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Index. 



Seeds will notgerminate under water, 



22. 



Selection, mode of cutting by, 96. 

 Sequoia (George Guess, notice of, 



311. 



gigantea, 312, 313. 



sempervirens, 41, 07, 312, 313. 



Serpe, a tool so called. 00. 



Service-tree, 93, 140, 201. 



Sesia (one of the hawk-moths), 175. 



Sessile leaves, 04. 



Seventeen-year locust, 180. 



Sex of blossoms, 28. 



Shad-bush, 84. 



Shade, how different from covert, 



101. 



Shading of seedlings, 40, 105. 

 Shag-tree, 208. 



Shapes for ship-building, 102. 

 Shears for pruning, 60. 

 Sheep, pasturage of in woodlands, 



100. 



Shell-bark hickory, 146, 275. 

 Shelter-belts, 132, 133, 134. 

 Shepardea argentea, 298. 



eleagnoides, 129, 130, 131. 



Shingle-oak, 214. 



Shingles, from buried cedar, 306. 



Ship -building, curved timbers for, 



102. 



live-oak reserved for, 218. 



seasoning of, 142. 



timber sometimes charred. 189. 



Short-leaved yellow pine, 329. 

 Shrinkage from seasoning, 141. 

 Shrub, definition of, 2. 

 Shrubbery around dwellings, 28, 117 



118. 



Sicily, sumac of, 209. 

 Signals in case of fires, 159. 

 Silecious soils, 6. 

 Silk-worms, 180, 299. 

 Siiver-bell tree, 270. 



fir, 42, 151, 341, 342. 



grain of wood, 67. 



leaf maple, 237. 



poplar, 284. 



Sinclair process, in paper-making, 



200. 



Slash-pine, 328. 

 Sliding banks, how held, 111. 

 Sloe, 269. 

 Slope, angles of, 8, 9. 



effect of upon tree-growth, 9. 



Smoke of birch, used in curing hams, 



229. 



Smoke, products condensed from, 153. 



seasoning by. 141. 



when formed into cloud, 17. 



Smooth- maple, 239. 



sumac, 297. 



Snow-ball bush, 269. 



drop, 270. 



a slow conductor of heat, 22. 



drifting of, how prevented, 132, 



133. 



injuries from, 24. 



on northern slopes, 9. 



slides in Rocky mountains, 24. 



Soaking of seeds before planting, 35, 



39. 



Soap-berry, 255. 

 Societies of Foresters, 107. 

 Sod, planting on the, 52. 

 Soda in alkaline soils, 6. 

 Soft-leaved willow, 280. 

 Soft-woods, so called, 69, 104. 

 Soil, and its properties, 4. 



absorption and radiation of 



heat by, 7. 



classification of, 6. 



color, and its effect, 7. 



combination that secures fer^ 



tility, 5. 



deeper at foot of hills, 7. 



effect of underlying rock, 7. 



evaporation from, 20. 



fertility, how maintained, 91. 



how it influences the growth of 



trees, 5. 



how placed in planting, 8. 



preparation for planting, 8. 



state of division, and its effects, 6. 



Solar heat, supposed cause of, 10. 



Solutions for preserving timber, 191. 



Sorrel-tree, 296. 



Sour-gum, 146, 268. 



Sour-wood, 290. 



South Carolina, pine belt in, 200. 



Southern aspect, 10. 



catal pa, 290. 



over-cu|> oak, 213. 



States, hedges in, 129. 



injuries from clearings in, 27. 



trees of, 80. 



Sowing of tree-seeds, 37. 



season for, 41. 



Spades, frame for transplanting with, 



53. 

 Spain, the chestnut in, 78, 222, 224. 



forests in, 83. 



forest administration in, 106. 



