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Index 



Tern, 381, 389* PL XVI. 

 Theta Orionis, 204. 

 Thistle seeds, 329. 

 Thrasher, 275, 295-296*, PL VI. 

 Thrush, 271*, 275-276, 288*, 295, P 



Thrush family, 271-276, 279, 280. 



Ticks, 292, 383. 



Tiers of leaves and branches, 61. 



Ties, 87, 88, 112, 114, 120. 



Time measured by movements c 

 heavenly bodies, 160. 



Tip-up, 384*. 



Titmouse, 284*-286. 



Tomato worms, 347, 383. 



Tongue of woodpecker, 362*. 



Tool handles, ash, 54; hickory 90 



maple, 28. 



Toothpicks, hickory, 90. 

 Totem poles, 115. 

 Towhee, 333~334, PL HI. 

 Toys, birch, 35. 

 Trachea 12-14* 43, 45, 102. 

 Tracheid, 13*, 15, 44j 45 . 

 Transplanting trees, 82, 132-136 

 cultivation, 135; depth to plant 

 134; large trees, 133, 136; time 

 for, 132 ; trimming, 135. 

 Transverse section, 99, 100. 

 Tree guard, 144*. 

 Tree hopper, 278*. 

 Tree surgery, 141, 142*. 

 Trees, best to plant for birds, 391-392 



books on, 156. 

 Tropical trees, 36, 107. 

 Tulip tree, 80-83*, 120; wood (yellow 



poplar), 82, 153*, 155. 

 Turpentine, 127. 

 Tussock moth, 40. 

 Twinkling of stars, 179. 

 Twins, 207. 



Universe, 164. 

 Uranus, 251-252. 

 Ursa Major, 190. 

 Ursa Minor, 192. 



Veery, 271*, 276. 

 Vega, 197. 



Velocity, of the earth, 212; of light, 

 192; of meteors, 257; of .nebula. 



263; of solar system, 210; of stars, 



179, 199, 209. 

 Veneers, 90. 

 Venus, 235, 238-240. 

 Verdin, 286. 



Violins, maple, 28; spruce, 104. 

 Vireo, 3o8*- 3 o 9 * 310*. 

 Vulture, 377. 



Wading birds, 385-388. 



Wagons, ash, 54; oak, 95. 



Walnut, 91, 92; leaves, 51, 91; woo d 

 46, 90, 151*, i S3 . 



Warbler, 299*^03*, 306, PI. VII. 



Warping, 49, 5 p*. 



Washing machines, cedar, 112. 



Water birds, 266*, 381-388. 



Watering trees, 135, 138. 



Water-logged, 48-49. 



Water pipes, 118. 



Water thrush, 300, 302* 



Waxwing, 312, PI. III. 



Web worms, 370. 



Weed seeds, 320, 378. 



Weevils, 292 296, 337, 34*. 



wheels, elm hubs, 39, 42. 



Whippoorwill, 357*, 359-360. 



Whitewood, 42, 57, 58 82 



Willow, 35, 36, 68, 71, 73. 



Vireworms, 296, 340. 



Wood, collections of, 8; density, 47- 

 49; of evergreens, 15, 99, 103*, 

 109*-! 10, hardwood and sapwood, 

 45, po, 112; properties, 42-50, 58- 

 sections, magnified ten times, 43*, 

 44*. 109*, i 49 *- I54 *. section^ 

 radial, etc., 99-100; shrinking, 49; 

 spnngwood and summerwood, 18, 

 44, zoo ; structure, 11-18, 46. 



Woodenware, maple, 30; tulip, 82. 

 Woodpecker, 286, 361-367, PI. XIII. 

 Wounds of trees, 138*,. 139 

 Wren, 283*, 291-294, PI. VI. 



'ear, 161. 



r ellow-hammer, 364*. 

 r ellowthroat, 299*, 300, 303. 



nith, 172, 181. 

 odiac, 175, 209, 210. 



