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Index. 



Finns rigida, 97, 109, 146, 200, 328, 



329. 

 Sabiniana, 326, 327. 



strobus, 146, 318, 347. 



sylvestris, 73, 112, 301, 321, 347. 



tieda, 326. 



Torrcyana, 323. 



tuberculata, 318, 326. 



Pirns (genus), 261. 



Americana, 261. 



aucuparia, 261. 



coronaria, 129, 261. 



main?, 146. 



rivularis, 262. 



sambueilolia, 262. 



Pissodes notatus, 186. 



strobi, 186. 



Pistils, fn notions of the, 28. 

 Pitc-h, liow made, 203. 



pine, 109, 325, 326. 



Pith of \vood, 66. 



Plains, cultivation on the, 352. 



Planera, American and Asiatic, 84. 



aquatica, 247. 



Plane-tree, 93, 251, 252. 



Planks, strongest way of placing, 



142. 



Plant-lice, 174. 

 Planting, in Kansas and Nebraska, 



346. 

 . mode of, 36, 37, 38, 47, 52, 108, 



112, 122, 328. 



on stony surfaces, 57. 



ornamental, 113. 



pleasure from, 82. 



preparation of ground for, 8. 



should be close, in certain cases, 



60. 

 species allowed under former 



timber-culture rules, 93. 

 under homestead and timber- 



cullure acts, 91, 94. 

 Planting, would prevent deepening 



of streams, 19. 

 Platancaa (order), 251. 

 Piatiinus orientalis, 252. 



occidentals, 251, 347. 



racemosa, 252, 253. 

 Pliny, cited, 138. 

 Plum (genus Prunus), 262. 

 formerly not allowed in timber 



claim, 93. 

 Plumule, 35. 

 Podoearpeae, 304, 316. 

 Podocarpus, vitality of seeds of, 41. 

 Poetry of Forestry, 114. 



Points of compass in setting trees, 



122. 



Poisoning of gophers, 131, 160. 

 Polenta, from chestnuts, 222. 

 Political economy, relation of For- 



estry to, 2. 



Pollard^ treatment of, 60. 

 Pollen, functions of, 28. 

 Polycotyledonous plants, 300. 

 Polytechnic schools, Forestry taught 



in, 108. 



Pond-dogwood, 270. 

 -- pine, 329. 

 Ponds, ornamental, 117. 

 Poplar family, 277. 



- abele, 284, 849. 

 -- Balm of Gilead, 288. 



- Lombardy, 146, 285, 347. 



- seed of, 33. 

 -- silver-leaf, 347. 

 -- tulip, 250. 



-- weight lost in drying, 139. 

 -- wood, ornamental, 60. 



- yellow, 146. 



Poplais, general notice of, 284. 



- jirowth for paper making. 206. 



- grow readily from sprouts, 98. 



- in Kansas, 347. 348. 



- insects injurious t", 183. 



- northern range of, 89. 



- planted on dunes, 109. 



- ripen seed in spring, 33. 



- roots seek the water, 75, 77, 119. 



- used for paper making, 205, 2U6, 

 284. 



village planting of, 120. 



Pop ill us (genus), 284. 



- alba, 284, 347. 



- angulata, 288. 



- angustifolia, 288. 



- balsa mifera. 288. 



- candicans, 288, 347. 



- dilatata, 146, 285, 347. 

 - Fremontii, 188. 



- grandidentata, 286. 



- monilif'era, 286, 288, 346. 



- tremuloides, 85, 284. 

 trichocarpa, 288. 



Portugal, forests in, 83. 



- School of Forestry in, 108. 

 Post-oak, 212, 213. 



Posts, season for cutting, 100. 

 Potash, in wood, 188. 

 Prairie?, causes of, 87. 



- soil how prepared for plant- 

 ing, 8. 



