Vlll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 

 TUE CURRANT. 

 Description of a few varieties of currants, 186. 



CHAPTER XI. 

 THE RASPBERRY. 

 Description of u fow varieties of the raspb'erry, 187. 



CHAPTER XH. 

 THEOUETICAL AND PRACTICAL IIU.SBANDRY. 

 General remarks: Offeree: Composition ami arrangement of the vegetable tissues: Niitrimeut of organized bodies: 

 Circulation in organized bodies: Rotation of crops: Importance of supplying plants with proper food: Impor- 

 tance of water in organized beings: E.xeess of water considered: Additional remarks relating to climate: Influ- 

 ence of climate on plants and animals: Irrigation: On fertilizers — 1. The fertilizers which belong to the mineral 

 kingdom; fertilizers iu which lime is a constituent, 2-35; magnesia and its salts, 2.'i0; soda and its salts, 254; of 

 mixed saline substances, 258; wood and coal ashes; crushed and ground bones, 200: 2. Fertilizers from the vegeta- 

 ble kingdom, 2'il; green crops: 3. Fertilizers from the animal kingdom, 262; bones; fish, 2G7; farmyard; of 

 composts, 273: Crops and their cultivation, 274: On the culture of the cereals, 276; culture of wheat, 281 ; bar- 

 ley, rye, 283: Cultivation of potatoes, 284: Cultivation of flax, 280: Of hops, 288: Teasel, Madder, 201: Jeru- 

 salem artichoke: Sanfoin; Celery, 292: Cultivation of tobacco, 293: Production of butter and Cheese, 188-299. 



CHAPTER Xni. 



ON THE FOOD OF ANIMALS. 

 General considerations: The feeding of stock, S03: 300-308. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 CULTIVATION OF FRUIT TREES AND FRUITS, 309-312. 



CHAPTER XV. 



ON THE MILK OF THE COW AND THE SOLID EXCREMENTITIOUS MATTER, AS AFFECTED BY 

 FOOD AND TEMPERATURE, OR THE SEASON, 313-336. 



