VUl CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 



TUE CURRANT. 

 Dnicri|>t!on of > fbw varieties of currants, 186. 



CHAPTER XI. 

 THE RASPBERRY. 

 Deicription of a few rarictics of the raspbtrry, 187. 



CHAPTER Xn. 

 THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL IIUSBANDRT. 

 General romarlcs: Offeree: Composition and arrangement of tiie vegetable tissues: Nutriment of organized bodies; 

 Circulation in organized l)odieg: Rotation of crops: Importance of supplying plants with proper food; Inipor- 

 tauce of water in orgiinized ijeings: Excess of water considered: Additional remarks relating to climate: Influ- 

 ence of climate on plants and animals: Irrigation: On fL'rtili/.ers — 1. The fertilizers which belong to the mineral 

 kingdom ; fertilizers in whicli lime is a constituent, 2-35 ; magnesia and its salts, 250 ; soda and Its salts, 254 ; of 

 mixed saline aubstances, 258; wood and coal ashes ; crushed and ground bones, 260: 2. Fertilizers from the vegeta- 

 ble kiogdom, 261; green crops: 3. Fertilizers from the animal kingdom, 202; bones; Osh, 267; farmyard; Ojf 

 composts, 278: Crops and their cultivation, 274: On the culture of the cereals, 276 ; culture of wheat, 281 ; bar- 

 ley, rye, 283: Cultivation of jwtatoes, 284: Cultivation of flax, 286: Of hops, 288; Teasel, Madder, 291; Jeru- 

 ■aiem artichoke: Sanfoin: Celery, 292: Cultivation of tobacco, 293: Production of butter and Cheese, 188-299. 



CHAPTER XHI. 



ON THE FOOD OF ANIMALS. 

 General considerations: The feeding of stock, 303: 300-808. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 CULTIVATION OF FRUIT TREES AND FRUITS, 309-312. 



CHAPTER XV. 

 ON THE MILK OF THE COW AND THE SOLID EXCREMENTITIOUS MATTER, AS AFFECTED BY 



FOOD AND TEMPERATURE, OR THE SEASON, 313-336. 



