iv 



Out-door Culture. A new featm*e, 88. Barnes's system, 

 89. 



Diseases. General remarks on vegetable diseases, 90. Na- 

 ture of plants, 93. Compared with animals, 94. Excita- 

 bility of plants, 98. Ulcer or Canker, 103. Excess of 

 gills, 105. Excessive crown — Cockscombing, 106. Large 

 crowns, 109. Plurality of crowns, 110. 



Insects. Attendants on unhealthiness. 111. Coccus hesperi- 

 dum, 112. C. bromelias, 113. C. adonidum, 115. Three 

 classes of remedies, 118. Hot water, 119. Steam of 

 dung, 120. Medicated mixtures, 122. Red Spider, 128. 



Uses. Inscription on picture m FitzwiUiam Museum, 129. 

 Scarfs, &c. made from its fibre, 130. Fibre prepared in 

 India, 131. Mr. Solly's inquhies, 132. Zincke's patent, 

 133. 



