CONTENTS. 



Pase 



1. Professional History of Agriculture, from 



the Revolution to the present Time - 125 



2. Of the Literature of British Agriculture 



from the Revolution to the present Time 130 



3. Of the Rise, Progress, and present State of 



Agriculture in Ireland - - 132 



Chap. VI. 

 Present State of Agriculture in Ultra European 

 Countries - - - - - 138 



I. Present State of Agriculture in Asia - ib. 



1. Present State of Agriculture in Asiatic 



Turkey - - - 139 



2. Present State of Agriculture in Persia ib. 



3. Present State of Agriculture in Independ- 



ent Tatary - - - - 143 



4. Present State of Agriculture in Arabia ib. 



5. Present State of Agriculture in Hindustan 145 



6. Of the Agriculture of the Island of Ceylon 151 



7. Present State of Agriculture in the Bir- 



man Empire, in Java, Malacca, Siam, 

 Cochin China, Tonquin, Japan, &c. - 152 



8. Present State of Agriculture in the Chi- 



nese Emi)ire - - - - 157 



9. Present State of Agriculture in Chinese 



Tatary, Thibet, and Bootan - . 165 



10. Present State of Agriculture in the 



Asiatic Islands, including also those of 

 Australasia and Polynesia - - 166 



II. Present State of Agriculture in Africa 170 



1. Present State of Agriculture in Abyssinia ib. 



2. Present State of Agriculture in Egypt 171 



3. Present State of Agriculture in the Maho- 



metan States of the North of Africa - 175 



4. Present State of Agriculture on the West- 



ern Coast of Africa - . . 177 



5. Present State of Agriculture at the Cape 



of Good Hope - . .178 



Page 

 6. Present State of Agriculture on the East- 

 em Coast of Africa, and the African 

 Islands - - - - .182 



III. Present State of Agriculture in North 



America - - - .184 



1. Present State of Agriculture in the United 



States . - . : . ^6. 



2. Present State of Agriculture in Mexico - 189 



3. Present State of Agriculture in the British 



Possessions of North America - 191 



4. Present State of Agriculture in the West 



India Islands - - - .192 



IV. Present State of Agriculture in South 



America . . . ,198 



BOOK II. 



AGRICULTURE AS INFLUENCED BY GEOGRA- 

 PHICAL, PHYSICAL, CIVIL, AND POLITICAL 



CIRCUMSTANCES. 



Chap. I. 



Agriculture as influenced by Geographica 

 Circumstances . - 202 



Chap. II. 

 Agriculture as influenced by Physical Circum- 

 stances - _ . . .203 



Chap. III. 



Agriculture as affected by Civil, Political, and 

 Religious Circumstances - - 205 



Chap. IV. 

 Of the Agriculture of Britain - - 207 



PART II. 



AGRICULTURE CONSIDERED AS A SCIENCE. 



BOOK I. 



OF THE STUDY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM 

 WITH A VIEW TO AGRICULTURE. 



Chap. I. 

 Of the Study of Systematic Botany 



-208 



Chap. II. 

 Vegetable Anatomy, or the Structure and Or- 

 ganization of Plants - _ _ 210 



I. Of the External Structure of Perfect Plants ib\ 



II. Of the External Structure of Imperfect 



Plants - - - - . 211 



III. Of the Internal Structure of Plants - 213 



1. Decomposite Organs . . . ib. 



2. Composite Organs ... 214 



3. Elementary or Vascular Organs . 215 



Chap. III. 

 Vegetable Chemistry, or Primary Principles of 

 Plants - - . . .216 



I. Compound Products . . .217 



II. Simple Products . . .226 



Chap. IV. 

 Functions of Vegetables . . . ib. 



I. Germination of the Seed - . - n,' 



II. Food of the Vegetating Plant . .228 



III. Process of Vegetable Nutrition -233 



IV. Process of Vegetable Developement . 240 



V. Anomalies of Vegetable Developement . 244 



VI. Of the Sexuality of Vegetables . . 24 



VII. Impregnation of the Seed - . 249 



VIII. Changes consequent upon Impregnation 2.% 



IX. The Propagation of the Species - -251 



X. Causes limiting the Propagation of the 



Species - - - - 253 



XI. Evidence and Character of Vegetable Vi- 



tality 254 



Chap. V. 



Vegetable Pathology, or the Diseases and Ca. 



sualties of Vegetable Life - . 258 



I. Wounds and Accident? 



II. Diseases 



III. Natural Decay - 



Page 



- 259 



- 262 



Chap. VI, 

 Vegetable Geography and History, or the Dis- 

 tribution of Vegetables relatively to the Earth 

 and to Man - - - - -263 



I. Geographical Distribution of Vegetables - 264 



II. Physical Distribution of Vegetables . ib. 



III. Civil Causes aflfecting the Distribution of 



Plants . - - - .269 



IV. Characteristic or Picturesque Distribution 



of Vegetables .... 270 



V. Systematic Distribution of Vegetables . 271 



VI. Economical Distribution of Vegetables . 272 



VII. Arithmetical Distribution of Vegetables 273 



VIII. Distribution of the British Flora, indi- 

 genous and exotic - . - ib. 



Chap. VII. 

 Origin and Principles of Culture as derived 

 from the Study of Vegetables - - 277 



BOOK II. 



OF THE STUDY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 

 WITH REFERENCE TO AGRICULTURE. 



Chap. I. 



Systematic Zoology, or the Language, Nomen- 

 clature, Description, and Classification of 

 Animals - - . . .280 



Chap. II. 



Animal Anatomy ... - 282 



I. External Anatomy of Animals - if). 



II. Internal Anatomy of Animals . -284 



1. Osseous Structure of Animals - ib. 



2. Muscular Structure of Animals - 285 



3. Structure of the Nervous System 287 



Chap. III. 

 Animal Chemistry ; or the Substances which 

 enter into the Composition of the Botlies of 

 Animals - - . . .288 



