VI 



INDEX. 





Fear trees, for a tea-tide garden, 24 ; to train, 



21 ; to protect, 6$ ; deformed, 99; late, 104 ; 

 for espalier*, 120, 048 ; and frost, 373 ; ring- 

 ing, 632 



Pear shaped weevils, 229, 261 



Pear tree astyages, 357, 373, 390 



Peas, early, 72, l " ; late, ou\ 72 ; winter, 358 ; 

 green winter, 390 ; shells of, 387 ; skinless, 

 455 | new, 519 ; culture of, 603 ; to keep from 

 mice, 648; select, 725 



Pea mildew, 227, 467 



Peat, value or, 84 



Peat charcoal, 12, 84, 132, 150, 231, 238, 459, 

 518,589,621, 713, 733, 811; Rogers' patent 

 for making ditto and fu-1, 231 ; preparation 

 of, 268 ; to make, 397, 428, 509 ; chemical 



products of, 535; charred, to winter Pota- 

 toes in, 611 



Peat ashes, as manure, 491 



Pelargoniums, growers of, 244 ; fancy select, 

 72; new, 375; select, 726; Cape ditto, 536 ; 

 scarlet, 807 



Penny savings' banks, 278, 310, 358 m 



Peristeria elata, 5oO 



Peruvian K uauo trade, 72, 109, 243, 267, 284, 



300, 401, 467, 491, 508, 547 

 Phaius albus, 517 ; Wallichii and grandi- 



folius, 532 

 Phal»n»p*is grandiflora and amabilis, 549 

 Phillip*' nre ftUibilstor, 231, 723, 773 



Phloxes, to hybridise, 842 



Phosphate or inne, American, 539, 555 



Phosphate nodules, 764 



Picotee teed*, 668 ; show of, 502 



Pigt, 684 ; cure lor scour in, 382 ; ditto in 

 young, 366; to fatten, 411; Berkshire, 491 ; 

 carcase and liviug weight* of, 523 



Pine-applet, bottom- heat for, 40; standard 

 weights of, 405 j Black Jamaica, 422 ; his- 

 tory of, 695 



Plnguedo, at manure, 716, 811 ; analysis of 

 ditto, 716 



Pink showing, 485 ; select, 679 ; culture of, 679 

 Pineries, spau-roofud, 2 J 



Pinuses, rate of growth in, 214, 230, 240, 246, 



262, 534 

 Pit, forcing, 184 



Planchou'a (Dr.), appointment, 759 



Tlane tree timber, 725, 757, 805 



Plants, aquatic, 5. 147, 197, 280, 310, 420, 469, 

 485,501,502, 517,536, 611; stove ditto, 197, 

 214, 215, : I ; depth of water for ditto, 502 ; 

 ditto f r a pond, 728; effect of locality oo, 



22 ; and animals, difference between, 28, 515; 

 nourish ing fluid of ditto, 28; washiug, 35; 

 collecting British, 39 ; absorption of nitrogen 

 by, 52, 8'i, 739 ; thawing frozen, 53 ; muung 

 among, 55; *« a-Mde, 55 ; perspiration of, 67 ; 

 wall, 7-\ 407; Uobin on the Reproductive 

 Organs or, rev., 103; effects of putnfymg 

 matter on, 116 ; buying, 134 ; vineg ,r, 136 ; 

 spring flowering, 182, 199 ; spurring hard- 

 wooded, 197 ; cells of, 77-' ; ditto, compobition 

 of the wall- at, 199 ; hardy, 214 ; for M Crystal 

 Palace/' 211 ; in ditto, 5 ; cellular tissue of, 

 227 ; roots of, 243 ; rock, 248 ; microscopic 

 examinations of, 260 ; for shade, 280 ; to dry, 

 133, 3 JO, 405 ; to keep mould from ditto, 136, 

 892 ; i f, 309, 739 ; old ditto, 502 ; to 

 acclimatise, >H ; American, Mr. YVaterer's 

 exhibition <r ) ; heat of, 375; hop, 398; 

