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INDEX 



tlic crown placed on the head of Christ, 

 ib. Tlie bishop of Rochester's opinion 

 on that subject, 1 10. 

 Pai.m-tree, its various kinds and uses, 

 ii. 365. 



Parturition of an ear of corn, similar to 



animal birth, 155. 

 I'll ILLY RE A, its species, ii. 78. Class and 



Order, 80. 



Pine, its species, i. 281. Class and Order, 

 287. How to propagate, 288. How 

 raised in Scotland, 293. The various 

 kinds, how raised from seed, 48. 



I'i\E-APPLES, best raised by Oak leaves, 

 ii. 228. Dissertation on, ib. 



Plane-tree, its species, ii. 58. Class and 

 Order, 59- Varieties, ib. How pro- 

 pagated, ib. Planted in the walks of 

 the Academia, 6'1. One of a large size 

 at Shadvvell lodge, ib. 



PLANTATieNs, how raised at Welbeck, i. 

 87. 



Plants, the food of, i. 27^ Such as bear 

 an oily seed, are impoverishers of the 

 soil, 29. Their anatomy, ii. 1 20. Their 

 perspiration proved, 123. Have no cir- 

 mlalion of juices, 128. Originate from 

 male and female parents, i. 65. Have 

 a natale solum, ii. 264. Bulbous plants 

 growing in water, no proof that water is 

 the food of vegetables, i. 28. 



Pliny, his animated address to the hus- 

 bandman, ii. 57- 



Pliny, the consul, his description of his 

 Tuscan villa and garden, i. 279- 



1'omegranatEj its species, ii. 83. Va- 

 rieties, ib. 



Pohlah, its species, i. 208. Class and 

 Order, 209- How propagated, ib. Was 

 held sacred to Hercules, 212. The fall 

 of SimoVsius compared by Homer to a 

 Poplar just cut down, ib. Phaeton's 

 sisters, Heliades. were not transformed 

 into Poplars, 21 6. 



Privet, its Class and Order, ii. 78.— Makes 

 a handsome hedge, ib. 



Prolific Liquors, are of no use to the 

 fanner, i. 15. Condemned by Duhamel, 

 ib. Experiments upon, 16. 



PvRACANTHA, its Class and Order, ii. 109. 



Q 



Quercus-Marixa, how used for 



fuel, ii. 253. 

 QuiCKBEAM, how to raisG from 



seed, i. 218. Its natural soil, ib. 



Uses of the wood, 219. 

 Quicksets, for fences, how to 



plant, ii. 101. 



Q 



QuiCKBEAM, how raised from seed, i. 47. 

 Class and Order, 21 6. Its natural soil, 

 219- Supposed to have the property of 

 driving away witches and evil spirits, ib. 



QuiCKSETHEDGES,of great antiquity, ii. 95. 



R 



Rooks, hurtful to trees, ii. 162. 

 R 



Rain, brings down the putrid and oleagi- 

 nous particles floating in the atmosphere, 

 for the nourishment of plants, i. 27. 



RoBiNiA, Class and Order, ii. 67. How to 

 propagate, 68. 



RooRs are great devourers of new-sown 

 acorns, i. 41. 



Rose-trees, planted in the church-yards, ii. 

 345. Were used at the convivial enter- 

 tainments of the Romans, i. 203. 



RowAN-TREE, i. 218. Explains a passage 

 in Shakspeare's Macbeth, 21 9. 



s 



Sx\L LOW, its different kinds,i. 252. 



How to plant, ib. Its uses, 254. 

 Savine, how propagated, ii. 38. 

 Seasoning of timber, ii. 230. 

 Seats in England famous for 



plantations, ii. 297. 

 Sea-wrack, its usefor fuel, ii. 253. 

 Seeds of trees, how to sow, i. 38. 



