Index. 



371 



Peeling of wood hastens drying, 140. 

 Pegs should not be left in trimming, 



69. 



Pepperidge { Nyssa), 268. 

 Percentages ot humidity illustrated, 



13, 14. 

 Percolation of water, how measured, 



20, 21. 

 Perfume from Eucalyptus, 267. 



pine sap, 204. 



Period for cutting coppice-Wood, 99. 

 Periodical literature of forestry, 107. 

 Perishable baskets for transplanting, 



54, 218. 



Persimmon, 84, 88, 140, 142. 

 Peruc.hu (hemlock), ;!:'>">. 

 Peshtigo/firc of, 1871, 155. 

 Petioles of leaves, ti4. 

 Petrifaction, artificial, 195. 

 Petroleum, preserving properties of, 



192. 



Phosphate of lime, use of, 56. 

 Physics, relation to forestry, 2 

 Picea (genus), IJ04, 332. 



alba, 128, 332. 



Engelmannii, 334. 



excelsa, 128, 332. 



Menziesii, 334, 335. 



nigra, 128, 332. 



pungens, 334. 



Sitchensis. 335. 



Piche's evaporator, 20. 



Pigeons, nesting of in beech woods, 



111. 



Pig-nut, 275. 



Pike's Peak, timber-line on, 26. 

 Piles, durability of increased by 



charring, 189. 



Pinaster (section of pines), 318. 

 Pin-du-lord, 319. 

 Pine and fir family, 304, (pines) 316. 



lial four's, 323. 



belt, of Southern States, 200. 



blaak, or Austrian, 347. 



cutting by selection, 96 



flexible, 321. 



forests in Canada, 89. 



heavy, or western yellow, 323. 



Jersey, 146, 329. 



leaves, (54. 



long-leaved, 330. 



Norway, or red, 323. 



one-leaved, 323. 



Parry's, 322. 



- percentage of charcoal in, 151. 

 piriou, o23. 



Pine, pitch, 318, 328. 



regions of United States, 319. 



sap, perfume from, 204. 



Scotch, 301, 331, 347. 



seeds, described, 31. 



must be protected, 161. 



southern yellow, 330. 



sugar, 320. 



Tom-y's, 323. 



under timber-culture act, 93. 



weevil, 185. 



weight ltt in drving, 139. 



white, 318, 320, 'h'1. 



heating qualities of, 146. 



remarkably large, 316. 



white-barked, >'2'2. 



white and yellow, Am. and 



Asiatic, 84. 



yellow, heating qualities of, 146. 



Pines as wind-breaks, 134. 



benefit the oaks when young, 51. 



classification of. 317. 



commercial importance of, 317. 



description of, 310, 317. 



in Kansas, 347. 



insects injurious to, 185. 



northern range of, 89. 



Pin-oak, 21 3," 214. 



Piiion pine, 323. 



Pinus (genus), 304, 316. 



Arizonica, 323. 



austral is, 86, 200, 330. 



Austriaca, 347. 



Balfouriana, 323. 



Banksiana, 329. 



cembroides, 323. 



Chihuahuana, 318. 



contorta, 325. 



Coulteri, 326. 



edulis, 323. 



Klliottii, 321. 



flexilis, 320. 



var. albicaulis, 322. 



glabra, 329. 



in ops, 329. 



in sign is, 326. 



Lambertiana, 320. 



mitis, I4ti, 329. 



monticola, 320. 



monophylia. 323. 



muricata, 320. 



Parry an a. 322. 



pinaster, 109, 201, 202. 



ponderosa, 323. 



_ reflexa, 322. 



resinosa, 200, 323. 



