CONTENTS. 



Extracts from the Correspondence of the Institute, 46S 



" Disease of the Potato, 468 



" Feed for Cows, 470 



" State of Agriculture in Georgia and South Carolina,- 471 



" Domestic Wines, 472 



Translations from Foreign Periodicals 473 



" Arracacha, - 473 



" Potato Onions, 474 



" Light and Vegetation, 474 



" Rose Garden, - 475 



" Preserving Vegetables, 476 



" Mushrooms, 476 



" Preserving Apples trees from injurious Insects, — 477 



" Culture of the Garbanzo or Chick Pea, 479 



Farmers' Club, 480 



Potato 480 



" Electricity to Vegetation, 48 1 



" Culture and manufacture of Hemp, 482 



" Flax and Flaxseed exported, 485 



" Coal as a Manure, 493 



" Composition and character of Ashes, 494 



" Liebig on diseased Potatoes, 497 



Analysis' of Coal, 498 



" Pruning, - 500 



" Introduction of Indian Corn into Great Britain, 504 



" Keeping of Cattle, 506 



Grain, 513 



" Insects injurious to Vegetation, - - 515 



" Supposed cause of the frequent burning of barns by 



lightning, - 523 



" Turnips, 527 



" Domestic Wines, 531 



" Contrast between American and European systems of 



Vineyards, - 537 



" Soiling Cattle, 541 



" Manures, 543 



" Grapes, 543 



" Jerusalem artichokes, - 549 



