INDEX. 



149 



97, comparative merits of, in ornamental 

 planting, 133. 



Liquid amber, 121, 138. 



Live oak, 116 valuable properties of, ib. 

 passage respecting the, corrected, ib., 



Locust tree, its habit of growth at different 

 periods of its progress to maturity, 58* 

 wood texture of, 10 increase of growth of, 

 compared to that of the oak, 78 uses and 

 some properties of, 102. 



Lote-tree, 106. 



Lucas's arbor-vitae, 34 Lucas, Mr., his suc- 

 cessful transplantation of large plants of live 

 oak, 45. 



Luccomb oak, what, 130. 



Magnolia, 93 comparative merits of, in orna- 

 mental planting, 137. 



Maiden-hair tree, 118 merits of, in ornamen- 

 tal planting, 138. 



Management of a nursery of forest-trees what, 

 26. 



Manna> how obtained, 105 Ash, ib. 



Manure to forest-tree plants, important object 

 of, 39 first brought fully into notice by 

 Mr. Withers, 58 comparative trial of, * 78. 



Maple, general list of species of, 97 compa- 

 rative merits of the different species of, in 

 ornamental planting, 135. 



Marie Antoinette, her favourite garden at Petit 

 Trianon, remarkable specimen of Quercus 

 phellos in, 131. 



Mattock planting, what, 37. 



Mespilus, 103. 



Mixed planting, generally the most profitable 

 and ornamental, 43. 



Modes of planting forest-trees, 34. 



Moor-planter, what, 35 figure of, 35 (a). 



Mums, 106. 



Mulberry-tree, 106. 



Neoza pine, 144. 

 Non-reproductive trees, list of, 33. 

 Norfolk Island pine, 123. 

 Northumberland, Duke of, K.G., fine specimens 



of some species of American trees in his 



grounds at Sion, 100. 

 Nurse-tree?, when required to be thinned, 41 



importance of, ib. 

 Nursery for forest-trees, important points to 



be considered in the formation of, 26. 



Oak, mode of rearing from seed, 22 pre- 

 paration of the soil for the, 22, 23 two 

 varieties of the British, 24 specific cha- 

 racters of, 114 treatment of the plants of 

 in the second year's growth, 25 of chemical 

 analysis of the soil on which it attains to great 

 perfection, 49 best size of the plants for 

 transplanting the, 34 comparative trials, 

 by Professor Barlow, to determine the 

 strength of the wood of slow, and of fast- 

 grown trees of, *78 annual increase of the 

 wood of compared to the larch, 79 re- 

 markable trees of the, 88 enumeration of 

 the different species of, 113 118. 



Oaks, those described by Michaux and Pursh 

 adverted to, 131. 



of Turkey, where it attains to enormous 



bulk, 130 valuable properties of, ib. Ex- 

 periment on the comparative value of the 

 timber of, by Mr. Atkinson, the architect, ib. 



of North America, claim the deepest at- 

 tention of the ornamental planter, and how, 

 131. 



Ornamental planting, what, 129 subjects, 

 pleasures and advantages of, ib. 



Palmer, Charles Fysshe,M.P., his improvement 

 in planting waste land*, 46 planting 

 plough, 57, (fig. 9.) 



Panshanger oak,* 50. 



Parenchyma, cause of the green colour of, 6 

 what composed of, ib. 



Pear-tree, 103. 



Pine, what, 123 Scotch pruning of, ib., 66. 



Pinus, species of, 33 Lambertia, * 70 

 general list of, 127 species of, highly or- 

 namental in park scenery, 141144. 



Pinus Deodara, 140. 



grandis, 143. 



. monticola, ib. 



. menziesii, ib. 

 . sabiniana, ib. 



nobilis, ib. 



Pith, what, 4 uses of, 4, 5. 



Plane, oriental, comparative merits of, in orna- 

 mental planting, 132 remarkable specimen 

 of, in the Court of the Seraglio, ib. North 

 American, inferior properties of, for the 

 climate of Britain, 133. 



Planting, subject of, how divided, 1 heads 

 of to be discussed in this Essay, ib. judi- 

 cious, some of the advantages resulting from 

 different modes of, 34, 36, 37 the best and 

 most expeditious mode of, by the spade, 38 

 judicious, beneficial results certain to 

 follow from, what, 41 in masses, as ori- 

 ginally practised at Blair Adam, *43. 



Plantations, simple, what, 43 mixed, what, 

 ib. products of, what, 89 terms used to 

 denote the products of, 90 mode of valu- 

 ing, 80 extraordinary profits from, 82 

 estimates of the profits from, by three pro- 

 fessional planters, ib. 



Plane, 34 list of, the different species of, 120. 



Plants, best size of to plant in extensive works 

 in forest-planting, 33. 



Platanus, 34, 120. 



Populus, 27, 106, 107. 



Poplar, 27 rapid produce of timber by the 

 black Italian (Populus nigra), 89 list of 

 the different species of, 108, 109 compa- 

 rative value of the species of, in ornamental 

 planting, 137. 



Powis's, Earl, oaks in his Park, near Ludlow, 

 114. 



Products of plantations, what, 89 terms in 

 common use to denote the, 90. 



Profits of thinnings, how early obtained, 41 

 estimates of the profits arising from judicious 

 planting, by three experienced planters, 82. 



