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Chapter 1 * * *
Chapter 2 ON THE ORIGIN OF ROOT CROPS.
Chapter 3 ON THE ORIGIN OF SORTS OF ROOTS.
Chapter 4 ON TRUENESS OF SORT IN ROOT CROPS.
Chapter 5 ON DEGENERATE ROOTS.
Chapter 6 EFFECTS OF GROWING SEED FROM DEGENERATE ROOTS.
Chapter 7 ON THE ADULTERATION OF SEEDS, MORE PARTICULARLY OF TURNIPS.
Chapter 8 ON THE ART AND MYSTERY OF TURNIP-SEED ADULTERATION.
Chapter 9 ON THE INJURIES CAUSED BY INSECTS.
Chapter 10 ON THE NATURE OF MEADOWS AND PASTURES.
Chapter 11 ON THE SPECIES OF MEADOW-GRASSES.
Chapter 12 ON MEADOW PLANTS OTHER THAN GRASSES.
Chapter 13 ON THE WEEDS OF PASTURE.
Chapter 14 ON THE IRRIGATED MEADOW.
Chapter 15 ON THE LAYING DOWN OF PERMANENT PASTURE.
Chapter 16 ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PERMANENT PASTURES.
Chapter 17 ON THE MANAGEMENT OF LAWNS.
Chapter 18 ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF THE CLOVER FAMILY OF PLANTS.
Chapter 19 ON THE FARM SPECIES OF CLOVERS.
Chapter 20 ON THE VARIETIES OF RED CLOVERS.
Chapter 21 ON THE CLOVER ALLIES.
Chapter 22 ON CLOVER SICKNESS.
Chapter 23 ON THE WEEDS OF CLOVERS.
Chapter 24 ON THE PARASITES OF CLOVER.
Chapter 25 NATURE OF CORN.
Chapter 26 WHEAT ITS ORIGIN AND ACCLIMATIZATION.
Chapter 27 THE WILD OAT AS THE ORIGIN OF THE CULTIVATED VARIETIES.
Chapter 28 ON THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF BARLEY AND RYE.
Chapter 29 EPIPHYTICAL PARASITES (VEGETABLE BLIGHTS) OF CORN CROPS.
Chapter 30 INSECTS (ANIMAL BLIGHTS) AFFECTING CORN CROPS.
Chapter 31 SCIENCE IN THE CULTIVATION OF CORN.
Chapter 32 ON HARVESTING CORN.
Chapter 33 ON THE NATURE OF FENCES.
Chapter 34 ON THE PLANTS FOR "LIVE" FENCES.
Chapter 35 ON THE REARING AND PLANTING OF HEDGES.
Chapter 36 WEEDS OF HEDGE-ROW FENCES.
Chapter 37 ON HEDGE-ROW TIMBER.
Chapter 38 ON THE VERMIN OF FENCES.
Chapter 39 ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HEDGE-ROW FENCES.
Chapter 40 COVENANTS WITH REGARD TO FENCES, ETC.
Chapter 41 ON THE VALUE OF TIMBER FOR ORNAMENT AND PROFIT.
Chapter 42 ON THE KINDS OF TIMBER BEST ADAPTED FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
Chapter 43 ON THE BRITISH OAK.
Chapter 44 ON THE CHESTNUT AND WALNUT.
Chapter 45 ON THE ELM.
Chapter 46 ON THE ASH, BEECH, AND OTHER WHITE-WOODED TREES.
Chapter 47 ON SOFT-WOODED FOREST TREES.
Chapter 48 ON THE APPLE AND PEAR AS ORCHARD FRUITS.
Chapter 49 ON THE PRODUCTION AND CHOICE OF FRUIT TREES.
Chapter 50 ON FRUIT-GATHERING, ETC.
Chapter 51 ON CIDER-MAKING AND ITS MANAGEMENT.
Chapter 52 ON THE USES AND ECONOMY OF CIDER AND PERRY.
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Chapter 43 ON THE BRITISH OAK.

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