vi CONTENTS. 



Tarus — Times and Manner of Sowing both for Seed and Soilinij — Produce and Value 

 of both sorts— Growth and Value of Chiccory and Corn Spurruy . . p. 292 



Chapter XXV.— ON ARTIFICIAL GRASSES (co?itinued). [ 



Sainfoin — Appropriate Soil — Culture — Management in the making of the Hay— 

 Produce of Seed— Practice when broken up — Cultivation of Lucerne — Preparation of 

 the Land — Mode of Sowing — Treatment in the subsequent years of its growth — Appli- 

 cation of the Crop — Comparison of its nutritive properties with White and Red Clover 

 and Sainfoin— Its eflect on Cow's Milk p. 304 



Chapter XXVL— ON THE SEED OF COLE, MUSTARD, AND 



POPPY. 



Fen Culture of Cole — Flemish Process — Harvest and Produce — Haulm Ashes — White 

 and Brown Mustard — Soils — Seed and Sowing — Mode of Thrashing — Produce — Oil- 

 cake — Soil and Cultivation of Poppy — Process of the Harvest — Experiments ou the 

 produce and value of the Crop . . . . . . • . p. 312 



Chapter XXVIL— ON FLAX AND HEMP. 



Flax Seed — Soil and Growth — Treatment of the Crop — Process of Water-retting — 

 Improved mode of Watering — Dew-retting — Breaking, Scutching, and Heckling for 

 Yarn — Rippling for Seed — Irish Flax Barn — Linseed Oil — Male and Female Hemp — 

 Soil and Cultivation — Seed — Harvesting of the Fibre and Seed — Expense and Profit — 

 On the growth of Hemp in Ireland ....... p. 31G 



Chapter XXVIIL— ON TEASEL— CORIANDER AND CARRAWAY 

 — CUMMIN, ANISE, CANARY, RADISH AND SPINACH 

 SEEDS— PHYSICAL PLANTS. 



Cultivation of Teasel — Description of the Plant — T.Iode of gathering — Management 

 together with Coriander and Carraway — Produce and application of the Crops — Growth 

 of Cummin and Anise — Culture of Canary Seed — Harvest — Produce and Value of the 

 Haulm — Kentish mode of growing Radish and Spinach Seed — Physical and Aromatic 

 Plants; Camomile; Liquorice; and Peppermint — Soils, Modes, and Cultivation — 

 Plantations of Lavender — Red and Damask Roses — Culinary Rhubarb . p. 326 



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Chapter XXIX.-ON MADDER, WOAD, AND WELD. 



Description of Madder — Soil — Dutch mode of planting — English manner — Culture 

 and Manufacture — Growth of Woad on grass and ou arable Land — Flemish mode of 

 Culture — Manufacture and Value of the Crop — Soil, Cultivation, and Value of Weld 

 — Observation on these Crops ........ p. 332 



Chapter XXX.-ON HOPS. 



Introduction and Species — Fit Soil and Situation — Preparation of the Land — Time 

 and mode of planting — First, second, and third Year's management — Poling — 

 Cost and manner of placing the Poles and tying the Bine — Picking, Oastage, and 

 Bairging — Produce and expenses in various parts of Kent, in Worcestershire and Here- 

 fordshire — Duty — Propagation by Seed — Subsequent Culture — Training horizontally — 

 Casualties and Diseases ......... p. 338 



Chapter XXXL— ON ORCHARDS-CYDER AND PERRY. 



Ancient plantation of Orchards — Soil and Situation — Preparation of the Ground — 

 Period and modes of jilanting — Proper Age of the Plants— Pruning — Grafting — Mode 



