INDEX. 



■Sounil, on its propagalion upwan^^ 93 



Soups snd saiicis of the French, < xcellence of 407 



Spiders, enormous 407 



Spinage, New Zealand, notircs ot' 116, 314 



Spinning, great day's work 7'2 



Spinning factories, patent for lubes for 130 



Spirits put in boots or shots injurious 19R 



Squashes, large, notice of 127 



Stammering, a cure for 405 



Starch, on its manufacture 388 



Steam, bleaching by '291 



Steam engine in Cornwall 207 



Steaming food for swine '22 



Steel, how made from iron 373 



Steel jard, new invented, in Trance 363 



Steel wire, articles made of, how hardened 197 



Stevens, P. on the proper tiine for felling timber 394 



Stevens H. on the manufacture of oats into groats, &c. 

 225 ; on hulled barley 231 



Stones, clearing land from 55 



Stoves for burning anthracite coal 109 ; method of pol- 

 ishing 158 



strawberries cultivated on ridges, with flat tiles be- 

 tween 1 ; forced by placing pots in troughs of wa- 

 ter 65 ; Prince's remarks on their culture 228 ; Rev. 

 Dr. -Mil er s observations on their culture 233; Mr. 

 Curr's remarks on 242 ; receipt for preserving 342 ; 

 make a good dentifrice 357 



Strain in horses, &c. description of, remedies for 339 



Straw paper, notice of .341 



Stubble, after harvest, how managed 11 



Subscriber, a, his receipt for buck wheat cake 103; on 

 destroying the worm in peath trees 334 ; his quere 

 relative to raising water 377 



Subterranean forest, notice of 69 



Sngar, made in Florida, notice of 81, 185; from the 

 sugar beet 342 



Suicides, not so many in England as in other paits of 

 Europe 375 



Sumner, C. P. his toast on the 4th of July 2 



Sun-flowers, gigantic 60, 70, 91 ; annual, on its cnlti- 

 vation 81 ; uses of in Portugal 275 



Swallows, their utility 



Swamp muck as a manure 231, 238, 285 



Swedish turnip, great crop of 85 



Sweet potato, the saccharum of by Prof. Have, 20 ; its 

 cultivation, by J. Lowell, Esq. 308 



•Swine, on fattening of 33 , remedy for murrain in 97 ; 

 fattening on coal 99 ; substitute for ringing of 131 ; 

 different breeds 142; on management with regard to 

 cleanliness 171 ; a large one 192, 359 ; anecdotes of 

 one in Scotland 290 ; remedy for measles in 323 ; 

 large ones 343 ; observations on by John H. Powel, 

 378 ; coal useful for fattening 406 



Syphon, on raising water by, from wells 178 



Tall meadow oat grass, remarks on 333 



Tares, cultivation of, recommemded 40 



Tarragon, (an herb) remarks on 339 



Tea, its uses in certain cases 134 ; in Brazils 272 



Teasels, raised in Somerswnrth, N. H. 293 : quere re- 

 specting their culture 301 ; answer thereto 307 ; on 

 the cultivation of, by J. N. Hinsdill 322 



Teeth, anecdote of 352 



Temperance, advantages of 336 ; in Thetford Vt. 373 



Thirst, how guarded against 85 



1 histles, how destroyed 78, 340 



I horndike, Charles, Esq his present of seed wheat for 

 Leghorn hats 150 



Threshing machine. Pope's, remarks on by S.W. Pom- 

 royilO 



T. W. on remedies for the canker-worm 169 



I'hinning crops, leaves of fruit trees, &c. 380 



'Thoroughwort, its virtues, &c. 229 



Thorburn i: Son, their present of a painting of the great 

 elm on Boston common 217 



Timber trees, cultivation and management of 26(i, 350, 

 366, 394 



Till boxes recommended for preserving muffs, tippets, 

 kc. from moths 45 



Tobac o, slippery elm bark, recommended as a sub- 

 stitute for 92 -J 



Tomatum, its culture and use3^39 



Toohcy, R. recipe for destroying bugs in plum trees 274 



Tooth-ache, remedy fcr 345 



Tooth-powder, recipe for making 278 



1 opdress ng grass grounds, ic. 397 



Traps for hay-stealers 181. 



