," ih. ; well-tillcd and 

 farmed clays never hungry, 187 ; sub- 

 soils, shrave and fossil or blue lime- 

 stone, 188; in the absence of land- 

 springs, drains 4 feet deep are no better 

 than at 2i feet, 189 ; wheat-growing re- 

 tention of the simimer-fallow, ih. ; in- 

 crease of yield on the tanner's farm 

 from 2 to 52 bushels per acre, 190 ; pei*- 

 mancnce of the above improvement, 

 ih. ; lime, its use on cleared land, ih. ; 

 liurnt clay better than guano for tares, 

 191 ; clay itself burns freely, ih. ; tares 

 fed oft" by sheep very beneficial to tlie 

 land, ih. ; charcoal with guano a good 

 dressing for mangold, i?). ; road-scrapings 

 liable to produce weeds, 192 ; preva- 

 lence of weeds on wasteland, ih. ; impe- 

 diments to good farming, 193 ; hedge-row 

 oaks, stunted timber, and " stemmers " 

 injurious and of little or no value, 'ib. : 

 coppice condemned, ih. ; fruitfulness of 

 the grape-vine, 194 ; small farms and 

 fields, ih. ; cattle and sheep never fat- 

 tened, 195 ; buildings and roads, their 

 need of improvement, ih. ■ comparison 

 of Sussex and Durham, 196 ; computed 

 national loss from ill-bred stock, 197," 

 cattle-boxes especially suited to short- 

 horns, ih. ; their cost, roofed with slates 

 externally whitewashed, -198 ; pens with 

 wooden floors recommended for sheep 

 on clay farms, ih. \ Dorking fowl, ib. 



Weaning of lambs, R. Smith on, viii. 5- 



Weather, on prognostications of, by N. 

 Whitlev, xi. 57. 



, by 13. Simpson, xi. 612. 



Webb, Jonas, his flocks and farm (Jonas', 

 vii. 60. 



, his flock (R. Sraitli), viii. 7. 



, his sheep at the Paris meeting 



(1S56\ xvii. 37; his career (R. Smith i, 

 xix. 381. 



, Dr. W., report on the wheats se- 

 lected for trial at the Bristol meeting, 

 iv. 586. 



Webstek, W. B., on the failure of deep- 

 draining on certain strong clny sub- 

 soils, and on the injurious effect of sink- 

 ing the water too tar below the roots of 

 plants in very porous, alluvial, and 

 peaty soils, ix. 237. 



, on the mischief arising from drain- 

 ing certain clay soils too deeply, xi. 

 311. 



Wedgwood on the action of earth wonns 

 on pasture, xix. 225. 



Weeds, tlie subsoils of Essex remarkablv 

 prolific of (R. Baker), v. 26. 



, on the eradication of, from pastures. 



liy R. Smith, ix. 22. 



