CONTENTS. 



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IV. Oi'tlirK: :■•■, Progress, and present Statr Of 



V . itfture in Ireland - - I'M 



(II M- \ I 



Of the present State ol Agriculture In Ultra. 



ijiean t louutries - 



1 Of the preaent State of Agriculture in A*U 



1. 01 tne presenl State of Agrloulture in 



Asiatic Turkej 



2. Of the preaent State of Agriculture In 



Persia ..... 

 ."5. Oi the present State of Agriculture in In- 

 dependent Tatai y 



4. <>i the preaent State of Agrieulture in 



Arabia - - - - 



5. Of the present state of Agriculture in 



Hindustan 

 i, Ofthe Agriculture of the Island of Ceylon it!) 



7. Of the present State ol Agriculture in the 



Hum. m Empire. inJ.ua, Malacca, Siain, 

 Cochin-China, Tonquin, Japan, &a 



8. Of tin- present State of Agrieulture in the 



Chinese Empire 



9. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



i Itinese ratary, Phibet, and Bootan 

 I i. ( ii the present Mate of Agriculture in the 

 Asiatic islands - - - 



II. Ol' the i.rc-. in State of Agrieulture ill the 



Australian Isles - - 



III. 01 the present state of Agrieulture in 



Polynesia - - - - 



IV. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Africa - - - - 



1. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Abyssinia - - 



2. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Egypt - - - - 



3. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



Mohammedan States of the North of 

 Africa - - - - - 175 



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 1 B 



i ;s 

 149 

 143 

 144 



150 

 155 

 162 

 163 

 165 

 169 

 171 

 171 

 172 



Page 

 i in the present State of Agriculture on the 

 Western < baal ol Anna . . 177 



5. 01 the present state of Agriculture at the 



i ape ol Good Hope - - 178 



6. Of the present Si .t.' of Agriculture mi the 



Eastern Coast of Africa, and in the Afri- 

 can Islands - - - 183 



V. Of tin- present Suite of Agrieulture in North 



America - - - - 1st 



1 Of the present state of Agriculture in the 

 United states . . .184 



2. Of the present State of Agriculture in 



Mexico - - - - - 189 



3. Ofthe present State of Agriculture in the 



British Possessions of North America - 191 



4. Of the present State of Agriculture in the 



West India Islands - - - 1!>-' 



VI. Of the present State of Agriculture in South 



America - - - 197 



BOOK II. 



AGRICULTURE AS im-lii.m 1:1) BY GEOGRAPHICAL, 

 plnMCAL, 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. 



HIE STUDY OK THF. VEGETABLE KINGDOM WITH 

 A VIEW TO AGRICULTURE. 



Chap. 1. 

 Of the Study of Systematic Botany 



20 



Chap. II. 



Vegetable Anatomy, or the Structure and Or. 



ganisation of Plants - - - 210 



I. Of the External Structure of Perfect Plants 210 



II. Of tin- 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..IIL 



Vegetable Chemistry, or Primary Principles of 

 Plants - - - - 216 



I. 1 ompound I'roiiucts - - . 217 



II. Simple Products . . -226 



Chap. IV. 



Functions of Vegetables - - -226 



I. Germination of the Seed . .227 



II Pood ofthe Vegetating Plant - -228 



ill. 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 



VIII. Changes consequent upon Impregnation 251 



IX. The Propagation of the Species - - 252 

 \ Causes limiting the Propagation of the 



Species - ... 254 



XI. Evidence and Character of Vegetable Vi- 

 tality - .... 25a 



Chap. V. 



Vegetable Pathology, or the Diseases and Ca- 

 sualties of Vegetable Life ■>. - 258 



I Wound? and Accidents - - 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 - 265 



II. Physical Distribution of Vegetables - 265 



III. Civil Causes affecting the Distribution of 



Plants - - - - 270 



IV. Characteristic or Picturesque Distribution 



of Vegetables .... -.'71 



V. Systematic Distribution of Vegetables - 272 

 YT. Economical Distribution of Vegetables. . 273 



VII. Arithmetical Distribution of Vegetables . 274 



VIII. Distribution of theBritish Flora, indige- 

 nous and exotic - - 274 



Chap. VII. 



Origin and Principles of Culture, as derived 

 from the Study of Vegetables - -278 



BOOK II. 



OF THE STUDY OP THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WITH 

 REFERENCE TO AGRICULTURE. 



Chap. I. 

 Systematic Zoology, &c. 



Chap. II. 



Animal Anatomy 



I. External Anatomy of Animals 



II. Internal Anatomy of Animals 



1. Osseous Structure ot Animals 



2. Muscular Structure ol Animals 



3. Structure ofthe Nervous System 



Chap. III. 



Animal Chemistry; or the Substances which 

 enter into the Composition of the Bodies of 

 Animals - - - 289 



. 282 



- 283 



- 283 



- 285 



- 286 

 . 287 



- 289 



