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notices of, 24 ; and shrubs, improvement of, by cuJti- 

 vation, 09; on shortening the top roots of, 73; re- 

 marks on transplanting, &c., 74, 150, 260 ; sliould not 

 stand too near dwelling houses, 62 ; a mode of trans- 

 planting to prevent their being loosened by the wmd, 

 &c., 82; various modes of planting, 04; forest trees 

 should be planted in waste and rugged places, 101 ; 

 time for planting, 106 ; time for sowing the seeds of, 

 127 • see forest trees, for shade, 150 ; on transplanting 

 large, from Steuart's Planter's Guide, with an engra- 

 vino- 153, 161, 178 ; best time to cut for reproduction, 

 23oT how to promote tlie growth of, '298, 341 ; should 

 be pruned in summer, 372 ; on the cultivation of, 382 

 Trout, destroyed in many places by pickerel, »3 ; should 



not be taken in winter, 260. 

 Tulips, a <Treat price for, 220, Mr. Walker s bed of, 350. 

 Turkies, wild, still to be found in N. England, 201, 202, 



302. 

 Turkey Chicks, how managed, 258. 

 Tumor, Otis, on the culture of the cauliflower, 150. 

 Turnips, on their culture, &c.,6,258, on gathering, 82 ; 

 notice of a large, 142, 155 ; on resembling a man s 

 hand, 173; insects which infest, 220; new mode ot 

 harrowing the seed of, :>49. 

 Twiggs, Farmer, on calves sucking milk through a hole 



in a gourd, 325. 

 TJlmas, his remarks on stocks, 116. 

 Under-draining, observations on, by B., 148. 

 Utensils, Farmer's, maxim concerning, 197. 

 V bis remarks on the Washington Bolmer Plum. 

 Van Marn, Dr. his letter to Gen. Dearborn, Pres. Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, 33. 

 Vegetable Physiology, observations on, by B. 203. 

 Vegetable instinct, remarks on, 195. 

 Vco-etable marrow, remarks on, and instances of, 40. 

 Vegetables, planting of in rows and stirring the soil 

 about deep, 14, 92; curious in Cuba, 72 ; relative pro- 

 portions of food in different kinds of, 109; notice of 

 their introduction into England, 115 ; Mr. Kirlland s 

 notices of several peculiar to the western region of the 

 United States, 198; Mr. Cooper's mode of improving 

 by propagating from the best, 273 ; how to obtain ear- 

 ly, by scooping out a turnip for a seed bed, 310. 

 Vesuvius, eruption of, 259. 



INDEX. 



Villa, buried under a volcanic eruption, 304. 



Vinegar, a recipe for making, 12. 



Vine plants, rapid mode of raising, '371. 



V. W. S., his improved mode of sowing plaster of Paris, 



405. 

 Walker, James, Esq., on cultivating silk in Maine, 130; 

 on the introduction of potatoes into Wilmington, Mass. 

 338 ; on tlie high cranberry, 339. 

 Walker Samuel, notice of his fine bed of tulips, 350. 

 Wanderer, the, JNo. 4, 409. 

 Washington, the Farmer of Mount Vernon, notices of, 



90 ; anecdotes of the mother of, 381. 

 Wasps, a mode of destroying, 50. 



Water, how purified with alum, 141 ; obtained by boring 

 in the desarts of Africa, 197 ; its use in vegetation ,&c. 

 374 ; boring for in jSew York, 381. 

 Waterhouse, Dr., his remarks on cholera, 80 ; on putre- 

 faction, 133. 

 Watering places in the fifteenth century, notices of, 29. 

 Watering grass lands recommended, 142; neat cattle, 



remarks on, 378. 

 Water melons, remarks on diseases in, &c. 53. 

 W. B. on making hay from clover, 2; on plants being 



nourished by air, 19. 

 Wealth, enormous, of the Duke of Buccleuch, 222. 

 Webber Samuel, on the high cranberry bush, 346, 361. 

 Weeds, on the destruction of, 7, 14, 24; extirpated by 



giving a premium to children for gathering, 46. 

 Well, found under ground in New Hampshire, 29C; 



mode of sinking in Asia, 360. 

 Welles, Hon. John, his communication to Mass. Hor. 

 Soc, together with roots of meadow saffron, 34 ; his 

 remarks on reclaimed marshes, 41 ; on the stimulation 

 of soils, 217. 

 Wells, bored, communicate heat, 90. 

 Wen, a recipe for curing, 215. 

 Weevil, to preseive wheat against, 381. 

 W. H., his mode of destroying caterpillars, 348. 

 Whaler, on sows and their pigs, animal food for swine, 



&c. 338. 

 Wheat and flour, which comes cheapest to the purchas- 

 er? 386. 

 Wheat, two thousand years old, notice of, 3 ; premium 

 crop of, by J. Wilson, 45 ; for seed, on liming of, 51 ; 



lemarks on, and cuts leprcsenting, 57, 58, 76; on 

 transplanting, 93 ; a new kind of, for seed, called 

 White Bald Indiana Wheat, 109 ; Black Sea, winter, 

 notices of, 118, 145; winter, recommended for culture 

 in New Hampshire, 125; spring, late sowing of, saves 

 from the ravages of a gmall worm, 126; remarks on 

 pasturing, 173 ; how prepared for seed, 180; damaced 

 injurious to horses, 189 ; on its supposed convertibility 

 into chess, 206; Mr. Leavitt's premium crop of, 243; 

 on its culture, 258, 278, 373 ; remarks on the kind 

 called tea wheat, 293 ; how secured from the ravages 

 of a little yellow worm, 340 ; rust in near Petersburgh, 

 Va. 381 ; on its cultivation by a Maine farmer, 3!S8; 

 on raising in New England, 393 ; how improved by 

 selecting the best seed, 406. 



White washing apartments recommended, 7. 



White weed, remarks on and remedies against, 38. 



Wife should be chosen wisely, 248. 



William, Paj'son, his premium crop of potatoes, 251. 



Willow, remarks on the cultivation of, 22t>. 



Wilson, J., on preparing seed corn, &c. 401. 



Winship's Nursery, notice of, '307. 



Winter cantelope melon, notice of, 290. 



Withington, Rev. L., on common schools, 120 ; on the 

 advantages of knowledge, 152. 



Wives, advice to, 173; New England recommended, 379. 



Woman of fortune spends money more judiciously than 

 one not used to it, 256. 



Woad, odorous, in Switzerland, notice of, 173. 



Wood collars for horses and iron bows for oxen recom- 

 mended, 349. 



Woodlands, how oflen to cut, 131. 



Wool, prices of, &c. 30, 69,8-3,118,372; quantity of, 

 manufactured in Great Britain, 101. 



Wool grower, a, on the management of sheep, 5. 



Working-man's speech, 88. 



Working men, notice of their meeting, 03. 



Worship, public places of in London, 248. 



Wounds, a remedy for, 142. 



Writing should be legible, especially of names, 109. 



Yankies, liberality of, 131. 



Yeast, how made and preserved, 290. 



Z. on the high cranberry, 339. 



Zinc plates for roofing, inquiries concerning, 339. 



