INDEX. 



PAGE 



Dialogue * ...., ....v.. 12'3 



Diameter of the pits for young trees ......' 91 



of clumps considered 252 



Dibbling in the nursery/ method of 67 



Different methods of fencing 266 



Dimensions of a good fence .-. 295 



of mud and turf walls ...... 301 



Distance at which trees should be planted 105 



may be varied ib. 



of the tops, regulates the thinning 107 



of sowing acorns at 138 



at which trees should finally stand 167 



how to determine 217 



Ditch, formation of the 275 



scouring of the 283 



Direction of stripes, &c. considered 249 



Directions for sowing acorns 138 



Draining 108 



its importance in the forest 84- 



methods of 85 



Dressing up old timber , 240 



Drought fatal to new planted trees 122 



Dry stone walls, modes of building 297 



of coping 293 



Effects of whin ashes as a manure 82 



^ of stagnant \vater, bad 85 



of draining, on timber 86 



of shelter 215 



Effectual mode of preparation advised 87 



Elm timber, used for keels 19 



the Scotch, may be reared with advantage for 



ship-timber 24 



the soil it affects 43 



will bear partial inundation ib. 



the great value of its timber ib. 



- - nursing of the 71 



pruning the 153 



