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GENERAL INDEX. 



Plants used in the brewery and distillery, their cul- 

 ture, 5392 ; the hop, 5393. 



Plants, their systematic distribution, 1740. 



Plants, study of, 1264 ; see Vegetable kingdom. 



Plants, their food, 1495; water, 1496; gases, 1497 : 

 extract, 1502 ; salts, 1504 ; earths, 1505 ; carbon, 

 1510. 



Plants used in domestic economy, .5478 ; mustard, 

 .5479 ; canary grass, 5485 ; buckwheat, 5499 ; cress, 

 5501 ; chiccory, 5503; tobacco, 5505. 



Plants used in the clothing arts, 5291 ; substitutes 

 for, 5389. 



Plattes, Gabriel, his works on agriculture, page 

 . 1162. A.D. 1638. 



Plough of Arcadia, 731. 



Plough of Tonquin, 945. 



Plough of Yemen, 872. 



Plough of Hindustan, 906. 



Plough of the Romans, 110 ; wheel ploughs, 113. 



Plough of Osterobothnia, 682. 



Plough of Erzerum, 861. 



Plough of the Samnites, 682 ; of the ancient Egyp- 

 tians, 10. 682. 



Plough of Castile, 723 ; of Valentia, 111. 



Plough of Virgil, 112. 



Plough, Small's, or Scotch (figured), 770. 



Plough of Ceylon, 917. 



Ploughing, 2998 ; general principles and rules, 2999 ; 

 kinds of, 3002 j relatively to time, 3016 ; season, 

 3018. 



Ploughing grass lands, 5261 ; rotation of crops, 5279. 



Ploughing among the Romans, 127. 



Ploughing in Roxburghshire, 7050. 



Ploughing match at Trentham, 7011. 



Ploughman, Roman, his qualities, 88. 



Ploughman's lodge or bothy, 2709, 2710. 



Ploughmen of Mid-Lothian, their dress and diet, 

 7047. 



Ploughs with wheels ; see Wheel ploughs. 



Ploughs of China, 987. 



Ploughs, swing, their construction, 2481 ; by Bailey, 

 2482 ; by Small, by Vetch, 2482 ; other kinds, 2491 ; 

 Somerville plough,2492 ; turn-wrest swing plough, 

 2493 ; Ducket's skim coulter plough, 2494 ; double 



; share plough, 2496 ; trenching plough, 2497; dou- 

 ble furrow plough, 2498 ; Argyleshire plough, 



! 2499 ; double mould-board plough, 2500 ; ribbing 



' plough, 2501 ; single hoe plough, 2502 ; marking 

 plough, 2503 ; Finlayson's rid plough, 2504 ; Cly- 

 mer's plough, 2505. 



Pliny, C. Secundus, his natural history, 49. 



Plum, winesour variety, 7020. 



Plums suitable for orchards, 3787. 



Pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, 5786. 



Poison tree of Java, 936. 



Poisons, mineral, 5792. 



Poisons, vegetable, 5794. 



Poland, present state of agriculture in, 628; landed 

 property, 629 ; post-houses and farms, 630 ; vil- 

 lages, 630 ; climate, 631; surface, 632; arable cul- 

 ture, 633 ; implements and operations, 634 ; live 

 stock, 635 ; forests, 636 ; bees, 637 ; brewing mead, 

 642. 



Polecat, to destroy, 6851, 



Pole evil, 5773. 



Polisnac, Comte Charles de, his work on agricul- 

 ture, page 1175. A.D. 1822. 



Polled, or hornless cattle, 6115. 



Polonceau, M., his work on agriculture, page 1175. 

 A.D. 1824. 



Polynesian Islands, agriculture of, 1012. 



Polytrychum commune (figured), one of the most 

 universal of vegetables, 1746. 



Pomeroy, JVdliam Thomas, his work on agriculture, 

 page 1167. A.D. 1794. 



Pond, in irrigation, 4088. 



ponds, to construct, 4130 ; ponds of Gloucestershire, 

 4136 ; Derbyshire artificial meers, 4137. 



Pontey, "William, his works on trees, page 1168. 

 A.D. 1800. 



Poor, education of, in Devonshire, 7038. 



Poppy, its culture as an oil plant, 5476. 



Poppy, its culture in Hindustan, 885. 



Poppy oil, its uses, 1417. 



Pork and bacon, to cure, 6576. 



Porpoise, the enemy of the salmon, 3613. 



Porta, J. B., his work on agriculture, page 1175. 

