INDEX. 



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Orchards, injured by grain^ - - - - 219 



apple trees injured by wonns, - - 247 



practical instances as to planting ; and 

 remarks thereon, - - . 211&:seq. 



top dressing of compost or other proper 

 manure, better than dung &c. put in the 

 holes, for young trees, - - _ > 212 

 injurious effects on trees deep planted, 215-16 

 deep planting condemned, - - 212 



Oxen, superiority of, over horses for farm work, - 193 

 Oyster shells, pulverised, about the i*oots oi peach, 

 plum, and apple trees, proposed as ef- 

 fectual in keeping off the peach Zy^ce- 

 na^ and the apple Cerambix, - - 323 

 Query. Would not brine, or g^^sum be serviceable, 

 or as effectual ? 



P 

 Palmetto, and other spongy woods, utility of to resist 



balls, 201 



Pea bug, on, .- = = . = _ 317 



Peach trees, on, - - . = 11,15,120,273 



various diseases and remedies ineffectual, 1 7, 2 1 

 have a favorite climate, account of 

 them in the southern country, and 

 question whether they are not here 

 forced ; and not indigenous, » 183&seq. 

 Peale, Rembrandt, his letter on changes of timber and 



account of extinct animals, - - . 300 



Pearson, John, on dimensions of American trees, 1 76 



Peters, Richard, on hoven cattle, - - - 5 



on peach trees, - - 11, 183 



on the tendency in nature to change 

 its products, - - - 27, 296 



on yellow water in horses, • - 139 



