INDEX. 



367 



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OBSERVATIONS on the Diseases, Defects, and Injuries of Fruit and Forest 



Trees. Published by order of Government. Intro- 

 duction, 287. 



, What led to the discovery of the Composition, 288. 



_ Enquiries of the Commissioners on the effects of the Com- 

 position, 289. 



— — Mr. Nichol's estimate of damaged timber brought into 



Portsmouth Dock, 290, note. 



— _ General Observations on the Diseases of Trees, 294. 



. On the Management of Forest-Trees, 296. 



- First trial of the Composition on Forest-Trees, 300. 



Of raising young timber from old roots or stumps, 302. 



,—- Correspondence with the Commissioners of the Land 



Revenue, 307. 



i — - A Letter from the Commissioners to the Noblemen and 



Gentlemen appointed by Parliament to examine the 

 Experiments in Kensington Gardens, 314. 

 Report on the above examination, 316. 



„ — Directions for making and applying the Composition, 321. 



__, Additional Directions for making and applying the Com- 

 position, and for preparing the Trees, especially hol- 

 low ones, for receiving it, 323- 



—» — — - Success of several Experiments since publishing the Obser- 

 vations, &c. 329. 



, — , The best method of raising Oaks, 333. 



, , ,_ Of planting Chesnuts for Copse- wood, 334. 



_____ Letters attesting the efficacy of the Composition in diffe- 



rent climates, 336. 



ORANGE-TREES, directions for heading down, 343 



ORCHARD, its situation, size, and soil, 226. 



Proper Trees, ibid. 



—————— Preparing the ground for planting, 228. 



. Planting, 229. 



, — . — Of draining a wet soil, 230. 



X ■ ■ An annual wash for Trees, 23 1 . 



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