INDEX 



289 



guarding against damage from 

 storm, 72 ; regulation of work 

 where large tracts are handled, 

 73 ; yield that may be expected, 

 74 ; what trees can be used, 75 ; 

 experience in Europe with this 

 system, 75 ; where it may be 

 used with us, 7G. 



Seedlings, growth of, 17; in seed 

 bed, 85. 



Seeds of trees, 6 ; their care, 79 ; 

 seed and mast as useful product, 

 177. 



Selection forest, 58. 



Selection method, 58 ; an old 

 method, 60. 



Shade, prevents weeds and pre- 

 vents reproduction, 2 ; excessive 

 shade kills, 16; helps to clean 

 trees, 16 ; tolerance of shade, 4. 



Ship timber, 148. 



Shrinkage of wood, 228. 



Sihlwald, a forest under proper care 

 for one thousand years, 215. 



Site is a combination of soil, mois- 

 ture, temperature (climate), and 

 other conditions which affect the 

 growth of trees, 46. 



Slash, a piece of forest land strewn 

 with the tops, limbs, and other 

 debris of lumbering ; usually 

 more or less burned, 43. 



Snow, injury from and protection 

 against, 112. 



Soil, its effect on the woods, 18; 

 loam and clay soils produce mixed 

 hardwoods, 11 ; sands produce 



pure stands of conifers, 20 ; 



" hummock " soil, 20 ; what the 



forest does for the soil, 23. 

 Special kinds of forests, 184; the 



wood lot, 184; waste lands, 194; 



prairie plantations, 195 ; sand 



dunes, 198. 



Spiral grain in wood, 225. 

 Spring wood, 218. 

 Sprouts from stumps grow faster 



than seedlings, 17. 

 Spruce, how to distinguish, 242 ; 



the wood, the different kinds, 



where they grow, 267 ; as lum- 

 ber, 155. 

 Stand of timber, mature stand and 



mixed stand, 2 ; pure stand, 20. 

 Standard, 52. 



Standard coppice, see Coppice, 52. 

 Storms, injury of, and protection 



against, 112. 

 Strength of wood, 229. 

 Strip method, see Seeding from the 



side, 71. 



Sugar bush, 54, 185, 187, 189. 

 Summer wood, 218. 

 Suppressed trees, 2. 

 Swiss forestry, historic note of, 215. 

 Sycamore, how to distinguish the 



trees, 248; the wood and the 



distribution of the trees, 280. 

 Systems of forestry, see Methods of 



reproduction . 



Tables, of Doyle rule, 259 ; of cir- 

 cles, 260. 

 Tamarack, see Larch, 240, 264. 



