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the Crown placed on the head of Chrift,ib. The Bishop of Rochefter’s opinionon that subject, 110.

Palm-tree, its various kinds and uses,ii. 365.

Parturition of an ear of corn, similar toanimal birth, 155.

Pine, its species, i. 2S1. Clafs and Order,287. How to propagate, 288. Howraifed in Scotland , 293. The variouskinds, how raised from seed, 48.

Pine-apples, best raised by Oak leaves,ii. 228. Difsertation on, ib.

.Phillvrea, its species, ii. 78. Clafs andOrder, SO.

Plane-tree, its species,ii. 58. ClafsandOrder, 59. Varieties, ib. How pro-pagated, ib. Planted in the walks ofthe Academia , 31. One of a large sizeat Shadvvell Lodge, ib.

Plantations, how raised at Welbeck,i. 87.

- Pi. ants,' the food of, i. 27. Such as bearan oily seed are impoverishers of thesoil,:29. Their anatomy, ii. 120. Theirperspiration proved, 123. Have no cir-culation of juices, 128. Originate frommale and female parents, i. 65. Havea natale solum, ii. 264. Bulbous plantsgrowing in water, no proof that wateris the food of vegetables, i. 28.

Pliny , his animated addrefs to the husband-man, ii. 57.

Pliny , the Consul, his descriptionof hisTuscan villa and garden, i. 279.

Pomegranate, its species, ii. 83. Va-rieties, ib.

Poplar , its species, i. 20S. Clafs andOrder, 209. How propagated, ib. Washeld sacred to Hercules, 212. The fallof Simoi'sius compared by Homer to aPoplar just cut down, ib. Phaeton’ssisters, Heliacles,.were not transformedinto Poplars,-216.

Privet, its Clafs and Order, ii. 78.—Makes a handsome hedge, ib.

Prolific Liquors, are of no. use tothe farmer, i. 15. Condemned by Du-hamel, ib. Experiments upon, 16.

Pyracantha, its Clafs and Order, ii. 109.

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Quercus-Marina, how usedfor fuel, ii. 253.

Quicksets, for fences, how toplant, ii. 101 .

Qui ckbeam, how to raise fromseed, i. 218. Its natural soil, ib.Uses ofthe wood, 219.

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Quickbeam, how raised from seed, i. 47.Clafs and Order, 216. Its natural soil,219. Supposed to have the property ofdriving away witches and evil spirits, ib.

Quickset Hedges, of great antiquity,ii. 95,

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Rooks hurtful to trees, ii. 162;

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Rain brings down the putrid and oleagi-nous particles .floating in the atmosphere,for the nourishment of plants, i. 27 .

Robinia , Clafs and Order, ii. 67. Howto propagate, 6S.

Rose-trees, planted in churchyards, ii.345. Were used at the convivial enter-tainments of the Romans, i. 203.

Rooks are great devourers of new-sownacorns, i. 41.

R-owan-tree, i. 218. Explains apafsagein Shakespear ’s Macbeth , 219.

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Sallow, its different kinds, i.‘2o2.

I low to plant, ib. Its uses, 254.Savin e, how propagated, ii. 38.

Seasoning of timber, ii. 230.

Sea-wrack, its use for fuel, ii.253.

Seats in England famous forplantations, ii. 297.

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