INDEX. 



389 



Nursery, how to make, i. 52. Should 

 consist of a rich mould, ib. One raised 

 upon Knaresbro' Forest for the tenants 

 of the crown, i. 96- 



Nutation of plants, what, i. 37. 



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Oak, its kinds, i. 67. When to 

 transplant, 84. Where it de- 

 lights to grow, 85. Its uses, 

 106. Mensuration and histo- 

 rical account of Oaks of im- 

 mense size, ii. 190. 



OziEii, its kinds, i. 245. How 

 to cultivate, 252. 



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Oak, the propagation of, recommended, 

 i. 67. Its species, 67 — 72. Class and 

 Order, 75. How to raise, 75. How 

 raised at Welbeck, 87. The leaves of 

 this tree preferable to tanners' bark in 

 tTie hot-house, ii. 228. Cowthorpe Oak 

 described, 208. Greendale Oak, two 

 elegant views of^ with tables of men- 

 suration, 211. The Oak should be 

 barked standing, 220. Was held sacred 

 by the Greeks, Romans, Gauls, and Bri- 

 tons, i. 96. The leaves used by the Ro- 

 man husbandmen to crown their heads 

 before harvest, ib. Dimensions of six 

 large Oaks in Keddleston park, ii. 208. 



Oil, supposed to be the principal food of 

 plants, i. 27. Proofs in support of that 

 opinion, 27 — 36. 



Olive, Wild, ii. 82. Class and Order, ib. 



Organization of plants, proofs of, ii. 119. 



Ornus, a species of Ash, whence manna is 

 collected, i, 151. 



Ostrich, vulgar notions concerning this 

 bird, confuted, i. 6"l. 



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Paliurus, how to propagate, ii. 

 109. 



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Palm-tree, its uses, ii. 365. 



Phillyrea, its species, uses, and 

 culture, ii. 78. 



Pines, their several species, soil, 

 culture, and uses, i. 281. 



Pismires, how to destroy, ii. 61. 



Pitch, how made, i. 316. 



Plane-tree, was held in great 

 estimation by the ancients, ii. 

 58. When first brought into 

 England, ii. 62. How propa- 

 gated, ib. 



Planks, the way of making good 

 ones, ii. 26. 



Plantations, cautions in form- 

 ing, i. 54. Encouragements 

 and directions for raising plan- 

 tations, ii. 285. 



Planters generally blessed with 

 health and long life, ii. 36l. 



Poplar, its kinds, i. 208. How 

 propagated, 209. Its shade 

 reckoned wholesome, 212. The 

 Virginian Poplar described, 213. 



Precepts, concerning trees, 

 woods, and timber, ii. 264. 



Proportions of timber, ii. 248. 



Proposals for appointing per- 

 sons to inspect into the state of 

 planting in England, ii. 316. 



Pruning of trees, ii. 173. Instru- 

 ments necessary for it, ib. The 

 proper seasons for that opera- 

 tion, 181. Directions and cau-s 

 tions concerning it, 182. 



Pyracantha, proper for hedges, 

 ii. 109. 



Paliurus, its Class and Order, ii. 109, 

 Was not the shrub employed in forming 



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