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INDEX. 



Raising coniferous trees, 81. 



Rate of growth, 125, 139, 150. 



Rate of increase in timber, 125. 



Red Ash, 360. 



Red Birch, 277. 



Red Cedar, 233. 



Red Cherry, 322. 



Red Elm, 303. 



Red Fir, 225. 



Red Juniper, (->34), 233. 



Red Maple, (344), 343. 



Red Mulberry, 308. 



Red Oak, (296), 295. 



Red Pine, (203), 202. 



Regeneration, 62. 

 by artificial seeding, 65. 

 by natural seeding, 62, 66. 

 by planting cuttings, 68. 

 by planting seedlings, 66. 

 by sprouts and suckers, 68. 



Reitenbach Maple, 340. 



Relation between trees and soils, 23. 



Reseeding, Natural, 66. 



Rest period of plants, 19. 



RHAMNACE^E, 351. 

 Rhammts, 351. 

 catharticus, (352), 351. 



Ripening of wood, 19. 

 River Birch, 277. 

 Robinia, 333. 



pseudacacia, (334), 333. 

 Rock Elm, 301. 

 Rock Maple, 336. 

 Rock Pine, 207. 

 Root growth, Extent of. 13. 

 Root formation, (Figure 2), 13. 

 Roots, 12. 



Roots on a forest grown Elm, 93. 

 ROSACES, 311. 

 ROSE FAMILY, 311. 

 Rotation, 69. 

 Rot in wood, 175. 

 Royal Willow, 256. 

 Rum Cherry, 824. 

 Run-off of Water, 41. 

 Russell's experiment, Effect of wind 



on evaporation, 84. 

 Russian Mulberry, (310), 809. 



Olive, (857), 856. 

 SALICACE^E, 246. 



Salix, 246. 

 acutifolia, 257. 

 alba, (254), 253. 

 alba britzensis, 256. 

 alba regalis, 256. 

 alba vittellina, (255), 256. 

 amygdaloides, (252), 251. 

 laurifolia, 257. 

 lucida, (258), 257. 

 napoleonis, 259. 

 nigra, (250), 251. 

 pentandra, 257. 

 purpurea, 249. 

 pendula, 259. 

 regalis, 257. 

 Sample acre, 137. 

 Sample tree, 140. 

 Sand dunes, 123. 

 Sapwood, 12. 

 Savin, 233. 

 Saw, 72. 



Sawing, Methods of, 168. 

 Sawflies, Injuries from, 104. 

 Scaling, 144. 

 Scarlet Maple, 343. 



Oak, (298), 297. 

 Schwedler Maple, 340. 

 Scotch Fir, 207. 

 Scotch Pine, 207. 

 Scratcher, 152. 

 Scribner's Rule, 145. 

 Scrub Pine, Northern, 205. 

 Second growth, 20. 

 Seed, The, 16. 



Evergreen, bed, 81. 

 Seeding of timber lands, 66. 

 Seeding trees, 66. 

 Seedlings, 92. 

 Green Ash, 92. 

 variations, 75. 

 Height of one-year-old, 88. 

 Seeds, 73. 

 Amount to use, 82. 

 Classified, 77. 

 Coniferous tree, 77, 79. 

 Covering, 82. 

 Distribution of, 16. 

 Dry, 78. 



Fleshy covered, 78. 

 Gathering, 75. 

 Germination of, 75. 



