INDEX. 



Lang, John, his account of the agricultural improvements 



in Scotland, - - - - 158 



on lime and marls, . - - 204 



Larch trees, what soils most propitious to their growth, 245 



will grow in any, but best in good soils, - ib. 



Dr. Hunter, Georgical Essays, contra. 

 the great value, and good properties of the, 246 



Lime, its varieties, mode of operating, component parts, 



quantity per acre, &c. - - - 204, 205 



mild, beneficial, spread on grass, of moist soils ; es- 

 pecially on those drained, - - - - 37 

 caustic, in small quantities, best for plough farming, 39 

 mild, its appearance before burning, - - 33 

 the more laid on, the more it fertilizes. Other- 

 wise of caustic lime, see page 200. - ib. 

 best harrowed in, though often laid on the sod, 39 

 of caustic lime, in England, more than 64 bushels 

 on light soil, highly injurious, - - - ib. 

 25 bushels harrowed in, generally enough, - ib, 

 instance of land overlimed, and sown with oats, 40, 41 

 on lands overran with sorrel, greatly beneficial, 254 

 use of lime in England, - - - 37 

 mixing with stable dung, to destroy insects, appendix, 94 

 should not be mixed, till dung properly fermented, 95 

 and see vol. 2, pages 280, 283. 

 Limestones, various limestones in Pennsylvania analysed, ap. 106 



and see magnesia, in limestone. 

 Locust timber, the most durable of any we have. Found 

 prostrate where no living timber of that 

 species appears. Springs up in places 

 where log heaps are burnt ; though no tra- 

 ces of the same kind can be discovered, to 

 have previously grown, - - 10^ 



mode of raising from seed, - - 247 



Lorain, John, on a simple wheat drill, - - 32 



on sundry agricultural subjects, - - 84 



on corn and potatoes, - - . 303, 304 



