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Index 



Baccharis, Groundsel, 37, 326, 356, 



371-373 

 Bacterial disease, 56, 89 

 Bag-worm, 161 



Baiting for insect pests, 144, 195 

 Balm of Gilead, Populiis, 212, 



301 

 Banding trees for trapping insects, 



145, 159, 162, 16s 

 Barberry, Bcrberis, 37, 326, 356, 357, 



366-3O8, 370-372 

 Bark, method of renewal, 7, 17; 



use in life of tree, 8; protection, 



34; longitudinal cut to relieve 



water-pressure, 59; also 203 

 Bark-beetles, 45, 48, 55, 12S, 146- 



148, 152, 154 

 " Bark-bound," 8 

 Bark-lice, 150 



Basswood, Tilia, 58, 68, 85, 154, 

 159, 161, 163, 171, 213, 318, 364, 



365, 371; Downy-leaved, 319; 

 White, 319 



Bean Tree, Calalpa, 211, 278 

 Beech, Carpinus, Blue. 192, 211, 

 277; Water, 211, 277; Fagus, 16, 

 25, 59. 67, 68, 102, 122, 154, 172, 



192, 193, 212, 285, 372; Copper, 

 203, 286; American, 286; Euro- 

 pean, 286*; Purple-leaved, sec 

 Beech, Copper 



Beecher, Henry Ward, quoted, 275 

 Beetle-borers, 152-158; see also 



Insect pests 

 Berbcris, Barberry, 37, 326, 356, 357, 



366-368, 370-372 

 Berlin, tree guards in, 83, .118, 



121 

 Betula, Birches, 211, 229, 275, 276, 



366, 367, 371-373 



Bilsted, Liquidamhar, 212, 288, 365 

 Biota, Arborvitas or White Cedar, 



215, 218 

 Birch, 16, 25, 68, 91, 158, 163, 211, 



275i 370, 372, 373; Cherry, 276; 



European, 275, 367, 371; White, 



193, 229, 276, 366; Yellow, 193, 

 276; Black, sec Birch, Cherry; 

 Gray, sec Birch, Yellow; Sweet, 

 see Birch, Cherry 



Birds, Insectivorous, 128, 130; see 



also English Sparrow 

 Bisulphide, 163 



Bitternut, Hicoria, 257 

 Bitter-sweet, Celastrus, 327, 358, 



368, 373 

 Black Elder, see Elderberry 

 Black-knot, 38, 125 

 Bladder Senna, Colutca, 327, 346, 



3677369 

 Bleeding Heart, 324 

 Blue stone, 125, 126 

 Bole, branchless, 14, 182; breathing 



pores, 20; improper treatment of, 



81; mutilations, 112; also 5 

 Bonn, tree guards in, 118 / S^■5^ 



Bordeaux mixture, 112, 113, 125, 



127, 128J 135; sec also Antiseptic 



dressing; Insecticides 

 Bordeaux nozzle, 139 

 Borers, 49, 141, 146, 147, 153; sec 



also Insect pests 

 Boston, Metropolitan Park System, 



186, 194; also 249 

 Bowkcr Fertilizer Company, 135 



note; 145 note 

 Box, Btixiis, 60, 211, 276, 343, 366, 



370-372; Minorca or Japanese, 



277 

 Box-elder, Acer, 161, 266 

 Bran, Poisoned, 164 

 Branch system, skeleton of, 203 

 Branches, 11-14, 18, 20; see also 



Crown 

 Branchless boles, 14, 182 

 Branchlets, 65, 83, 107, 108; sec also 



Bole; Branches 

 Breathing pores, 20, 44 

 Briarwood pipes, material for, 329 

 Bridal-wreath, Spira-a, 351 

 Bridging, 113 

 Broad-leaved trees, 104, 203, 207, 



209-211, 229, 247, 264; also List, 



p. 366 

 Bronx Park, N. Y. City, 186 

 Broom, Cytisus, ^2j, 346, 368, 370- 



372 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., English Sparrows 



introduced into, 130; also 140, 141 

 Brussels, old elms in, 148 

 Buch-Ham, Svmplocos, 329, 355, 



368 

 Buckeye, .Escidus, 159, 250, 365; 



see also Horse Chestnut 

 Buckthorn, Rhamnus, 213, 313, 314, 



368, 369, 371 



