INDEX. 



Ranunculus arveiisis, (corn crowfoot) injurious 

 effects of, - - - 247 



luliasus repens, and acris, (crowfoots, 



butter flower, butter cup, gold cup) their 

 properties, - - - 262 



Raphanus raphani strum, (pale flowered chad- 

 lock, or wild radish) account of, - 248 



Register, parochial, necessity of establishing, to 

 ascertain the appropriation of every acre, 

 and the apparent prospect of plenty or scar- 

 city, - - - - . 142 



Reseda lutea, (base rocket) account of 246 



Reeve, John, on increase of taxes - 68 



Ridging, necessity of, in carrying off surface 

 water, - - - - - 163 



Roads, injured by broad-wheel waggons, 215; 

 would be benefited by the use of one-horse 

 carts, - - - - - 216 



Rooks, their depredations on potatoes, 224 



Rose, Rt, Hon. George, observations on the 

 poor laws, - - - 282 



Rot, supposed to be prevented by the sheep 

 eating the leaves of the alder, - 417 



Rumex crispus, (curled dock) destructive to 

 clover, and should be carefully destroyed, 



244. 259 

 Russell, J. Esq. price of manures, - 53 



Scabtosa arvensis, (field scabious) account of, 



243 



Scandix pectem, (shepherd's or beggar's needle) 

 description of, - - - 244 



Scarcity, effects of general adoption of summer- 

 soiling in preventing, 301; et sea.; methods 

 of preventing, 330, el seq.; diminished con- 

 sumptiori of corn in time of, recommended, 



Schranthus annuus and peremiis, (knaweil) 



account of, - - - 245 



Scotch clergy, stipends of, - - 95 



Scott, Joseph, on the malt tax - 40 



Seeds, advantage o*" using those freed from those 



of weeds, - - 25,6 



Senccio vulgaris, (groundsel) account of, 239. 



251 

 Serratula arvensis, (common thistle) account 



of, and nccessiiy of destroying the seeds of, 



238. 239, 250, 2fiO. 

 Sers, Peter, on spring wheat, - 19^ 



Shaw, Rev. Mr. remark by, on the alsiiie 



media, (chickwecd) - - 244 



Sheffield, Lord, observations b)-, on the corn 



laws, - - . 139 



Shepherds, schools established for instructing, 



406, 409, 414, 420. 



» French compilation of instructions 



for, - - . 4, J 



Simpson, Tiiomas, on malt duty, and tax on 

 horses, - _ (,s 



Sinapis arvensis, (rough leaved chadlock or 

 wild mustard) prolific nature of, - 24S 



Sinclair, Sir John, Bart, account by, of the 

 moss improvements at Casilchead, i; ditto 

 at Langwell in Caithness, 8; calculation by, 

 of inhabitants to a square mile in France and 

 Naples, . . 282 



Smith, Dr. Adam, on educating the lower 

 classes, - - _ 328, f/ seq. 



, Henry, on the prejudicial tendency of 



the increased price of labour, - 56 



■, John on the effects of the malt tax, 40 



Smithfield market, sales at for nine years, 144 



Smuggler, advantage of the, over the maltster, 



86 



Solanum nigrum, (garden night shade) account 

 of, - . _ 236 



tuberosum, (cultivated potatoe) neces- 

 sity of getting up clean, - 239 



Somerville, Lord, great attention paid by, to 

 the improvement of Merino sheep, 431, 455, 

 467,518. 



Sonchus arvensis (sow thistle) account of, 249 



Sorrell, how extirpated, - - 10 



Speechly, William, on spring wheat, 193 



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