CONTENTS. 



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



Agriculture in Ireland - . 131 



CHAP. VI. 



Of the present State of Agriculture in Ultra- 



European Countries ... 137 



I. Of the present State of Agriculture in Asia 138 



1. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Asiatic Turkey - - - 138 



2. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Persia 138 



3. Of the present State of Agriculture in In- 



dependent Tatary - - - 142 



4. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Arabia - - - 142 



5. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Hindustan - - ,144 



6. Of the Agriculture of the Island of Ceylon 149 

 .7. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



Birman Empire, in Java, Malacca, Siam, 

 Cochin-China, Tonquin, Japan, &c. . 150 



8. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



Chinese Empire - - 155 



9. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Chinese Tatary, Thibet, and Bootan - 162 



10. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



Asiatic Islands - ' - - 163 



II. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



Australian Isles - - 165 



IIL Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Polynesia - - - - 169 



IV. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Africa - - - 171 



1. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Abyssinia - - - 171 



2. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Egypt P " 



Of the present State of Agriculture in the 

 Mohammedan States of th 



the North of 



Africa 



175 



4. Of the present State of Agriculture on the 



Western Coast of Africa . . 177 



5. Of the present State of Agriculture at the 



Cape of Good Hope - . 178 



6. Of the present State of Agriculture on the 



Eastern Coast of Africa, and in the Afri. 

 can Islands ... 183 



V. Of the present State of Agriculture in North 



America - - - 184 



1. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



United States . . t 184 



2. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Mexico - - - . 189 



3. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



British Possessions of North America - 191 



4. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



West India Islands . . -192 



VI. Of the present State of Agriculture in South 



America - . . 197 



BOOK II. 



AGRICULTURE AS INFLUENCED BY GEOGRAPHICAL, 

 PHYSICAL, CIVIL, AND POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES. 



CHAP. I. 



Agriculture as influenced by Geographical 

 Circumstances - - 203 



CHAP. II. 



Agriculture as influenced by Physical Circum- 

 stances . - . .204 



CHAP. III. 



Agriculture as affected by Civil, Political, and 

 Religious Circumstances ... 206 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the Agriculture of Britain, . -207 



PART II. 



AGRICULTURE CONSIDERED AS A SCIENCE. 



BOOK I. 



OF T1IE STUDY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM WITH 

 A VIEW TO AGRICULTURE. 



CHAP. I. 



Of the Study of Systematic Botany . . 20 



CHAP. II. 

 Vegetable Anatomy, or the Structure and Or- 



ganisation of Plants - - - 210 



T. Of the External Structure of Perfect Plants 210 



II. Of the External Structure of Imperfect 



Plants - - - - 211 



III. Of the Internal Structure of Plants - 213 



1. Decomposite Organs ... 213 



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 . . 226 



I. Germination of the Seed - - 227 



II. Food of the Vegetating Plant . -228 



III. Process of Vegetable Nutrition . .233 



IV. Process of Vegetable Developement - 241 



V. Anomalies of Vegetable Developement .245 



VI. Of the. Sexuality of Vegetables - -249 



VII. Impregnation of the Seed - - 250 



VIII. Changes consequent upon Impregnation 251 



IX. The Propagation of the Species - -252 



X. Causes limiting the Propagation of the 



Species - - - 254 



XI. Evidence and Character of Vegetable Vi- 



tality . - .. - 254 



CHAP. V. 



Vegetable Pathology, or the Disease* and Ca- 

 sualties of Vegetable Lif . -258 

 I. Wounds and Accidents r- 258 



II. Diseases 



III. Natural Decay 



- 259 



- 263 



CHAP. VI. 



Vegetable Geography and History, or the Dis- 

 tribution of Vegetables relatively to the Earth 

 and to Man - - - - 264 



I. Geographical Distribution of Vegetables - 65 



II. Physical Distribution of Vegetables - 265 



III. Civil Causes affecting the Distribution of 



Plants - - . .270 



IV. Characteristic or Picturesque Distribution 



of Vegetables . . . - 271 



V. Systematic Distribution of Vegetables - 272 



VI. Economical Distribution of Vegetables. - 273 



VII. Arithmetical Distribution of Vegetables - 274 



VIII. Distribution of the British Flora, indige- 

 nous and exotic . - - 274 



CHAP. VII. 



Origin and Principles of Culture, as derived 

 from the Study of Vegetables - -278 



BOOK II. 



OP THE STUDY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WITH 

 REFERENCE TO AGRICULTURE. 



CHAP. I. 

 Systematic Zoology, &c. - - 282 



CHAP. II. 



Animal Anatomy ... 283 



I. External Anatomy of Animals - - 283 



II. Internal Anatomy of Animals - - 285 



1. Osseous Structure of Animals - - 286 



2. Muscular Structure ol Animals - - 287 



3. Structure of the Nervous System - 289 



CHAP. III. 



Animal Chemistry; or the Substances which 

 enter into the Composition of the Bodies of 

 Animals - - - -289 



