GENERAL INDEX. 



1275 



Vegetation, influence of the aspect of, on man, 177 5 ; 

 territorial limits to, 1723. 



Vermin injurious to trees, to destroy, 4037. 



Vermuyden, Sir C, his work on agriculture, page 

 1207. A. D. 1642. 



Village, establishment of a, 3S48 ; forming the plan 

 of a, 3849. 



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

 ture, page 1218. A. D. 1819. 



Vine, culture of, in the 16th century, 230 ; exud. 

 ation of sap in the, 1700 ; field culture of, when 

 first introduced to Britain, 209; at the Cape of 

 Good Hope, 1120; culture of, in Hungary, 627; 

 in Madeira, 1149; in Spain, 728. 



J'inet, Elie, his work on agriculture, page 1214. 

 A. D. 1697. 



Vineyards of the Jews, 21. 



Virtues of plants, changed by cultivation, 1620. 



Vitality of vegetables, 1656. 



Vitellus of plants, 1345. 



Vitriol, as a manure, 2300. 



I'oght, Baron von, his work on agriculture, page 

 1220. A. D. 1824. 



W. 



Waggons, 2763 ; of the Cape of Good Hopej_1132 ; 

 of Germany, 557 ; the Gloucestershire, 27u, ; the 

 Berkshire, 2768 ; the Norfolk cart and, £769 ; 

 Rood's patent, 2770; Gordon's one-horse, 2771. 



Wagner, J. Ph., his work on agriculture, page 1220. 

 A. D. 1828. 



Wain, the, of Cornwall, 7825. 



Waistcll, Charles, Esq., his work on agriculture, 

 page 1213. A. D. 1826. 



WaisteWs arrangement of farm buildings, 2921; 

 materials and construction of, 2943. 



WaisteWs cottages for labourers, 2881. 



Walker, W., his work on agriculture, page 1213. 

 A. D. 1813. 



Walker's opinion of the width of roads, 3596; side 

 drains for roads, 3608 ; road fences 3618. 



Walking, the action of, in animals, 1900. 



Wall, the earthen, embankment, 4339. 



Wallachia, agriculture of, 759. 



Wallflower, the, 5636. 



Walls, 3056 ; of dry stone, 30a/ ; of round or land- 

 stones, 3058 ; of quarried stones, S059 ; the Gallo- 

 way, 306U ; of stone and lime, 3061 ; of stone and 

 clay, 3063 ; of dry stone, lipped with lime, 3064 ; 

 of dry stone, lipped and harled, 30P5 ; of dry 

 stone, pinned and harled, 3066 ; of drvscone. 31 b7 ; 

 of brick, 3068; frame, 3069; of turf, 3070; of 

 stone and turf, 31/7 1 ; of mud, 3072; of rammed 

 earth, 3073; of stamped earth, 30/4; of brick- 

 built cottages, economical mode of constructing, 

 2893 ; heat produced by, 2323. 



Walnut trees, where serviceable, 4102. 



Warping lands, 2207. 4450 ; theory of, 4451 ; effect 

 of, 4153; method of executing, 4454; season for, 

 4456 ; expense of, 4457. 



Warwickshire, statistics of, 7797. 



Washing machine, economical, 2804. 



Washington, Gen. George, his works on agriculture, 

 page 1211. A. D. 1800. 



Waste lands, improvement of, 4512. 



Wastes, woody, improvement of, 4528. 



Water, artificial means of procuring, 4463 ; as the 

 food of plants, 15£2 ; cisterns for, the best, 4511 ; 

 for common purposes, to obtain, 4504 ; composition 

 of, 2330 ; necessary to vegetation, 2331 ; exists in 

 the atmosphere, 2334 ; the decomposition of, by 

 plants, 1560 ; effect of, on roads, 3579 ; influence 

 of the qualities of, on plants, 17 1' ; mode of cool- 

 ing during harvest, \-r. in Spain, 74ti ; proper for 

 domestic animals, '-U77 ; proximity of, necessary 

 for a good situation, 3512 ; raising from deep wells, 

 44'.'9; an ingenious mode of, 4502; stagnant, in- 

 jurious to all useful plants, 2200; on land, 4430. 



Wateriord, statistics of, 7876. 



Watering barrel, 



Watering lands, advantages of, 4389 ; by machinery, 

 4414. 



Watering, the mode of, natural to vegetables, 1738. 



Watering plants, 3147. 



Watering roads, 3752. 



Water meadow, expenses of making a, 4432; con- 

 struction of, 44 37. 



Water-mills, the most eligible kinds of, 3841. 



Water-tabling of hedges, 3014. 