 and the atn >phere, 403, 419; variegated, 

 423; In dw«iiin k '-hottses, 421; growtn of, in 

 various gases, 4<;8; periodic phenomena of, 

 484; grafted, 501 ; descent of sap in, 516- 

 summer treatment of, 533 ; fereennou*e, to 



expose, 550, 566; direction taken by, 567 • 

 eatable of Panama, 9 ; flower-garden, 615 • 

 inclosed in coal-pits, 69+, 742 ; bedding, 7io- 

 naming, 7 ; effect of frost on, 789: old 



esculent, 791 ' 



Plant houses, to erect, 180; to move the air in 

 182; ventilation of, 184, 327; ridge and 

 furrow, 310 ; shading for, 373 ; winter cover, 

 ingfor, 756, 773 



Plant sales. 135, 232, 263, 324, 343, 350 375 



391, 453, 647, 696, 792, 808 ' ' 



Prices of goods in 18 10 and those in 1851, 667 



Primula, Chinese, 215 



Prince Albert's portrait, 711 



Promenaa stapelioides, 517 



Pruning, hedgerow trees, 284 ; Peach trees, 



376 ; summer, 456 ; forest trees, 516, 532, 



566, 596, 614, 630, 708, 758, 78S, 805 ; Wis- 



tarias, 712; fruit trees, 8)6 

 Pumps, centrifugal, in the Crystal Palace, 570 

 Pusey's (Mr.), speech, 89, 171; on farming, 



rev., 140; Liebig's critique on, 443 



Q. 



Quebcus aqnlfolia, 311 

 Quick, to plant, 741 



R. 



9 



42 



fruit trees, 741 

 Plantations, j. .ung, 293 ; Larch, 387 

 Plantains, Meiicau, 563 

 Plough.-, new aubsoil, 221; in the Crystal 



glace. 2,7, 314, 330 ; steam, 665 ; andspldes! 



Plumbago Larpentae, 691,710 



Plums, 277 ; for a sea-side garden, 24 • Reine 



Claude de Bavay, 213 ; to train, 213 ; 'to bud 

 Poisons?^ " 95; ™*™***&<iM 726,7* 



Poisoning by mushrooms, 675, 772 

 Poinsettia pulcberrima, 22 

 Pollard tree, artificial, 102 

 Polmaise heating, 326; stove for. 628 

 Polyactis faseicularis, 707 

 Ponds, green, 534 ; aquatics for, 728 



Portugal Laurels, standard 131 

 Potatoes, 518, 614, 636 ; earlv 20 1 v> * 



tect ditto. 430 ; di«ea ed? 7u . L\ftL°J*?' 

 Jackson's ludney 71 • hl'J ? * of> 4l *' 



in the metropaiJ; 26 V. seed ^ffiffi T 

 358; in ; New P Z, aland/ 86;' German ^ 

 waxy, 660, 566; CuthiiP* nU„ a/-? ' ; 



ki« <wi rot rr -'„ , ££ * *% *^-J f 469, 501. 



lana, am, Ml . m Germany. 599 

 Potato crop, 634 ; i u Ireland 570 -S« 

 Pots, CmaW ln , 16 « Vmea' in 293 2SB • 



late Plum* i n 695 ' m ' iJ3 ' ,25; 



Mpfeft^ii \°l' 1U > **• 236,345,415, 



Rabbits, management of, 60: on opeu-boarded 

 Hours, 171 ; to keep from harking trees, 342, 

 343 



Radishes, horse and winter, 53 



Railroad*, farm, 3*9 ; Mr. Neilson's, 186 



Railway Literature (Murray's), rev., 679, 743, 

 823 



Rain, at Witham and Arundel, 22 ; at Ciren- 

 cester, 28 ; at Bognor and Carlesgill, 55 ; at 

 Goodamoor and Cubhain, 71 ; at London, 

 Ham, and Broadenburg, 87; at Pembroke, 

 102, 199; at Thurston, near Dunbar, 134; 

