INDEX. 



PA ex 



Barking the Oak, method of , 231 



Beech timber, is used for keels 19 



will thrive in opposite soils and situations 25 



the soils it most affects 38 



value of its wood . ib. 



nursing of the . 69 



training the 160 



Beeting, or filling up of vacancies 146 



with large plants, the error of 14-8 



requisite in cold situations 253 



Belts, &c. of subdividing by 244 



breadth and extent o considered . , 249 



Birch, the soil it affects 38 



value of its wood 39 



the bark of, is used in tanning ib. 



is barked in winter or spring 39 



wine, of extracting 40 



oil, curious account of the mode of extracting it zb. 



nursing, of the 66 



training, the 161 



method of barking, the 235 



Blemishes in the trunk, to prevent , 16O 



Block and tackle, use of, in thinning plantations ...... 223 



Boat-building, Elm is used in 25 



Boles, of trees, injured by the rubbing of cattle 175 



Breadth of stripes, &c. considered 249 



Britain, depends on the navy for its preservation 20 



Broom, nurses of 143 



Bruises in timber trees, treatment of 172 



- by the wheels of carriages, &c. their effects 

 pernicious 177 



Build the top dyke 276 



with lime 277 



Building stone Walls, method of 294 



the Galloway dyke 299 



mud and turf Walls, method of 300 



huts on the river Esk, method of 304 



Bulwark of Britain, its " wooden walls'* 17 



