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INDEX. 



how to secure, 56. A tree de- 

 fined, 64. Better raised from 

 seed than suckers, 12. The 

 situation to be observed, 100. 

 Account of subterranean trees, 

 305. Infirmities of trees and 

 their remedies, ii. 119. Crooked 

 trees, how reformed, 145. — 

 When excorticated, or bark- 

 bared, how to remedy, 146. — 

 How to preserve from deer, rab- 

 bits, and hares, 155. INIr. Law- 

 son's remarks concerning pru- 

 ning and dressing of trees, 177- 

 Mr. Brotherton's observations 

 concerning the same, 1 83. Age, 

 stature, and felUng of trees, 185. 

 Instances of extraordinary large 

 trees, 188. Advice to such as 

 have trees in their gardens in 

 '"Xondon, 226. 



Tamauisk, its species, ii. 38, Class and 



Order, Sg. How to propagate, ib. 

 Tempest in 1703 described, ii. 351. 

 Teredo Navalis, an useful instrument in 



the economy of nature, ii. 235. 

 Termini, the hermae of the Greeks, an 



account of, ii. 273. 

 Terra, Mr. Evelyn's, when published, i. 



14. 



Thuya, its species, ii. 40. Class and 

 Order, 41. How to propagate, ib. Its 

 uses, ib. 



Timber, standing, a caution concerning the 

 manner of its valuation, i. 108. 



Transmutation of iron into copper, a fal- 

 lacious experiment, i. 112. 



Tree, a definition of, i. 4. 



Trees differ from herbs, i. 4. From 

 shrubs, ib. Their medicinal virtues oc- 

 casionally mentioned by Virgil, 5. A 

 discourse on their foliation, 229- Their 

 anatomy, ii. 120. Were the habitations 

 of men in their wild state, 348. Subter- 

 ranean trees, an account of, i. 308. 



Trke-seeds, how to sow with corn, i. 84. 

 Tulip-trek, i. 214. Its Class and Order, 



ib. A description of, ib. 

 Turnips make a good preparation for 



planting, i. gO. 



V 



Veins of timber, how to disthi- 

 guish, ii. 236. 



Vegetables, the analogy between them 

 and animals, i. 33. Seek and incline 

 to the light, 37. borne follow the sun, 

 ib. This circumstance beautifully de- 

 scribed by Tiiomson, ib. Are organized 

 bodies, ii. 119- Their life proved from 

 various circumstances, ib. Their ana- 

 tomical structure, 120. Their genera- 

 tion similar to that of animals, 131. — 

 Have a natale solum, 264. During in- 

 fancy, have the strongest analogy to ani- 

 mal life, 135. 



Vegetable and animal parturition very 

 similai*, ii. 155. 



Viburnum, ii. II6. 



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Walnut-tree, its kinds, i. 164. 



Its natural soil, 168. Uses of 



the w^ood, 172. 

 Water, its use in vegetation, i. 



26. 



Watering of seminaries, how 



performed, i. 42. 

 Wayfaring-tree, its uses, ii. 



116. 



Willow, its kinds, i. 258. How 

 to plant, ib. 



Winchester, bishop of, his ex- 

 cellent prayer for blessings 

 upon the seasons, ii. 165. 



Withy, how to plant, i. 249. — 

 Its uses, 250. 



Wood, why upon the extirpation 

 of one kind, another of a difFe- 