 at bowness, 199; at Itchen Abbot, 214 



Rambles in New South Wales, rev., 6 



Ranunculuses, 311 ; select, 24 



Rape, 571 ; utility of an early crop of, and the 

 best means of obtaining it, 445 ; culture of, 

 475 ; to sow, 750 



Rape cake, as manure, 505 



Raspberries, ripe in January, 55 ; vitality of 

 seed* of, 515, 519, 565 ; double bearing, 694 



Rats, 189,201; to kill, 597 



Reaping machine, 6u4, 621; American, 538, 

 553, 534, 535, GQG, 700, 717, 747, 749, 781 ; 

 Garrett's, 555 



Reed on the Steam Engine, rev., 487 



Rent, reduction of, 12 ; payment of, 252 



Reviews, miscellaneous, 5o3 



Rhododendrons, 406 ; Himalayan, 615 ; of 

 Sikkioi Himalaya, by Dr. Hooker, rev., 163, 

 787 ; Aucklandi, Thomsoni, pendulum, puini- 

 lum, lanatum, glaucum, Maddeui, and 

 triflorum, 163; hybrid, 197; large, 231; at 

 Uptou House, 279 ; scarlet, 293 ; arboreum, 

 326; to hybridise, 342 ; sale of, o96 ; javani- 



cum, 758; Edgworthii, Dalhousieanuin, 



aruginobuua, fulgens, nivale, 787 

 Rhubarb, 100 ; Mitchell's Prince Albert, 118 ; 



to force, 131 ; to cook, 135 ; to protect, 230 

 Ribs ton Pippin Apple, 614, 629 

 Rivera' (Mr.; Orchard Houses, rev., 35 

 Robin, on the Reproductive Organs of Plants, 



noticed, 103 

 Robin, audacity of, 822 



Rockwork, to colour, 214 ; plants for, 218 



Rod and the Line, by Wheatley, rev., 695 



Rollissnn's nursery, no.iced, 662 



Rooks, habits of, 629, 646 



Rookery, establishing a, 150 



Roses, continuous bloomers, 5, 22, 70 ; cata- 

 logues or, 6 ; Afa-au-ga, 55 ; autumn, 168 : 

 spurring of, 197 ; ror forcing, 279 ; Cloth of 

 Gold, 310, 358, 5c6, t.13 ; Tea, 326 ; yellow, at 

 the ChiswickExhibition, 391, 405, 422 ; Paul's 

 pamphlet on, 391 ; new, 439 ; Lane's noticed, 

 439; Paul's noticed, 455 ; at Regent's r*ark, 

 455; old double yellow, 550; tor exhibition, 

 67o ; yellow, climbing, 728 ; late, 773 



Rose stocks, 454, 468 



Roots, in drains, 10, 331 ; length of fibrous 

 annual, 70 ; Mangold Wurztl, to store, 140; 

 effects of sea weed on, as a top dressing 2L4 • 

 of p ants, 213 ; value of an acre of agricull 

 tural, 364, 411 ; crops, 378 ; to harvest, 714 



S. 





