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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Skewers, SpindleTree wood 



for . . . 230 

 Sleep of plants. . 236-238 

 Profound . . 245 

 Slow growth of Yew . 235 

 Smaller parts of trees 15-16 

 Smollett's ' History of 



England ' . 277 

 Snow . . . .83-89 

 Snow-clad branches . .88-89 

 trees . . .86-87 

 Snow-covered forest . .90-92 

 Snow-crystals ... 87 

 Snow-flowers and ice- 

 crystals . 108-111 

 Snowstorm, A . . . 83-87 

 Snow, Utility of .89 



Snowy landscape, A 93-101 

 mantle, A . 113-114 

 Snuff-boxes, Broom rocts 



for . .. . 197 

 Maple wood for . 218 

 Soda in plants . . . 262 

 Soil, Enrichment of . . 263 

 Soles, Birch bark for . 194 

 Solomon's Botanical 



Works . . 286 

 Sounding-boards, Lime 



wood for. . 217 

 Sounds of Nature . . 83-84 

 Spear-stems, Lancewood 



for . . . 214 

 Spindles, Spindle Tree 



wood for . . 230 

 True Service Tree 



wood for . . 232 

 Spindle Tree Wood, Quali- 

 ties of . . 230 



Spindle Tree Wood.Uses of 230 

 Spoo'ns, Box wood for . 196 

 Sycamore wood 



for . . . 231 

 Spray . . . 141-186 

 Gilpin on . 142, 155 

 of the Ash, Gil- 



pin on the 150-152 

 of the Beech, Gil- 

 pin on the 148-149 

 of the Elm, Gil- 

 pin on the . 152 

 of the Oak, Gil- 

 pin on the 145-146, 

 150-151 



of trees . . 15 

 Tints of . . 12 

 Spruce Fir, The 79, 151, 230-231 

 Spruce Fir Wood, Colour 



of ... 230 



Qualities of 230-231 



Uses of . 230-231 



Squitchbank Oak, The . 301 



Staining, Spruce Fir wood 



for . . .231 



Stairs, Ash wood for . 192 



Cypress wood for 201 



Stakes, Chestnut wood for 199 



Stamps, Lignum vitas 



wood for . .217 

 Staves, Laburnum wood 



for . ... 214 

 Stems of trees in Winter . 13-15 

 Steven of Laurencekirk, 



Mr. . . .197 

 Stocks for tools, Ilex wood 



for . . . 207 

 Stone Pine . . 297 