Trees, remarks on sheltering 1 ; for shade, or planting, 

 advantages of 121, 140; symbolical description of 

 144; now preserved against mice 150 ; in parks how 

 guarded 21 1 ; timber, on the cultivation and uses of 

 260, 350, 366, 394 ; transplanting 380 



Trees, efi'ects of light on 228; planting of by Dr. 

 Drown 301 



Tunnel under the Thames 159 



Turkies, how raised 253 



Turnips not to be earthed up in hoeiu»53; a large 

 one, notice of 153 183; resembling a white radish, 

 notice of 231 ; how raised in Scotland 317 



Turtle, how taken, kc. 27 



T. W. his remarks on fruit trees 370 



Vanderburgh, on a disease in horses 300 



Varnish for wood, receipt for 183 



Vaux's address, extracts from 364 



Vegetables on board of ships, how raised 203, on ap- 

 plying water to 388 



Vegetation, how accelerated 344 ; vitiates the atmos- 

 phere 364 



Veritas on seeds Aic 289 



Vine, winter pruning of 65 ; its cultivation in France 

 73 82 185 204 ; remarks on by a Brookline Cultiva- 

 tor 108; reply to 118 121 ; observations on, by aft 

 Admirer o( Horticultural Pursuits 137: Mr Chan 

 niont's observations on 164, on grafting 195, observ- 

 ations on by Prince 244 2;')'2, by M. Bernard 258, by 

 Lockhart 270, by Wilson 403 



Vinegar made of whey 357 



Volcanos in Mexico 3, theory concerning 17 



Walnuts, on pickling 403 



Ware, P. on new varieties of the potato 100 



Washing machine 5 



Washington Gen. his punctuality 158, last hours ofSO'^ 



Waste lands, on subduing 190 



Wasps nnd bees, remedies for their stings 340 



Water, underground, its courses 149, on raising -377 : 

 its uti ity for vegetables 388, in cultivation 395 



Water wheel, patent 171 



W. D. on suckers from fruit trees 17 



Websier J. W. on destroying infectious miasmata 401 



Weeding should be enforced by law 78, importance ol 

 150 340 



Weevil among corn, how destroyed 255 



Welles, J. on suckers of fruit trees for grafting 70 



Wells, how to expel the noxious vapour from 126, on 

 raising water from by a siphon 178 



W. E. R. his reply to IVlr Pomeroy on manufactures 306 



Wheat raised in Massachusetts 25, cultivation of 46 5P 

 prices of in different countries 77, new kind of in New 

 Brunswick 82 173 235, Malaga 173, new kind 357 



Wheels, broad rimmed, preference given to 309 



White weed, remedies -gainst 243 



Wilson on the grape vine 403 



Wine, ginger, how made 11 : muscadine, made in Al- 

 abama 91; in Pennsylvania 95; how made from 

 wild grapes 140 ; French mode of making 205 



Winter evenings, how employed by " a farmer" 241 



Wire worm, notices of, and difficulty of destroying 37i: 



Witt, S De, on the manufacture of butter and Ghees'^ 

 316, 324, 332 



Woad, on its - ultivation and uses 54 



Woman, a fine notice of 200 



Wood peckers, utility of 131, 174 



Wool, effect of change of soil and herbage on 37; ini 

 portance of its manufacture in New England 182: 

 remarks en its importation by Mr Mallary 292: long, 

 premium given for 342 



Worms in apples or knot of red cedar, remedy for 5? 



Wounds, cotton improper for 66 



Wren, usefulness of in destroying insects 190 



Yams, on their cultivation 150 ■ 



Yeast, a cheap receipt for making 3.57 



