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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
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Part IV. No. I. On Manures, or Substances applied for pre-serving or augmenting the Fertility of the Soil .
By John Naismith Esq. - - - - 61
Sect. 1 —Of the Soil in general, and of •what composed;
its functions, fc. - - - - - 63
Sect. 2 .—Of the various Substances appliedfor the amelio-ration of the Soil in Scotland , and the successwhich has attended these Applications - - 70
1. Fossile Manures ----- ib.
2. Decayed Organized Bodies - - - 77
. Sect. 3 .—Of the Classes to which the various Substances
employed as Manures properly belong, theirProperties and Effects - - - ' - 86
1. Fossil Manures .... 87
2. Animal Manures - - - - 99
'3. Vegetable Manure - - - - 100
4. Composite Manure - - - - 103
Sect. 4 .—Concluding Observations - - - - 114
Part IV. No. II. Plan for ascertaining the Effects of the
tation. By George Fordyce , M. D.
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Of the Gramina which bear farinaceous Seeds
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Plan of the Field, as proposed to be laid out for
Experiments on Vegetation
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Part VI. No. I. Of Irrigation
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Sect. 1.— On Wears and Dams , and Flood-Hatches
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Sluices - - - -
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Sect. 2.— On the Formation of Flooded Meadows -
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Part VI. No. II. Description of the Plates
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Plate I.
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Plate II.
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Plate IV. -
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Plate V. -
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Plate VI.
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Plate VII. -
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Plate VIII. -
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Sect. 1— General Directions
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Sect. 2.— On the Practice of Irrigation
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CHAPTER XIII.
Of Embankments. By the Rev. Joseph Robertson
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