"Rirmin lu*^~~ZT* W9 . x '* yj » ««**»*, *>V4 9 no; S*a monsters. 549 

 £irmin A naju show of, 286, 701, 766 ; report Saa-side garden, fr 



Sea side plant, 55 



Saccolabicm guttatum and Blumei, 611 



Sainfoin, 249, 362 ; influence of saline matters 

 on, 59 



Salamander, poisonous qualities of, 325 



Salidd, old, 823; Sidney Smith's, 824 



Salep, use of, in diarrhoea, 661 



Saiisburia adiautifolia, 614, 646, 6G1 



Salmon, book of the, rev., 726 



Bait, for Asparagus, 168 ; use of, in agriculture, 

 187; Prof. Way's Lecture on, 365 ; Prof. Sy- 

 mondson the action of, on animal economy, 

 379 ; walks to, 275, 357, 372, 390, 391, 406, 452, 

 484, 502, 517, 518 ; quantity to apply to a gal- 

 lon of water for ditto, 620 ; as manure, 590 



Salva >plendens, 246 



Sanders on the Vine, rev., 327 



Sandwich Islands, picnic in, 487 



Saponaria calabrica, 710 



Savings banks, penny, 278, 310, 35S 



Scale, to kill, 22, 136, 453 



Scarifiers in the Crystal Palace, 330 



Bcarlet Runner, 68 



>ch >mburgkia crispa, tibicinis, and undulata, 



581 

 Scit nee, benefits of, 829 

 Scotland, farming in, 11, 57, 89, 171; Mr. 



Pussy's speech on ditto, 89, 171 ; the acre of, 



ial7 ; arboriculture in, 692 

 Sculpture, garden, 101 

 Scjtne. Bojd's, 739 

 .-eakale, 84, 230 ; to force, 134 

 Season, mildness of, 71, 87, 102, 122, 135, 150 



™;VH 7; Yard (knight's), rev. 807; 

 SS! P A; 7 *~ ; BaU * °n*Dorking, '^4; to 

 Joung, 285 4 " ; C0CbiQ China > 526 » ***** 



P ™* r $«* Com P ax *ion, Bement's American, 

 rev., tob ' 



Pr H« e n r lL n ! ti , m , ber ' 3 > 54 ' 8G i **& 8 . "i ; cau- 



Sea-weei as a mulching material, 214 

 Seeds, Flas, saving of, 13 ; Grass' 30, 141 174 

 205,523; ditto, itaiiau Rye, to sow, 750 • 

 ditto tor permanent pasture, 813 ; packet* of' 

 54 ; Cucumber, to save, 70 ; vitality of, 7o! 

 615, 533 s 549, 565, 597; to germinate, 116- 

 Mangold Wurzel, preparing the ground for 

 140; preparing ditto for sowing, 140; Chicory! 

 quantity required for an acre, 154 ; steep for 



new, 



282 

 332 



216 ; Deodar, to sow, 28(1 ; to raise, 312 ; 

 Balsam, 390 ; Picotee, 453 ; Fern, 552 ; 

 samples of, 634, 646, 669, 677, 694, 710, 725, 

 726, 742 ; to pack to send abroad, 776 ; bad, 

 789, 805 



Seeding, thin, 9, 10. 171, 734 



Seed trade, 310, 437 



Seeman's Popular Nomenclature of the Ameri- 

 can Flora, rev., 662 



Selection the true source of improvement, 378 



Services, professional, remuneration of, 791 



Sewage manure, 409, 606 



Shading for plant houses, 373 



Sheep, 42, 75 ; to feed, 61 ; to shed feed, 90 ; 

 hydatids in, 93 ; management of, in East 

 Kenr, 140 ; disease iu, 174 ; on Wheat, 204 ; 

 advantage of warraih to, 2C4 ; on Grass, 

 283 ; cross bred, 28* ; fleeces of, 429 ; ana- 

 lyses of the exhibition of, at the Agricultural 

 Society's showa of, frum 1817—1851, 475 ; list 

 of judges and prizemen fur, at ditto, from 

 1846—1851, 476 ; food for, 734 



Shows, Grape, 87 ; country, 406 ; Chinese hor- 

 ticultural, 679 



Shrubs to withstand the sea breeze, 472 ; 

 501 



Shrubberries, effective planting of, 675 



Siberia, eatable Lily worts of, 39 



Silica, 331 ; action of, on vegetation, 



amount of, in common Sedges, 40 

 Skylark, 203, 219, 268, 2*83, 300, 317, 



longevity of, 87 

 Smithneld market, 106 : increasing the size 

 of, 27 ; removal of, 395, 459 ; as a winter 

 garden, 531, 547 

 Soap ashes, to apply, 430 

 Sobralia macrantha and macrantha splen- 



dens, 483 

 Societies : Agricultural of England, 205, 236, 

 284, 396 ; veterinary science, 92 ; Flax, 

 Ulaussen's communication in favour of an 

 extended cutivatiou of, in the United King- 

 dom, 107 ; discussion on ditto, 123, 155 ; cul- 

 ture of ditto, 155, 172 ; mountain ditto, 381, 

 556 ; management of ditto, 556 ; political 

 neutrality, 124 ; report of the inspection of 

 sites committee, on Hampton-court, <fcc, 

 124 ; ditto on Windsor, 251 ; salt in agri- 

 culture, 187 ; chemical report, 220 ; election 

 of members, 301 ; half-yearly report, 332; 

