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Index 



Pruning — continued 



neglected wounds, iii; time for, 



iii; for scales, 151, 153, 155; 



while transplanting, 169, 171; for 



form out of place in forest, 189; 



shrubs, 325 

 Prunus, Cherries, Peaches, Plums, 



212, 302-306, 366, 368, 369, 371, 



372 

 Pseudolarix, Golden Larch, 210, 213, 



229, 230*; see also Larix 

 Pseiidolsuga, Bastard Hemlock, 210, 



228; see (j/50 Douglas Fir; Tsuga 

 Pulse family, Acacia, 210, 247, 249; 



Albizzia, 247, 24g;Gledilschia, 210, 



247, 249, 365; Robinia, 211, 247, 



248, 36s 



Purple Fringe, Rhus, 262 

 Pyrus, time for pruning, 11 1 

 Prussiate of potash, 126 

 Pumps, see Spraying machinery 

 Pyrenees, 240 



Quercus, Oak, 213, 228, 306-309, 

 310,* 311,* 312,* 313, 364-366, 



371, 372 

 Quick lime, see Lime 

 Quince, 294 

 Quince, Japanese, Pints, 297 



Racemes, 324 

 Ragweed, 37 

 Raupenleim, 145 

 Rear-horse, sec Walking-stick 

 Recuperative power, 26-28, 32, 36, 



171, 172, 201, 306 

 Red Bud, Cercis, iii, 211, 280, 367 

 Red Gum, Liquidambar, 212, 288, 



365 

 Red Osier, 283 



Redwood, Sequoia, 210, 215, 222 

 Resin, covering a wound, 91, 92, 166 

 Respiration, importance of, 20; 



affected by season, 34 

 Relinspora, see Chamcecyparis 

 Reversion to type, 208 

 Rhamnus, Buckthorn, 213, 313, 314, 



368, 369, 371 

 Rhododendron, 60, 175, 192, 228, 



277, 293, 328, 2>2,^, Z2>A-2>i^, 365, 



368,370,372 

 Rhodora, 330 

 Rhodotypus, 328, 348 



Rhus, Sumach, 211, 261, 262, 368, 

 370-372 



Ribes, Flowering Currants, 328, 362, 

 363. 368. 369, 371, 372 



Road system of the forester, 187 



Rock gardens, shrubs for, 373 



Root-hairs, 17, 168, 172 



Root-lice, 151 



Root pests, see Cutworms; Wire- 

 worms; Clicking-beetles; Phyl- 

 loxera 



Root rot, 43, 56, 128 



Root stock, how to kill, 50 



Root system, development, 15; 

 types and characteristics, 16; 

 root-hairs, 17; relation to foliage, 

 18, 19, 27; respiration, 20; adap- 

 tation to change, 20; requisites 

 for life, 21; annual rejuvenation of 

 rootlets, 29; conditions in city 

 streets, 33; insect injury to, 49; 

 conditions causing disease, 52; 

 loss by winter-killing, 66; effects 

 of gas leakage, 70; injury by gra- 

 ding, 80; equilibrium between root 

 and crown necessar}^ 82; pruning 

 crown to balance with, 99; injury 

 in transplanting, 168, 169; advan- 

 tage of nursery stock, 170; shrubs, 



323 

 Rosa, Rose, 325, 328, 348, 349, 367, 



368, 370-372 

 Rose, Rosa, 325, 328, 348, 367, 368, 



370-372; Memorial, 349; Native 



Wild, 349; Prairie, 349 

 Rose family, ROSACEAE, 347; see 



also SpircEa 

 Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus, 361 

 Rosemary, W'ild, Andromeda, 330 

 Rot, 31, 37, 51, 86, 112; see also 



Root rot 

 Rot fungi, 40, 55 

 Rowan Tree, Sorbus, 263 

 Rowan Tree, Virburnum, 341 

 Russian Olive, Elceagniis, 342 

 Rusts, 37 



St. John's Wort, Hypericum, 327 



361, 368-372 

 St. Louis, smoke nuisance in, 70; 



Forest Park, 186 

 Salix, Willows, 213, 314-316, 365, 



371 



