Index 



399 



Cottonwood, 74*, 75*; roots, 76, 78*; 



wood, 49, 50, 75, 154*, 155. 

 Cowbird, 338. 

 Cowpea curculios, 383. 

 Crane, 387*~388. 

 Crating, elm, 39. 

 Creeper, Brown, 291, PL V. 

 Croquet balls and mallets, maple, 28. 

 Crossbill, 328*. 

 Crow, 346-347, 350, PL XI. 

 Cuckoo, 369*^70*, PL XIII. 

 Cucumber beetles, 298, 351. 

 Curly grain, 27, 28. 101*, 102*. 

 Cutworms, 273, 292, 337, 338, 340, 



348. 



Cygnus, the Swan, 196-197*. 

 Cypress, 116, 119*, 120, 121*; knees, 



120; wood, 44*, 101. 



Days and nights, 202, 218-219. 



Dead parts of trees, n, 45, 142*. 



Deciduous trees, 105 ; wood of, 109. 



Degrees, 172, 192. 



Deimos, 242. 



Deliquescent trees, 41. 



Deneb, 196, 197*. 



Density, of the earth, 246; moon, 226; 

 planets, 246; wood, 47-49. 



Deodar, in. 



Diffuse-porous wood, 44, 152*, 153*, 

 i54*- 



Dimensions of nesting boxes, 393. 



Dipper, 190, 191*, 192-193, 194*. 



Dishes, birch bark, 34. 



Distances of heavenly bodies, how de- 

 termined, 167-170; time required 

 to travel so far, 168-171. 



Dog Star, 205*-2o6. 



Doors, 50. 



Douglas fir, 108*, 125*. 



Dove, 378, PL XV. 



Draco, the Dragon, 194*, 195*. 



Drawers, tulip wood, 82. 



Durability of wood, 88, 90, 112, 114, 



Eagle, the bird, 377*; the constella- 

 tion, 208. 



Earth, 165, 205, 212, 226, 232, 246. 



Earth-shine on the moon, 229*. 



Eclipses, of moon, 230-231*; of sun, 

 219-221*. 



Ecliptic, 173*, 174, 175, 233, 234. 



Egret, 382*, 389- 



Egyptians, knowledge of astronomy, 

 161-162. 



Elm, 37*~4i*; branches, 40-41, 72; 



famous, 38-39; fodder, 39; hollow, 

 used for home, 39; leaves, 30, 36, 

 38*; objections to planting, 40; 

 wood, 39, 40, 43, 46, 149*, 151. 



Elm-leaf beetle, 40. 



Embryo in a seed, 70; in an egg, 281. 



Equator, 173*, 174*. 



Equinoctial, 173*. 



Eros, 244. 



Eucalyptus, 116. 



Evening star, 238. 



Evergreen, 105-110; kinds, 111-131; 

 wood, 99, 103*, io9*-iio. 



Excelsior, linden, 60. 



Excurrent trees, 41. 



Experiments, to show lengthening in 

 different parts of a shoot, 1 7 ; testing 

 properties of wood, 58 ; potted plant 

 in front of window, 65 ; to detect 

 starch, 72-73 ; red ink drawn up by 

 a shoot, 73 ; earth's rotation, causing 

 stars to rise and set, 201-202 ; ro- 

 tating and revolving, 213; partial 

 and total eclipse of sun, 220; image 

 of sun in eclipse, 221; phases of 

 moon, 228; eclipse of moon, 230; 

 plane of planetary motions, 233. 



Falcon, 376, 377. 



Families, of birds, 279, 282; of stars, 



210. 



Far north, flora of, 35. 

 Fertilization, 70. 

 Fertilizer, 138. 



Fibers, bast, 20, 59*; wood, 13. 

 Field glasses, 203, 248, 269, 395. 

 Figures in wood, 99*-io4- 

 Finch, 320, 328. 

 Fir, 1 1 6*, 122, 124*, 125*, 126*; beds, 



124; pillows, 125; cone, 108*, 124; 



wood, 46. 



Fish, 368, 374, 377, 388. 

 Flag-poles, 126. 

 Flicker, 3 64*-366, PL XIII. 

 Flies, 278, 313, 350, 351, 357- 

 Flooring, maple, 27, 30; pine, 88, 104; 



oak, 95. 



Flower, 38*, 57*, 69-70*, 80, 81, 86*. 

 Flycatcher, 349*~352*. 

 Food stone, 290. 

 Forest Products Laboratory, 9. 

 Forest Service, 9, 145. 

 Forestry, 144-146. 

 Frogs, 114, 388. 

 Fruit: collections, 6-7; fleshy, 115; 



key, 23, 51*; winged, 23, 28*, 29*, 



31*, 32, 51*. 



