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INDEX. 



Draining, tabulated report on an estate, 



109. 



Draiiioge, beneficial effect of, 276. 



])rumniond Castle estate, Pcrtiisliire, 29. 



Dry subsoil should be cliosen, 241. 



Dunkeld and Blair estates, destruction 

 of trees on, in 1879, 18S1, 40. 



Durability, Witsen, a Dutch writer, on, 

 139; post and fence rail-fence, Banff- 

 shire, 140, 142 ; do. in Selkirk, 142 ; 

 march fence, Roxburghshire, 143 ; at 

 CuUen House, 144; in Teviotdale, &c., 

 145- 



Earl Delawar and his foresters, 80. 



Elevated situation least suited for, 22. 



England, extensive planting in, 63, 64. 



Epidermis, danger at period of expand- 

 ing of, 226. 



Euroiiean or common white, i ; native 

 of Swiss Alps, 2 ; description of, 2 ; 

 different species found in Russia, 4. 



Evelyn, John, opinion of, in "Siiva," 8. 



Exaggeration as to value, 193. 



Exogenous trees, nature of bark of, 227. 



Exposure and aspect, 14. 



Extreme seasons highly injurious, 31. 



Fencing, tabulated report on an estate, 

 107. 



Fingland, Mr. J., on its value for furni- 

 ture making, 138 ; on peeling, 156. 



First introduction into Scotland, 20. 



Foliage, tenderness of, 31. 



Foliation, 12 



Foreign seed more liable to frost-bite, 

 272. 



Form of tree forty years old, no. 



Foot pick, the planter's, 48; its use, 49. 



Frost injurious to young trees, 225 ; evil 

 effects of, 232. 



Game and other animals injurious to, 

 253; young trees should be protected 

 from, 254. 



Gregor, Mr., extract from his book, 115. 



Girth, average, 13. 



Gordon, Mr., Luss, Dumbartonshire, on 

 peeline large trees, <S:c., 155. 



Gorrie, Mr. A., on its decay, 243. 



Ground-rot, its prevention, 229. 



Ground for planting, preparing the, 44 ; 

 paring the sui'face, 45 ; plout;liiiig, 45 ; 

 trenching, 46 ; moor-burning, 47 ; Duke 

 of Athole's practice, 60. 



Growth of trees at Clunyhill, Forres, 

 126 ; Altyre estate, 126 ; Innescara, 

 county Cork, 126 ; Ardross Castle, 

 Ross-shire, 126 ; Finzean Castle, Aber- 

 deensidre, 127; Glenelg, Amyleshire, 

 127; Murthly Castle, Perthshire, 127. 



Grubbing. 133. 



Gum, used as food in Russia, 132. 



Hannibal, tradition regarding his use 

 of, 198. 



Harrington, Earl of, "deep flow moss," 



50- 



Height, average, 13. 



Herring barrels, prohibited from being 

 used for, 197. 



Highland John and his cart trams, 197. 



Highland Society's list of celebrated 

 trees, 222. 



History and introduction into Great 

 Biitain, 5 ; at Dunkeld and Linley, 6 ; 

 mentioned by Gerard in 1596, and 

 Parkinson in 1629, 6 ; common ni Eng- 

 land in 1731, 7 ; planted b^- Sir James 

 Nasmyth in Peeblessidre in 1725, and 

 by Lord Karnes at Blair-Drummond in 



Home versus public nursery, 55. 

 Hop-pole croj), as a, 181 ; prices realised, 



182, 185; two modes of jilanting, 183; 



cuLureand treatment, 184. 



Inveraray trees, height and girth, 217. 

 Ireland, favourable soil, 135. 



Julius C^sar, its merits knowTi in time 



of, II. 



KiLLiECRANKiE, trces at battle-field of, 



221. 

 Knight, Mr., on organs and vessels of 



supply, 239. 



Landscape, effect of trees in, 12. 



Larch "the profitable tree," 190; deriva- 

 tion of the name, 191 ; exaggerations 

 about, 193. 



Lavix eicropcea, i, 4 ; Z. pendula, 2 ; ml- 

 crocarpa, 3. 



Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick, remarks by, 

 187. 



Light and air necessary for development 

 of, 268. 



Lockhart of Lee, large trees on his estate, 

 20. 



Longevity, average, 13. 



Loose open soil, advantages of, 236. 



Management from planting to thinning, 

 70. 



Maiine de Brianeon, 132. 



Manures to be avoided, 46. 



Marshall on planting, 23. 



Maturity, time of, 120 ; effects of different 

 soils, 120. 



M'Cutcheon. Robert, Whittingliame, 

 Prestonkirk, on j^eeling, 156. 



Mechanical peculiarities, 115. 



Medals offered by Society in London to 

 encourage planting. 63. 



M'Intosh, Mr., on its natural duration, 

 124. 



Minto House, Roxburghshire, 218. 



IMoritzbourg and Tharanz, Dresden, for- 

 ests of, 247. 



Moory soils, 36. 



Moss as a suitable soil. 35. 