Water-wneel, the Spanish, 744; the Persian. 29 



Wax of myrtle, 1452. 



Wax, vegetable, 1446; properties of, 1447. 



Wax-tree, the, 977. 



Waypane, 4416. 



Wealds, improvement of, 4528. 



Wear, a, 4405. 



Weasel, the, 7629. 



Weather, study of the, 2599; natural data for the 



study of the, 2401 ; influence of the moon on the, 



2402; artificial data for the study of the, 2407; 



study of, from precedent, 2433. 

 Web, mucous, of animals, 1846 ; muscular, 1818 ; 



cellular, 1849. 

 Weber, F. Bd., his work on agriculture, page 1220. 



A. D. 1803. 

 Wedges, 2490. 

 Weeding, 3140. 

 Weeding-pincers, 2467. 

 Weeding-tools, 2465. 

 Weeds, mowing of, 3170. 

 Weeds, relative, 6198; absolute, 6199 ; destruction 



of, 6200 ; Holdich's classification of, 65 

 Weidenkeller, his work on agriculture, page 1220 



A. D. 1825. 

 Weighing-cage, 2566 

 Weighing-machine for sacks, 2568. 

 Weight of objects, to ascertain, 3319. 

 Weld, 5978 ; soil for, 5979 ; taking the crop, 5981 ; 



produce of, 5983; use of, 5984; saving seed of, 



5985 ; disease of, 5986. 

 Well-digging, 4478. 

 Well-digging combined with boring, example of, 



4483. 

 Wells, 4477 ; operation of making, in Persia, 876 ; 



Artesian, 7778. 

 West Lothian, statistics of, 7845 

 Western, C. C Esq., M. P., his work on agriculture, 



page 1213. A. D. 1S24. 

 Westmeath, statistics of, 7873. 

 Westmoreland, statistics of, 7811. 

 Weston, Sii Richard, his work on agriculture, page 



1207. A. D. 1G45. 

 Wetness of land, origin of the, 4225. 

 Wexford, statistics of, 7866. 

 Wheat flv, the, 5066. 

 Wheat, frosted, 4! J 99 ; history and uses of, 5001. 



5050; soil best adapted for, '5014; manures best 



calculated for, 5021 ; climate required for, ;"' 24 ; 



sowing, 5025 ; after-culture of, 5035 ; harvesting, 

 H ; produce of, 5047; diseases of, 5063: cul- 

 tivation of, in Egypt, 1079; insects injurious to, 



7661 ; in Madeira, 1150 ; uses of the straw of, 



5051 ; summer, culture of, 5067; produce of, 5068. 

 Wneeioarrow, the, 2539; the Normandy, 2542; 



used in irrigation, 4398. 

 Wheeling, 3118. 

 Wheels of carts, 2746 ; Jones's improved ^ron, 2750; 



effects of the leverage of, on roads, 3oi4; of the 



plough, on placing, 2635 ; the size of, most proper 



for roads, 3730. 

 Wheel-tracks of stone, Stevenson's, 3702. 

 Whin, the, 5629 ; culture of, 5630. 

 Whim, the, in Peeblesshire, improvement of, 7838 

 Whipping out grain. 3202. 

 Wicket-gate, the, 3104. 

 Wicklow, statistics of, 7S65. 

 Wiegand, J., his work on agriculture, page 1219. 



A. D. 1762. 

 Wight, Andrew, his work on agriculture, page 12fR 



A. D. 1778. 

 Wigtonshire, statistics of, 7840. 

 Wifdmoor estate of Lord Stafford, 7795 

 Williams, T. W., his work on agriculture, page 



1213. A. D. 1819. 

 Williamson, Capt. Thomas, his work on agriculture, 



page 1212. A.D. 1810. 

 Wiltshire, statistics of, 7816. 



Wind, 2380; prevailing near Glasgow, 2.:S1 ; pre- 

 vailing in Ireland, 2383; causes of, 2384; eflect 



of, on roads, 3580. 

 Winnowing machine, the, 2545. 

 Winslrup, M., his work on agriculture, 7906. 

 Winter, George, his work on agriculture, page 1210. 



A. D. 1787. 

 Wireworm, the, 7684 

 Withers, William, junior, Esq., his work on agri. 



cu!ture, page 1213. A. I) I 

 Wittmann and Denglaez, their work on agriculture, 



page 1220. A. D 1826. 

 Woad, 5963; varietv of, 5964; soil for, 596.T ; sow- 



ine, 5968; after-culture of, 5970; gathering the 



crops of, 5971; produce of, 5975; use of, 



saving seed of, 7; culture of, 



in Flanders, 490. 

 Woburn grasses, experiments on the, 5721. 



