INDEX. 



ABELE, 27. 



Acer, 34 general list of, species of, 97. 



Acorns, how sown, 24. 



Adam, the Right Honourable Lord Chief Com 

 missioner, his judicious planting, 46. 



&sculus, 34, 98. 



Ailanthus, 27, 100. 



Aildnthus ylnndulosa^ merits of in ornamenta 

 planting, 136 



Air, atmospherical, free circulation of essen- 

 tial to the growth of trees, 19, 21. 



Alder, uses of, 108 species of, ib. compara- 

 tive merits of in ornamental planting, 1 

 fine specimens of at Gordon Castle, ib. 



Almond-tree, 102 



Alnus, 34, 109, 110. 



Amelanchier, 103. 



Amygdalus, 103. 



Arboretum, properties of the structure of cer- 

 tain trees have an interesting effect in, 129. 



Arbor-vitae, 20. 



Ash, uses of, 104 species of, 105 compara- 

 tive merits of different species of in orna- 

 mental planting, 134. 



Aspen, 27. 



Atmospheric air, importance of, to trees, 19 

 what composed of, 19 plants that grow 

 best in the atmosphere of London, 19 

 to be free of stagnation essential to its 

 being useful to trees, 21 when stagnant 

 affects the quantity and quality of bark of 

 trees, 76 when surcharged with moisture 

 made more injurious by frosts to the ten- 

 der shoots of plants, 126*. 



Auraucdria, 34, species of, highly ornamental, 



Bark, what, 5 root bark, 7 stem bark, 7 

 comparative value of in different species of 

 trees, 75. 



Barlow, Professor, his important experiments 

 on the comparative strength of different 

 species of wood, 77. 



Bedford Conservatories, 19 Bedford, John, 

 Duke of, K. G., plantations made by him, 

 47 plough for furrow planting, heath-soils 

 used by, 38 numberof trees planted by, *47. 



Beech, different species of, 16, 117 remark- 

 able specimen of the, 49, 89 comparative 

 merits of, in ornamental planting, 135 

 three new species of discovered by Captain 

 King, ib. 



Betu/a,3l, 108110,133. 



Birch, uses of, 109 species of, 110 compa- 

 rative merits of, in ornamental planting, 133 

 134. 



Blair Adam, plantations at, 21 rides in, how 

 first planned, *59 how afterwards im- 

 proved, ib. 



Bole of trees, what, 7. 



Bonduc-tree, 101 



Branches of forest-trees, when to be pruned, 

 41 effects of separating large ones from 

 the bole of a tree, 64 of oaks fifty years 

 old and upwards, mode of cutting at Blair 

 Adam, *64 



Bucks-eye tree, 98 general enumeration of 

 species of, ib. 



Capital in the first outlay on planting, 53 

 calculations of the amount of required often 

 erroneous, ib. 



Carbon, the basis of wood, 19. 



Carnarvon, late and present Earls of, remark- 

 able cedars of Lebanon planted by, 140. 



Carpinus, 34. 



Castdna, 34, 



Cedar, Indian, 125 



Cedar of Lebanon, uses of, 124 ancient and 

 modern state of the original site of, ib. re- 

 markable specimens of, raised from cones 

 planted by the Earl of Carnarvon at High- 

 clerc Park, 140. 



Celtis, 104. 



Chaptal, M., his estimate of the extent of the 

 forest lands in France, 83. 



Chene taussin, what, 130- 



Chestnut, sweet, 17 valuable properties of, 

 ib. species of, 118 Spanish, comparative 

 merits of, in ornamental planting, 133. 



Childers, J. W., Esq., *55 fences of wire-, 

 netting effectual protection against rabbits, 

 &c. used on his estate at Cantley Hall. 



Christ's Thorn, 98. 



Clayey soils ought to be trenched for planting 

 forest-trees, 39 with a coarse surface should 

 be pared and burnt previous to planting, 

 22, 23. 

 offee-tree of Kentucky, 102. 



Coniferous trees, value of, to the ornamental 

 planter, 139 145. 



Coppice stools, produce of what, 41 should 

 be kept low, 41,42 kinds of trees most 

 useful for, 42 trees unfit for, ib. tillers 

 of, how to be trained, ib. comparative va- 

 lue of, ib. land employed in, comparative 

 value of as regards husbandry crops, 42. 



Cork-tree, 116 mode of taking off the bark, 

 117. 



Corylus, 113. 



over, object of securing a close one how de- 

 feated, *69. , 



Cratcegus, 103, 104, 138. 



Culture of plantations, 60 of the soil pre- 

 parative to planting, 86. 



Cunninghdmia lanceolata, merits of, in orna- 

 mental planting, 145. 

 'unressus, 34, 145. 



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