GENERAL INDEX. 



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Patagonia, agriculture of, 1245. 



Paterson's opinion of broad wheels, 3732 ; of 

 M' Adam's road making, o'.'j ; of the breadth of 

 road, 3599, his system of draining roads. 

 his system of repairing roads, "760. 



Patrons of agriculture, 7759 ; improving the taste 

 of, 7929. 



Paupaille, St, his work on agriculture, page 1219. 

 A. D. 1826. 



Pavement, defects of the common, and theory of 

 its wear, 3716. 



Pavements, 3696 ; improvements in laying, 3713. 



Paving loads, 3697. 



Pat/en et Chevalier, MM., their works on agricul- 

 ture, page 121ft A. D. 1825. 



Pea, the, 5191 ; varieties of, 5192 ; choice of sorts, 

 5196; soil for the, 519S ; climate of the, 51S9 ; 

 sowing the, 5200 ; after-culture of the, 5206; liar- 

 vesting, 5207; threshing, 5211; produce of the, 

 5212 ; use of, 5216 ; saving the, 5220 ; diseases of 

 the, 5221. 



Pea-straw, use of, 5219. 



Peacock, the 7495. 



Pears, baking and dessert, fit for orchards, accord- 

 ing to Nicol, 4093; to Gorrie, 4094; to Gibbs, 

 4097. 



Pears, cider, the most approved sorts of, 4091. 



Pearson, George, M.D. F.R.S., his work on agri- 

 culture, page 1212, A. D. 1805. 



Pearson's select list of orchard apples, 4099. 



Peas, insects injurious to, 7665. 



Peat ashes as a manure in Berkshire, 7790. 



Peat-borer, the, 2519. 



Peat-burning, 3210. 



Peat mosses, improvement of, 4541. 



Peaty matter, as a manure, 2241. 



Peebleshire, statistics of, 7838. 



Pellew Isles, agriculture of, 1056. 



People, character of a, as influencing agriculture, 

 1274. 



Pepper, the intoxicating, of Borneo, 1029. 



Pepper plant of Sumatra, 1022. 



Perch, 7578. 



Perennials, and their annual layers, 1573. 



Pericarp of plants, 1349. 



Periodicals, agricultural, 805. 



Periosteum of the bone, 1882. 



Perry, manufacture of, 436; produce of, by the 

 acre. 4137. 



Perthshire, statistics of, 7849. 



Persia, climate of, 863 ; surface of, 864 ; soil of, 

 865 ; landed property of, 866 ; agricultural pro- 

 ducts of, 867; fruits of, 869; saline deserts of, 

 870; live stock of, 871; mode of hunting the 

 quail in, 873; implements and operations of agri- 

 culture in, 874 ; artificial watering in, 876; forests 

 of, 877. 



Perspective, isometrical, 3365. 



Peru, agriculture of, 1228. 



Peters, Matthew, his works on agriculture, page 

 1209. A. D. 1770. 



Petsai, the, a species of white cabbage, of China, 



98a 



Peyronie, Baron Picot de la, his work on agricul- 

 ture, page 1218. A. D. 1819. 



Pheasant, the common, 7548 ; varieties of, 7550 ; 

 breeding, 7551 ; feeding, 7554. 



Phillips, Robert, his work on agriculture, page 

 120a A. D. 1737. 



Phoenicia, agriculture of, 37. 



Phosphate of lime, as a manure, 2302. 



Phosphorus in animals, 1922. 



Phytography, 1925. 



Piacenza, Giovanni, his work on agriculture, page 

 1221. A. D. 1805. 



Picardv, climate of, 392. 



Pick, the, 2443. 



Picking, 3122. 



Pickling wheat for sowing, 5026. 



Pictet, Charles, his works on agriculture, page 

 1217. A. D. 1802. 



Piers, caution requisite in the use of, 4364 ; con- 

 struction of, 4365. 



Pigeon, the, 7532 ; flesh of, 7533 ; varieties of, 7535 ; 

 breeding, 7537 ; terms applied to, 7538 ; food of, 

 7539 ; cleanliness of, 7541 ; diseases of, 7546 ; laws 

 respecting, 7547. 



Pigeon's dung, as a manure, 2260 ; use of the, in 

 Persia, 875. 



Pigeon-houses, 7542; the interior of, 7543 ; breeding 

 holes in, 7544. 



Pigeonry, the, 2844. 



l'ig-house, Harley's, 2839. 



i Pigs of the Cape of Good Hope, 1131. 

 Pike, 7580. 

 Pilchard fishery, 



Pine plantations, management of, 4017. 

 Pinteux, his work on agriculture, page 1219. A. D. 



1825. 

 Pipe-draining, Pearson's method of, 4297. 

 Pitch, 1435. 



P : th of plants, structure of the, 1371. 

