+-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES | | | | Text printed in bold face in the original work is here transcribed| | between =, as in =text=. Text printed in italics in the original | | work is represented by _text_. Text printed in small capitals is | | represented here in ALL CAPITALS. Superscripts are indicated by | | the caret character ^. | | | | Where the author used a different type face to indicate a shape | | rather than a letter or symbol, the letters or symbols are trans- | | cribed between square brackets: [T], [Y] and [+]. | | | | More Transcriber's Notes may be found at the end of this text. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ SCIENCE AND PRACTICE IN FARM CULTIVATION. BY JAMES BUCKMAN, F.L.S., F.G.S. LATE PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND RURAL ECONOMY AT THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. LONDON: ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY. 1865. COX AND WYMAN, ORIENTAL, CLASSICAL, AND GENERAL PRINTERS, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LONDON, W.C. TO JOHN CHALMERS MORTON, ESQ., _The talented Editor of the_ “AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE,” MANY OF THE FACTS AND OPINIONS ALREADY DETAILED IN WHICH INFLUENTIAL JOURNAL ARE HERE BUT REPEATED, THIS WORK IS DEDICATED AS A SMALL TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND RESPECT, BY HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. PART I. HOW TO GROW GOOD ROOTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. On the Origin of Root Crops 1 II. On the Origin of Sorts of Roots 9 III. On Trueness of Sorts in Roots 13 IV. On Degenerate Roots 18 V. Effects of Growing Seed from Degenerate Roots 23 VI. On the Adulteration of Seed, more particularly of Turnips 29 VII. On the Art and Mystery of Turnip-seed Adulteration 37 VIII. General Conclusions 49 PART II. HOW TO GROW GOOD GRASSES.