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INDEX. 



Pruning forest-trees cannot safely be per- 

 formed by any one without a just knowledge 

 of vegetable physiology, 16 a moderate 

 degree of for young plants possessing the 

 power of reproduction useful, 32 to nnn- 

 reproducdve trees often hurtful, 32 on 

 every occasion to be accompanied with a 

 requisite knowledge of vegetable physiology 

 different kinds of, 61 inquiry respecting 

 the sap of the tree destined to support 

 branches pruned off, 64 the period at which 

 to begin that of young trees, 65 of resinous 

 trees, 66 pine, ib. fir, ib. instrument 

 of, 62 practice of at Blair Adam *, 63. 



Pyrus, 103. 



Qutrcus, 34, 113118. 



grundifotia, merits of, in ornamental 



planting, 132. 

 spicata, merits in ornamental planting, 



132. 

 camellosa, ib. 



Rearing of forest-trees by coppice-stools, 41. 



Red cedar, 34, 122. 



Region planting what, 44. 



Re-productive trees what, 34 proper height 

 of plants of, for transplanting, ib. 



Rides, how best covered with herbage in plan- 

 tations, 59 formation of, 69. 



Rhododendron ponticum, use of for cover and 

 underwood, -j-1 11. 



Robima, species of, 101 structure of valu- 

 able in ornamental planting, 129. 



Robust or healthy plant, definition of*, 26. 



Rocky and elevated soils, proper size of forest- 

 tree plants for, 33. 



Root of forest-trees, kinds of, tap what, 3 

 creeping what, ib. fibrous what, ib. 



Salicina, 106. 



So/uforio, 138. 



Sa/ir, 34, 107. 



Sap of trees, its ascent, 16, 17. 



Seasoning timber, different modes of, 74. 



Sea-blasts, species of trees which best resist 

 the, 



Seeds of scarce or recently-imported pines or 

 lirs should be sown in pot-, .'W of what 

 composed, 13 different kinds of, 13, 14 

 how preserved, 14 covering required by 

 different species of, 14, 15. 



Shade of forest-trees, its importance, 43. 



Shelter of forest-trees, its importance, 43. 



Silver-fir, valuable properlir- of, hO, 89. 



Sinrlair, the Right Hon. Sir John, an improved 

 mode of -lit- planting describee! 1))', 36. 



Sinclair, George, F.L S., calculations on the 

 profit and |o>s of forest-tree planting, 83. 



Slit-planting, what, 35 defects of, what, 36 

 valuable plantations have been made by, 38. 



Sot/*, termed waste, inquiry proposed to de- 

 termine the question why unproductive to 

 individuals and the nation, 2 of a nur- 

 sery for forest-trees, what, 2G rocky, the 



limited size of plants for planting on, 33 

 on which the mode of planting by holing is 

 not successful, 37 nature of to determine 

 the kinds of trees to be planted on, 40 and 

 distance of one from another when planted, 

 ib. simple, what, 43 mixed, what, ib. 

 most profitably employed in the growth of 

 timber, 45 analysis of, where trees have 

 attained to perfection, 47 heath, what, 43 

 poor sandy soil, what, ib. light silicious 

 sou, what, t'6. clayey loam, what, 4!) damp 

 clayey soil, what, 50 fertile peat moss, 

 what, 51 inert-peat, what, ib. chalky soil, 

 what, ib. alluvial, or marsh soil, what, 52 

 most approved mode of preparing for the 

 reception of forest-tree plants, 53 by tak- 

 ing an ameliorating green crop as a pre- 

 cursor to that of forest-trees, profitable, 86. 



Sophora, 100. 



Spade-planting, 36 to what state of the land 

 properly applied, 37. 



Stem, what, 7. 



Stewart, Sir Henry, his mode of transplanting 

 trees of large growth, 45, 46, 138. 



Suckers, what, 26 kinds of trees chiefly pro- 

 pagated by, 27. 



Sweet gum-tree, 121. 



Sweet locust, 100. 



Tabes, disease, what, 70. 



Tanning, different proportions of, in the bark 

 of different kinds of trees, 75. 



Tbxodittm, 34. 



Taxui, 121. 



Terms in use to denote the products of plan- 

 tations, 90. 



Thinning of forest plantations, table to assist 

 in determining the number of plants to be 

 taken away, 40, 69 advantages of, 66 pe- 

 riod to begin, 67 statement of, from prac- 

 tice, 67 why certain trees of little value 

 are sometimes left, and others of greater 

 value thinned out, 68 bad consequences of 

 neglecting, 71. 



Thomson. Dr. A.T., his remarks on a property 

 of the bark of the Sn/ur alba, 107. 



T/n'ija. 34. 122. 



dufub rata, merits of, its introduction to 

 the British garden greatly to be desired, 145. 



Tt/ia, 34,97. 



Tillers what, 92 value of trees reared from, 

 12. 



Timber, proportions of supplied to the royal 

 dock yards by the royal forests, 87 appre- 

 hended scarcity of in the forests of North 

 America, il>. 



Timber, what, 92 of different species of trees 

 how distinguished, 8, 9, 10 how seasoned, 

 71. 



Transplanting, inquiry respecting, 3 advan- 

 tages of compared to those of culture from 

 seed, 4. 



Transplanting of forest-trees, 32. 



Trenching, as a preparation of land for forest- 

 trees of great value, 57 where it ought 