 Pithing cattle, 2092; Du Gard's observations on, 



2093. 

 Pits, method of draining, 4274. 

 Pict, William, his works on agriculture, page 



A. D. 1794. 

 Pitting system of planting, 3945. 3951. 

 Plaiting straw, 5 



Plan of life, necessity of forming a, 7954. 

 Plans of estates, to make, 3351. 

 Plantain, the, culture of, in the West Indies, 



1218. 

 Plantations, as skreens on farms, 4585 ; filling up 

 blanks in, 3983; pruning and heading down 

 trees in, 3987 ; the formation of, 3922 ; enclosing, 

 3923; preparation of the soil for, 3924; whether 

 should be sown or planted, 3926 ;• disposing the 

 plants in, 3928 ; mixture of trees in, 3958 ; insects 

 injurious to, 7681 ; near roads, 3621 ; neglected, 

 improvement of, 4022 ; for shelter, 4585 ; of spruce 

 and silver firs, management of, 4018; thinning 

 out, 4009 ; the proper season for, 4020. 

 Planting, 3142 ; as applied to seeds and tubers, 3143 ; 



as applied to plants already originated, 3144. 

 Planting trees, a general principle of guidance in, 

 5910; the fittest situations for, 5911 ; near build- 

 ings, 3913; sort of product desired from, 3921 ; 

 orchard trees, 4106 ; seasons for, 3937 ; with the 

 diamond dibber, 3948 ; with the planting mattock, 

 3949 ; with the forest planter or ground adze, 

 3950. 

 Plants, action of the atmosphere on, 2344 ; of Brazil, 

 with fibres adapted for economic purposes, 1236; 

 of Britain, distribution of, 1795 ; social and anti- 

 social habits of, 1772 ; colouring, 5995 ; composite 

 organs of, 1.368. 1568; elementary organs of, 

 1378. 1566; conservative appendages of, 1312; 

 conservative organs of, 1306 ; constituent ele- 

 ments of, 1510 ; cotvledonous and acotyledonou-, 

 of Britain, 1797, 1798 ; distribution of, 1799, 1800; 

 geographical distribution of, 1801 ; cultivated 

 for oil in Hindustan, 900 ; cultivated for their 

 roots or leaves, 5289; nutritive products of, 

 5290; cultivated for their use in the brewery, 

 5996; substitutes for, 6072; definition of, 1670; 

 diseases of, 1685 ; distribution of, with respect to 

 their systematic classifications, 1776; food of, 

 1521 ; general distribution of, 1722 ; green succu- 

 lent, as a manure, 2233; herbage, 5518 ; Sir H. 

 Davy's table of the nutritive products of the 

 principal, 5520 ; imperfect, 1328 ; to increase the 

 number and improve the nutritive qualities of, 

 1825; injuries and disorders incident to, 1671; 

 introsusreption of nourishment by, 1538; mari- 

 time, 174S ; fluviatic, 1749 ; champaign, 1750 ; 

 dumose, 1751; ruderate, 1752; sylvatic, 17o3 ; 

 alpine, 1754 ; parasitical, 1755 ; domesticated, 

 1765; mode of describing, 1299; the most uni- 

 versal, 1782 ; the native countries of, 1774 ; natu- 

 ral decline of, T716; decay of the temporary or- 

 gans in, 1717; decav of the permanent organs of, 

 1721 ; phvsical virtues of, changed by cultivation, 

 1620 ; preparation of, for planting, 3145 ; insertion 

 of, in the prepared soil, 3146 ; reproductive organs 

 of, 1321 ; appendages of the, 1327 ; the total num- 

 ber of species of, 1794 ; the true nourishment of, 

 2147 ; the two methods of arranging, 1302 ; useful 

 and edible, of China, 989; virtues of, where resi- 

 dent, 1497 ; of visible sexes, 1777 ; of invisible 

 sexes, 1778 ; which distinguish the various kinds 

 of soils, 2122. 

 Plashing an old hedge, 3025. 

 Plat, Hugh, his work on agriculture, page I 



A. D. 1601. 

 Plattes, Gabriel, his works on agriculture, page 



1207. A.D. 1639. cr , _,, 



Plough, Arabian. 885 ; the common, of Castile, , 44 ; 

 the Chinese, 995 ; draining, 2626 ; wheel, 2627 ; 

 of Ezerum, 874 ; forms of the different parts ot, 

 25«1 ; at Moegelin, 5S8 ; of the Morea, 752 ; of 

 Osterobothnia, 703 ; the Walloon, 507 ; Weather- 

 ley's movable stilt, 261 2; the ribbing, 2612 ; Duck, 

 et'a >kim coulter, 2613; the double share, 2615; 

 the mining or trenching, 2616 ; Somerville's 

 double furrow, 2617 ; the Argyleshire, 2618 ; the 



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