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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