XIV TABLE OF COWTEi!fTS. 



CHAPTER n. 



Page- 



Remakes on the Natubal Systbm op Botany 129 



Remarks on the Natural System of Botany— Plants classified ; 

 characterized; explanation of generic and speciflc names, 

 scientific names of plants in Latin, or Latinized — Method 

 of describing plants, terms used, and definitions given — 

 The principal parts -which belong to any flower. 



CHAPTER in. 



NaTTJBAIi OkDBB GEAMINEa! 135 



Names and characters of genera, from 1 to 67, inclusive — 

 Species and varieties of each genus given, under their 

 proper heads ; those having an agricultural value fully, . 

 whilst the others not having sucii, are but briefly de- 

 scribed. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Laying Down Lands to Grass. ; 213 



What lands designed for permanent meadow or pasture 

 should incline to ; plants must be suited to the quality of 

 the soil ; the grasses which compose the richest natural 

 pastures in England — Preparation, etc., of land for grass 

 s.eed, 



CHAPTER V. 



Selection, Mixtdbe, and SowrNG or Grass Seeds 216 



Care required in the selection and raising of grass seed ; 

 Remarks on the quantity of seeds to sow, and deficiencies 

 which may occur — ^Method of ascertaining the degree of 

 closeness plents should stand — Ist mixture of the best 

 grasses per acre for permanet pasture — 2nd mixture per 

 acre for permanent pasture — 3d mixture per acre — 4th 

 - mixture per acre of grasses suitable for light sandy or 

 gravelly soils — 5th mixture of seeds per acre for pastures 

 much shaded with trees. 



Systematic Index 228 



•General Index 231 



Ebata 237 