 Prof. Way's lectures on the use of common 

 salt in agriculture, 365 ; on gypsum, 412 ; on 

 lime, 540 ; Prof. Symonds on the action of 

 salt on the animal economy, 379 ; draining, 

 38n ; Australasian guano, 380 ; analysis of 

 ditto, 381 ; German Potatoes, 381 ; subter- 

 ranean root? and bunts, 381 ; soil of Wheat 

 in America, 413 ; list of judges and prizemen 

 at the shows of, from 1846 to 1851, 476 ; Rus- 

 sian agriculture, 523 ; American phospnate 

 of lime, 539, 555; analysis of ditto, 555; 

 Turnip fly and insect, 555 ; Clover failure, 

 55^; April Wheat, 557; moveable bridge, 

 557 ; essay prizes for 1852, 572 ; ditto one for 

 1854, 573 ; implement prize schedule for 

 1852, 573 ; prize essays, awards, 716 ; non- 

 exhibition, fines of animals entered for shows 

 of, 780 ; general meeting, council's report, 

 813 ; Windsor meeting, 92, 171, 220, 381, 429, 

 588, 813, nomination ot judges, 92 ; schedule 

 of live stock prizes at, 176, 256 ; cattle, report 

 of, at, 459, 475, 492; analysis of the exhi- 

 bition of ditto at, 461 ; ditto of sheep, from 

 1847 to 1851, 476 ; fat cattle at, 572 ; imperfect 

 animals at, 572 ; cart stallions at, 572 ; agri- 

 cultural improvement of Ireland, report of 

 the half-yearly meeting, 12 ; scale of charges 

 for analysis to members of, 493 ; annual show 

 of, 489 ; report of cattle, poultry, and im- 

 plements at ditto, 541 ; haymaking, 621 ; 

