INDEX. 



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Nativk country, it. 



Naval architecture, recommended for, 9. 



Number of trees on au estate, how to 

 find, 84. 



Nursery, propagation in the, 51. 



Nurserymen's opinions of seeds and seed- 

 lings, 256 ; as regards home and foreign, 

 257, 258; whicli most liable to injury 

 from trost, 258, 259 ; their ripening 

 qualities, 259 ; difference in price, 261 ; 

 distinguishing features, 262. 



Olb trees at Dunkeld, &c., 24. 



Old trees require shade and moisture, 



268. 

 Oldest trees in this country produced 



from foreign seed, 271. 

 Organs and vessels of supply, Mr. Knight 



on, 239. 

 Ornamental effect, i83 ; beauty of young 



trees, 190. 

 Ornamental trees, how to grow, 275. 



Pastxtre land, as an improver of, 186; 

 Sir Thomis Dick Lauder on, 186; the 

 Duke of Atliole, 186. 



Peeling of thinnings, m. 



Planter's foot-pick, the, 48 ; its use, 49. 



Plants, number of. to au acre, 6j. 



Planting, Marshall on, 23; preparing 

 ground for, 44 ; in line or row, 47 ; dis- 

 tance between plmts, 59; Duke of 

 Athole's practice, 60 ; best season, 65 ; 

 paring the surface for, 45 ; ploughing, 

 45 ; trenching, 46 ; moor burning, 47. 



Portland, Duke or, on cultivation of, 237. 



Post-and-rail fence, inverted position of, 

 146. 



Prices of plants, 52, 57; of planting, 56. 



Profitable cutting, 39. 



Propagation, mode of, 12 ; in the nursery. 



Proportion of trees per acre, no. 

 Pruning, 112. 



Rait, Mr., on age of tree, 123. 



Rail's tables for weight and measure- 

 ment, 148. 



Red and wtiite flowering varieties, 270. 



Remarkable trees — Dunkeld, 200; Gla- 

 mis, 201 ; New House Park, 202 ; Bl.iii-, 

 202 ; Monzie Castle, 203 ; Mouymusk, 

 206; dimensions and growtri, 207: 



- Roxburgh, 209 ; Allan water, Kinlocn, 

 Kippenross, Dalwick, Newliston, 210 : 

 Hopetoun, Liff and Benvie, Lathr.ck 

 House, Craigdarroch House, Strath ion, 

 Pinmore. Dumfries House, Kirkmi- 

 cliael, Glenrobuck, Aucliintorlie, 211 ; 

 Forglen House, Morayshire, St. John's 

 Mead, AlrjTe, 212; Ochtertyre, Ard- 

 ross, 213; Castle Semule. Kirkbean. 

 Nnar, Balnagowan, TuUoch Caste, 

 Brahan Castle, 214 ; Connan, Bella- 

 drum, Cullen House, 215; Strathmore, 

 GlaraisCasrle, 216 ; Inveraray, Dumlan- 



rig Castle, 217 ; Ravenglass, Roxburgh- 



siiire, 218; Abercairney, Bonsked, 219; 



Taymoutii Castle, 221 ; list published 



by Hi^nland Society, 222. 

 Rei>ort on an estate, tabular view of, 



104, 105. 

 Reproductive peculiarity. 273. 

 Rhind on warping and twisting, 119. 

 Ridge or mouud planting, 277. 

 Root, value of, 133. 

 Roy, 230. 



Sales Book of an estate, tabular view, 



106. 

 Sang on the superiority of, 137. 

 Sandy soil, 37. 

 S ipwood and heart-wood, duration of, 



Seaside, not suitable for plantations, 



248, 273. 

 Season, most critical, 42. 

 Seed propagation, 52; dressing, 53. 

 Seeds, old method of extracting. 22. 

 Severe exposure, evil effects of, 33. 

 Shedding of leaves, 117. 

 Sneep may pasture among old trees, 255, 



274. 

 Shelter, benefit of, 79. 

 Soil best suited for, 13 ; best conditions 



of. 53- 

 Soils, essentials of, necessary for health, 



38 

 Soils and situations adapted to, 28, 32. 

 Specimen or fancy trees, 275. 

 Stewart, Mr. J., luver.iray, on value of 



plantations, 178. 

 Stools, startmg tifresh from, 125 ; at 



Cullen House, 124. 

 Strathmore trees, height and girth, 216. 

 Su'^cessive crop, as a, 42. 

 Surface-feeding, 279. 

 Switzerland, its common domestic use 



in, 194. 



Table No. I., Report on an estate, 104, 

 105 ; No. II.. Sales Book, 106 ; No. III., 

 Ttiinnings, 106; No. IV., Fencing, 107; 

 No. v., Draining, 108 ; No. VI., Roads, 

 109 ; No. VII., miscellaneous work, 109. 



Tabul ir st itements, explanations of, 80- 

 83, 90-101. 



Tf.-nacit y of life, 29 ; of the roots, 278. 



Thinning, eeneral rules, 73 ; discontinued 

 when trees thirty years old, 78 ; tabular 

 statement, 106. 



Thomson, Mr., of Dalkeith Palace, on, n. 



Timber, weight and value, 14. 



Traispl anting of two-vear phmts, 54; dif- 

 ficult when large, 16. 



Trunk-rot, its prevention, 230. 



Twisting prevented, 115 ; by peeling, 119. 



Ulcer or blister, 224, 228 ; the cause of, 



272. 

 Useful forestry, 188. 

 Uses of the wood for f.^rm purposes, 131 ; 



