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scriped by Pliny , 5. Argillaceous,described, 9. Alcaline and calca-reous, described,ib. Its good qua-lities, how known, 11. Its badqualities, how known, ib. Vir-gil’s description of, 13. Its na-ture examined, 15. How to breakup for planting, 25. How to pre-pare for the nursery, 26. Is re-stored to fertility by rest, 27. Overrich, bad for some trees, 45.

El king ton, his mode of drainingrecommended, 41.

Erysimum, sprung up in greatabundance after the great fire inLondon , 50. Was the Sisym-brium Irio, Lin. ibF.

Farmers, their negligence con-demned, 61. Should take everyopportunity to improve their stockof dung, 65. and how, ih. Tern,

where it grows luxuriantly, an in-dication of a soil favourable forturnips and corn, 11.

Fish , recommended as manure, 61.

Fig-Trees do not love dung, 67.

Flower roots prefer sheep-dung,66.. How to prepare a compostfor them, 69.

Fruit-trees thrive best withneat and swine-dung, 66. Howto prepare the ground for, 74.Should be made to spread theirroots near the surface, 68.

G

Garden stuef, best raised insweet natural earth, 57.

Grameniverous animals im-prove land by their breath, 39.

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Heath, how to destroy, 40.

Henry, Mr. his account of facti-tious marl, 8,

H o r n-s h a v i n g s, recommended forfruit-trees, 61.

Horse-dung, examined, 1,7.

Hot-bed, how to make, 71.

Husbandry, Mr. Tull’s system of,explained, 29.

L.

Lands, wet, how to drain, 41 . Pro-ducing tall fern, are favourable tocorn, turnips, and trees, 11. Cold,how to improve, 42. Worn out,how to restore, 47. The good-nefs of, known by the naturalproductions, 11.

Lamb, Scythian , an account or, 55.

Leather, recommended as ma-nure for fruit-trees, 61.

Leaves of trees, recommendedfor manure, 6i. Some kinds of,difficult to be reduced to mould,39.

Lime, is of two kinds, calcareousand magnesian, 36. Their qua-lities very different, ib.

Lister, Dr. his soil and mineralmap, recommended, 19.

M.

Malt-dust, a good drefsing, 65.

Manure, a rich one how to ob-tain, 65.

Marly-la-Ville, the differentftrataof earth observed there, 3.

Map, mineral, one published by Dr,Lister, 20.

Manures, how divided, 53. Howto collect in large towns, 65.How to prepare with lime, 36.

Marls , their different kinds , 8. In-troduced into Britain by the Rot-mans, 36.

Marl, factitious, how to make, 7.Chymical examination of, ib.How to use, 37.

Marsh land, how to improve, 38.

Matter, the modification of, makesthe different substances in nature,56.

Middleton, Dr. the first Wood-wardian Lecturer, 4.

Mill, one erected at Matlock foy