INDEX. 187 



Pastures, permanent, mode of culture to be pursued in returning cul- 

 tivated land to, Add. 95. 



Pattern farms, what, 511. 



Pays de Waes, sand how cultivated in the, 20. 



Pear, advantages of the, for general culture, 460. 



Pease, quantity of seed for a crop of, 327 ; will not succeed but once 

 in ten years, 384. 



straw, how it may be made a fodder of superior quality, 367 ; 



great value of, ib. 



Peat, difference between, and vegetable mould, 25 ; classification of, 

 ib. ; nature of, ib. ; how converted into earth, ib. ; crops best a- 

 dapted for, ib. ; the great object to adopt the most proper manage- 

 ment for hay crops, 27. 



crops usually raised on, 378. 



treatment of, as grass land, 406. 



improvement and cultivation of, 166. 



mosses, their extent, 152 ; of two kinds, ib. ; remarks on their 



treatment, 152, 153. 



ashes, an excellent manure for turnips, 247 ; qualities of, ib. 



bogs, crops best for reclaiming, 25 ; reclaimed, what crops best 



calculated for, ib ; improved by draining, 26 ; covered with the re- 

 fuse of coal-pits, 161; covered with clay and marl, ib. ; covered 

 with chalk, ib. ; floating off the surface of, 1 62 ; remarkable in- 

 stance of floating off, at Blair-Drummond, ib. ; rolling of, ib. 



and moss lands, the only effectual mode of improving, 237. 



earth, when a manure for potatoes, 224. 



Peeling, advantages of, to fruit-trees, 444. 



Perennial weeds, means of destroying, 259. 



Periods for paying rents, 59. 



Permanent pastures, lands best adapted for, 410; advantages and 

 disadvantages of, 41 1 , 412 ; method of culture in form ing, Add. 95. 



Perry, juicy varieties of pear to be preferred for, 458. 



Pigs, experiments in breeding, 94. 



Pine or fir, the Scotch, its qualities and uses, 482. 



pitch, peculiarly adapted for low tracts, 485. 



Pinaster peculiarly fitted for maritime situations, 486. 



Pitt, singular speech of the Right Hon. William, on the state of the 

 nation in 1791-92, App. 28. 



Plantations improved by trenching, 393 ; draining advantageous to, 

 183. 



why they merit particular attention, 479 ; no land so poor 



as not to admit of, ib. ; points to be considered before they are be- 

 gun, ib. ; young plants for, how best raised, ib. ; on elevated situa- 

 tions, ib. ; on steep banks, 485 ; on low and moorish tracts, ib. ; 

 on swamps, ib. ; on the sea-coast, 486 ; on land of superior qua- 

 lity, 488 ; rules to be observing in thinning, 493 ; pruning, 495. 



Planting of trees in orchards, 464. 



Plants, account of the agents necessary for their production, and 

 those which are injurious to them, App. 7. 



affinity of, to light, 10 ; what growing in mines, ib. ; found 



in cast-iron pipes, ib. ; in the northern regions, ib. 



