XIV TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER n. 



Page- 



Remarks on the Natueal System op Botany 129 



Remarks on the Natural System of Botany — Plants classified ; 

 cbaracterized; explanation of generic and specific names, 

 scientific names of plants in Latin, or Latinized — Method 

 of describing plants, terms used, and definitions given — 

 The principal parts which belong to any flower. 



CHAPTER III. 



Natural Order Graimine^ ; 135 



Names and characters of genera, from 1 to 67, inclusive — 

 Species and varieties of each genus given, under their 

 13roper heads ; those havicg an agricultural value fully, 

 whilst the others not ha\ing such, are but briefly de- 

 scribed. 



CHAPTER ly. 



Laying Down Lands to Grass 213 



What lands designed for permanent meadow or pasture 

 should incline to ; plants must be suited to the quality of 

 the soil ; the grasses which compose the richest natural 

 pastures in England — Preparation, etc., of land for grass 

 seed, 



CHAPTER V. 



Selection, Mixture, and Sowing of Grass Seeds 216 



Care required in the selection and raising of grass seed ; 

 Remarks on the quantity of seeds to sow, and deficiencies 

 which may occur — Method of ascertaining the degree of 

 r-loseness plents should stand — 1st mixture of the best 

 grasses per acre for permanet pasture — 2nd mixture per 

 acre for permanent pasture — 3d mixture per acre — 4:tli 

 mixture per acre of grasses suitable for light sandy or 

 gravelly soils — 5th mixture of seeds per acre for pastures 

 much shaded with trees. 



Systematic Index 228 



General Index 231 



Erata 237 



