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Index. 



Red alder, 233. 



ash, 272. 



beech, 227. 



birch, 230. 



( I-'ngus Menziesii), 528. 



bud, 259. 



cedar. 146, 308. 



best evergreen hedge in 



Iowa, 128, 129. 



in Kansas, 347, 348, 349. 



insects injurious to, 187. 



planting of, 303. 



saw-dust, 206. 



charcoal, 153. 



lir, 337, 339, 340. 



maple. 238. 



oak, 213. 



pine, 323, 325, 330. 



spruce, 337. 



willow, 279, 280, 283. 



Redwood, 97, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314. 

 Regularity in former seasons, 26. 

 Eelative humidity of atmosphere, 13, 



15. 

 Reproduction of high-forests, 104. 



from seeds, 28. 



Resemblances of flora of Eastern 



Asia and America, 84. 

 Reserves in coppice woods, 101. 

 Resinous products, 199. 

 species, do not usually sprout, 



97. 



Respiratory organs of plants, 64, 65. 

 Revenue from planting, 82. 

 Revolution, period of, 99, 102, 105. 

 Rhamnus catharticus, 129, 296. 



frangula, charcoal of, 152. 



Rhododendrons, 84. 

 Rhus (genus), 297. 



copallina, 209. 



coriaria, 209. 



diversiloba, 297. 



glabra, 209, 297. 



integrifolin, 297. 



lauriana, 297. 



pumila, 297. 



toxicodendron, 297. 



typhina, 209, 297. 



venenata, 297. 



Rhyncbophorideae, 171. 

 Riga pine, 332. 

 Rights of usage, 106. 



of way to railroads, 94. 



Rio Grande valley, cottonwoods in. 



60. 

 Ripening of wood, 23, 70. 



River maple, 237. 



pine, 329. 



Roads in woodlands, importance of. 

 100. 



lines of defense against fire, 



157. 



planting by side of, 119-123. 



Robbins' process for preserving wood, 

 198. 



Robert, Dr. E., preservation of elms. 

 62, 181. 



Robin ia hispida, 258. 



pseudacacia, 136, 257, 346. 



viscosa, 258. 



Rock-chestnut oak, 213. 



formations, give character to 



soil, 4. 



work, how adorned, 117. 



Rocks, underlying effect on soil, 7. 



Rocky areas, effect of clearing, 18. 



Mountains region, 87. 



forests of, 87. 



snow-slides on, 24. 



timber-line in, 25. 



white oak, 213. 



surfaces, planting of, 57. 



Rome, planting of Eucalyptus near, 



55, 2(57. 

 Roots, buds when formed on, 77. 



consolidate the soil, 8. 



derive support from sub-soil, 5. 



fill drains and wells, 75, 77, 119. 



form and structure of, 76. 



from hedges, 131. 



growing together, 77. 



how they disintegrate the soil, 7. 



may injure walls, 118. 



must not be exposed to air, 43. 



radicles of, 77. 



transportation without disturb- 

 ing, 52. 



Rosa laevigata, in hedges, 129. 

 Rose- locust, 258. 

 Rosemary-pine, 326. 

 Rosin, 200. 



Rotation of crops in timber, 90. 

 Roumania, forests in, 83. 

 Round-leaved willow, 279. 

 Rows, planting in, 37, 47. 



on hill-sides,. 57. 



Royal-oak, historical interest in, 114. 



Rubiacese, 269. 



Ruin from destruction of woodlands, 



26. 



Rules for street-planting, 120. 

 Running oak, 212. 