 A.D. 1592. 



Portable or hand- threshing machine, 2453. 



Portugal, agriculture of, 728. 



Pot tree of Brazil, Lecythis oUaria, 1210. 



Potatoe, its culture, 4825 ; history, 4826; varieties, 

 ^R52; .soil, 4839; planting, 4843 ; taking. the crop, 



4856; storing, 4859; produce,' 4864 ; application- 

 4867 ; diseases, 4874. 



Potatoe, culture of, in Lancashire, 7027. 



Potatoe in Hindustan, 881. 



Potatoe, culture of, in Flanders, 465. 



Potatoe dibber, 2397. 



Potatoe setscoops, 2417 ; Edinburgh setscoop, 2418. 



Potatoe drill, 2469. 



Potatoes in Durham, 7023. 



Potatoes, their first introduction to England, 1565. 



Potatoes, culture of, in Ireland, 826. 



Poultices in veterinary surgery, 5867. 



Poultry houses, 2682. 



Poultry houses of Lord Penrhyn, 7028. 



Poultry houses, their furniture and utensils, 6673. 



Poultry, gallinaceous, 6680; anserine or aquatic, 

 6732; diseases of, 6757. 



Poultry yard, 2752. 



Poultry yard of the Earl of Chesterfield in Derby. 

 shire, 7014. 



Pounding limestone, 3591. 



Preaudeau Chemilly, Eugene, his work on agricul- 

 ture, page 1174. A.D. 1794. 



Prefontaine, , his work on agriculture, page 1172. 



A.D. 1763. 



Preservation of vegetables, principles of, 1797. 



Pressing plough or roller, 2515. 2585. 



Prevost, Benedict, his work on agriculture, page 

 1174. A.D. 1807. 



Price, John, his treatise on sheep, page 1169. A.D. 

 1809. 



Pricks in the feet of horses, 5857. 



Pr ingle. A., his work on agriculture, page 1167. 

 A.D. 1794. 



Pristly water meadow described, 4107. 



Products of plants ; see, Vegetable products.' J 



Profits of farming among the Romans, 166. 



Profuse staling, or diabetes, 5816. 



Pronged tillage implements, 2527 ; their merits, 2528. 



Propagation of plants ; see Vegetables, their pro- 

 pagation. 



Pruning knives of Java, 935, 



Pruning of hedges, 3705. 



Pruning, 2916 ; objects of, 2923 ; growth, 2924 ; les- 

 sening bulk, 2925 ; modifying, 2926 ; adjusting, 

 2927 ; renewal, 2928 ; curing diseases, 2929. 



Prussia, agriculture of, 563 ; institution of Moegelin, 

 565 ; farm of Moegelin, 572 ; sheep, 574 ; cows, 

 576 ; ploughs, 577 ; threshing machines, 578 ; cul- 

 ture of the vine, 579. 



Puceron or aphis, 6884. 



Puckeridge, or wornals in cattle, 6274, 



Pumiced foot, 5852. 



Pumpkins, or vegetable marrow of Cochin China, 

 (figured), 944. 



Pumps, kinds of, 4154. 



Purging medicines used in veterinary practice, 

 5915. 



Quail, Tetrao, 6787 ; grouse, red, 6788 ; black, 6789 ; 



cock of the wood, 6790. 

 Quail, hunting of, in Persia, 860. 

 Quails of Tonquin (figured), 945. 

 Quarries, their establishment or working, 3587. 

 Quassia, or bitter of porter, 1217 ; cabbage tree beetle, 



1217. 

 Quayle, Basil, his work on agriculture, page 1167. 



A.D. 1794. 

 Queen's county, agricultural survey of, 7082. 

 Quercus suber (figured), the cork tree, treatment of 



in Spain, 726. 

 Quittor and canker in the feet of horses, 5858. 



Rabbit, 6.591; warrens, 6593; tame rabbits, 6600 ; 



rabbit house and hutches, 6601 ; varieties of tame 



rabbits, 6603 ; breeding, feeding, &c., 6604. 

 Rabbitry, 2685. 

 Racing shoe for horses, 5934. 

 Rack and manger for colts in use in Leicestershire, 



7013 ; in Derbyshire, 7014. 

 Radcliff, Rev. T., his work on agriculture, page 1170. 



A. D. 1819. 

 Rail roads, 3459. 

 Rain, theory of, 2300; phenomena, 2301; cause, 



2302 ; quantity, 2303. 

 Rain water, to collect, 4129. 