 election of Mr. Harkness to the Secretary- 

 ship of, 809 



Amateur Tulip, 631, 647, 691, 712 



Bath Dahlia, 6i5 



Birmingham cattle and poultry, 286, 701, 



766 

 Birmingham Chrysanthemum, 807 

 Botanical ot London, 6, 135, 231, 439, 678 

 Botanical of Edinburgh, 22, 55, 167, 199, 



278, 342, 438, 486, 759, 822 



Caledonian Horticultural, 200, 358, 406, 



518, 630, 806 

 Camberwell- Amateur Dahlia, 599 

 Carrick Agricultural : Feeding of Stock, 829 

 Cheltenham Horticultural and Floral, 742 

 Cheltenham Dahlia, 615 

 Chesterfield Dahlia, 617 

 Crusletiurat Vegetable, 748 

 Cornwall Horticultural, 343, 455, 647 

 Cumberland Floral and Horticultural, 647 

 East Cumberland Agricultural, 685, 781 

 Entomological, 22, 102, 167, 231, all. 391, 



439, 519, 583, 662, 726, 790 



Eydon Village Industrial, 765 



Flax Improvement of Ireland, 157 ; crops 

 of 1849 and 1850, 12 ; patent steeping system, 

 13 ; division of labour in management 13 • 

 saving of seed, 13 ; quantity of ditto sown in 

 1851 and previous years, 445 



Glasgow Pansy, 679 



Gloucestershire Agricultural, 685 



Great Marlow Horticultural, 423 



Hammersmith Pansy, 295 



Hammersmith Celery, 742 



Highbury Horticultural, 327 



Highgate Floricultural, 551, 615, 727, 775, 



Highland and Agricultural of Scotland, 

 2*0 ; best mode ot preparing and applying 

 tne different manures produced ou the 

 iarm, 75 ; Dr. Anderson's addr t ss en the 

 discussions which have taken place during 

 the session, 396 ; chemical department of, 637 



Qo^n 01 ^ 1 ** 1 ' 29 ' U9 ' Uo > 183 > 214, 246, 

 327, 391, 502, 563, 646, 710, 774 ; anniversary 



2.8; garden noticed, 39, 263, 359, 598; new 

 regulaU.ns of, 115, 168; schedule of prizes 

 for 18ol, 130 ; ditto for 1852, 530 ; remarks on 



*l i.V ' l Il; Pe lan*onium growers and 

 the, 244 ; exhibitions at the garden, 291, 371, 





9 I — f — i » V44V/WD A ij 



turn*, 517; Orchids at, 740 

 Lewis' farming, 701 



*op7?o a ^. 6 ' * 87 » ^5, 150, 215, 247, 358, 



Liverpool horticultural, 455 

 London floricultural, 631 

 Manchester and Liverpool agricultural, 

 report of show, 669 



231, 262, 

 MG, 599, 



Meath horticultural, 455 



Microscopical, 710 



Montreal botanical, 71, 231 



Natioual floricultural, 167, 199 

 295, 327, 375, 407, 438. 486, 502, 539, 

 663, 727, 775 ; proceedings of, 727 



Newbury Dahlia, 583 



Newcast!e-on-Tyne Chrysanthemum 790 



North Kent horticultural, 567 



Notting-hill Dahlia, 599 



Norwich horticultural, 631 



Norwich Chrysanthemum, 775 



Royal Botanic, report of garden exhibi 

 tions, 311, 375, 422; fruit award, board of" 

 432, 454 ; Rose garden at, 455 ; remarks on 

 schedule of, for 1851, 598, 



Royal Horticultural of Ireland, 6, 167, 278 



790 ' 



Royal South London Floricultural 263 

 343, 406, 487, 567 ; IliflPs prize at, 486, 534 • 

 general meeting of, 807 * 



Scottish Pansy, 647 



Selby Agricultural, 172 



Shacklewell Dahlia, 583 



Slough Dahlia, 615, 631 



Southampton Dahlia, 615 



Stockholm Naturalists, 807 



Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum, 151 

 183, 647, 727, 743, 759 ; Nicholl testimonial* 

 262 ■ 



Stoke Newington Dahlia, 631 



South Devon, Botanical and Horticultural 

 247, 343 * 



Sydenham Floricultural, 66% 

 Tardebigg Cottagers, 534 

 Taunton Dahlia, 615 

 Thornbury Dahlia, 599 

 Yauxhall Dahlia, 535 

 Wallingford Dahlia, 615 



Warwickshire Horticultural, 35S 



Whitby Dahlia, 615 



Wilts Horticultural, 553 



Wycombe Horticultural, 663 



York Horticultural, 663 



Yorkshire Agricultural, list of cattle and 

 implement prizes at annual show of, 524 ; 

 management of manures, 557 

 Farmers' Clubs : 



Birmingham Cattle and Poultry, 285. 701 • 

 report of, 797, 812, 825, 827 * 



Cirencester, 829 



Exminster : manure, 44 



Hales worth : county expenditure, 60 



London : adulteration of manures, and the 

 means of detection, 477 



Newcastle : difficulties in cultivating soil, 

 429 ; " the Oat, description, cultivation, 

 composition, and uses ot\" 605 ; ventilation 

 of stables, 7*0 



Probus, : farm leases, 252 ; utility of an early 

 crop of Rape, and the best means of obtaining 

 it, 445 



Saffron Walden: reaping machines in, 749 



Sittingbourne : experiments with guano, 13 



Smithneld Cattle, 27 ; report of, 796, 811, 

 825 



St. German's : farm buildings, 284 



St. Quivox : at M>remiil, 653 



Sprotbro' ; best method of sftoring Turnips 

 for spring feeding, 61 



Stockton cultivation and management of 

 Turnips, 349 



Trafalgar : farm leases, 716 

 Wolsingham : church leaseholds, 509 



Soils, clay, 41 ; Wheat, 41 ; effect of mulching, 

 54; management of, 121 ; absorptive powers 

 of, 137, 164, 195, 212 ; tor Chicory, 154 ; ab- 

 sorption of ammonia by, 137, 164, 195, 212 ; 

