Index. 



Chilian pine .... 303 

 Chiswick elms . . . .142 



Coal tar on fences . . . 846 



Colorado beetle in Scotland . 372 



Compass plant .... 637 



Cupressus macrocarpa submerged 067 



Curious discovery . . . 876 



Dacri/dlKiH FranJdini at Longleat 666 



Deciduous cypress . . . 593 

 Decay of trees and shrubs in 

 suburban gardens . . .810 



Deep soil 776 



Lesfoittaiiica spinosa in Scotland 524 

 De!)troying stumps . . . 850 

 Dickson, Mr. Thos., Death of . 64 

 Douglas and other tirs . . 372 

 ,, fir for the Paris Exhi- 

 bition 667 



Drought and disafforestment . 595 

 Durability of wood of a coniferous 



tree ..... 665 

 Easy method of finding the nature 



of soils ..... 301 

 Effect of smoke on trees . .738 

 Effects of the winter 1860-1 on 



shrubs in Cornwall . . 523 

 Epping Forest . . . . 71 

 Escallonia mncrantha in Notting- 

 hamshire .... 665 

 Eucalyptus globulus . . 72, 221 

 Exhibition of bark ... 71 

 Experiments with tonite . . 665 

 Extensive estates in America . 776 

 Fall of an old oak . . . 809 

 Foreign woods .... 224 

 Forest fires in America . . 142 

 Foresters at Windsor . .376 

 Forester's jirindstone . . 300 

 Forest seeds from California , 244 

 Forestry in the Punjaub . . 786 

 Forests in Europe . . . 375 

 „ „ Queensland . . 738 

 „ „ Sweden . . .298 

 Fruit of the service tree . . 798 

 German forests .... 372 

 Gigantic black birch . . . 876 

 „ tree .... 376 

 Goat moth . . . .810 

 " Golden bough " . . .220 

 elder . . . .218 

 "Golyno3"oak ... 70 

 Growing wood for fuel . . 302 

 Hafting an axe .... 300 

 Heavy and light woods . , 798 

 Highland forest for the Queen . 143 

 How to apply manure . . 694 

 ,, cure a sting . . . 376 

 How was Anacharis alsinastriim 



introduced to Britain . . 875 



Improper cultivation . . . 220 

 Indian irrigation works . .739 



Influence of trees on rainfall . 707 

 „ ,, temperature on the 



germination of pine seeds . 662 



Insect carpenters . . . 875 



Insects devouring teak leaves . 738 



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Irish farming ia 1876 . . 304 



„ plantations . . . 524 



Is gas tar injurious to trees ? . 524 

 Italian forests .... 299 

 Japanese birches . . . 595 

 Journalistic courtesies . . 786 

 Jubilee of Mr. 11. Foulis . . 224 

 Juniperus sabina . . . 665 

 Laburnum poisoning . . .810 

 Land reclamation in Morecamhe 



Bay 302 



Landlord and tenant in Scotland 303 

 Large araucarias . . . 739 

 ,, beech trees at Gorman- 



stown Castle . • . 844 



„ cork tree .... 739 



,, trees .... 448 



„ tulip trees . . . 635 



,, walnut and other trees . 373 



„ white oak ... 303 



,, ,, in Michigan . 668 



„ wild cherry tree . .811 



Liverpool Timber Market . . 302 



Madagascar .... 223 



Madras forests .... 740 



Mauritius 812 



Magywlia Cdinphelli ia Ireland . 737 



Milk tree 608 



Ministries of agriculture . . 299 

 Mistletoe on Scotch fir . .71 

 More lar^e trees . . . 876 



Moreton Bay pine . . . 668 

 Mortal combat between a fox and 



a swan 522 



Mortality amongst chestnut trees 446 

 Moving large trees . . .70 



Mulching newly planted trees . 620 

 Nettle tree . . . .301 

 New forests in France . .596 

 ,, parks .... 218 



„ product of the pine . . 695 

 Obituary notices . . 224, 447 

 Old bird-cherry tree in South 



Yorkshire . . . .297 



Old "Weymouth pine . . . 372 

 Orange trees at Versailles . .218 

 Ornamental berried trees . .810 

 „ maples . . . 596 



Paraffine oil for preventing the 



attacks of insects . . .223 



Paris parks and gardens . . 593 

 Penrhyn estates . . . 668 

 rhellodendron Amurense . . 666 

 Phormium Unax (New Zealand 



301 

 684 

 375 



222 



666 



144 



71 



. 446 



. 448 



373, 524 



Picta noiilis seedUngs 

 Pine tree oil . . 

 Pines on the Alps and in South 



Germany .... 

 Pinus insignis at Powerscourt . 

 Planes in the Green Park . 

 Planting barren sands 



,, trees in the Camberwell 



thoroughfares 

 Poisoning of cows by yew 

 Preserving posts 