 condition of, 311 ; American Wheat, 413 ; 

 difficulties in cultivating, 429 ; vegetables for 

 different, 440 j alluvial, 681 ; exhausted by 

 Wheat, 750 ; effect of, on timber, 806 



Sola or Indian cork, 344 



Solomon's (Mr.) garden noticed, 199 



Soot, adulteration of, 327 



Sophronitis grandiflora, 580 



Sowing machines in the Crystal Palace, 346 



Spade husbandry, 121, 201, 202, 2d9, 363, 745 



Spade and plough, 829 



Spanish Chestnut, 182, 298, 211, 214, 230 



Sparrows' nest, 453 ; hedge, 502 



Spinach, 117 



Spruce r ir twigs eaten by squirrels, 182, 198, 21£ 



Stables, ventilation of. 780, 781 



Stacks, covering for, 395 



Stanhopea, insignis, tigrina, grandiflora, De- 

 vouiana, ocutata, Wardii, and tigrinalutes- 

 cens, 6U 



Statistics of Ireland, 537 ; agricultural, 668 



Steam, heating by waste, 403 ; cultivator, 393, 

 665, 686 ; farming, 762 



Steam engine, 204 ; flue boilers to, 60, 154 ; in 

 crustations in boilers of, 327 ; managemen 

 of, 249, 283; in the Crystal Palace, 490 

 Reid on, rev,, 487 



Stock, Dickson, on breeding of, rev., 13 ; lin- 

 seed as food for, 28 ; Bt-ans as, 61 ; early 

 Bpring, 253 ; best method of storing Turnips 

 for, 61 ; hides of, 73 ; qualities of ditto, 106, 

 on boarded floors, 154, 682, 718 ; short-horned, 

 173 ; use of salt in food of, 187 ; to feed, 109; 

 221, 318, 444, 590, 602 ; report ot, at the Agri- 

 cultural Society's meeting, 459, 475, 492; 

 analysis of the exhibition of, at ditto, 461 ; 

 ditto, from 1847 to 1851, 476 ; fat and im- 

 perfect, at ditto, 572 ; Eyton's herd book of 

 Hereford, rev., 461; West Highland, 523; 

 show of, at Birmingham, 28% 701, 812, 825# 

 827 ; report of ditto, 797 ; Smithfleld, 28; re- 

 port of ditto, 796, 811, 825 ; marketing of, 

 602 ; clipping of, 748 ; feediug of, 590. 829 



Stocks, 213, 712 



Stone, cement for, 599 



Stove, plan ot a cottage, 454, 518 



Stratton's (Mr.) appointment to the Caxmbridge 



Botanic Gardens, 71 

 Straw, for plaiting, 797 

 Strawberries, 149, 454 ; to force, 358 ; early 



and late, 440 ; culture of, 534 ; Beach's ditto, 



485 ; classification of, 648 : new, 740, 757, 

 789,804 



Subsoil, 777; plough, 221; in the Crystal 

 Palace, 330 ; grubber, description of a new, 



475 



Suffolk Agricultural Relief Association, 621 

 Sugar, books on, 168 ; Beet, 329, 332, 521, 539, 



571, 620 ; in animals, 323, 587, 601 ; refiners* 



refuse of, as manure, 650 

 Sulphurator, Epps's, 468 



Superphosphate of lime, 180, 382 ; to app1y f 

 216, 280 ; adulteration and detection, 621 



Sutton's (Messrs.) nursery noticed, 279 



