276 PRACTICAL 
Ball-planting, 127. 
Balm-of-Gilead. 
samca, 
Balsam. 
See Abies bal- 
See Abies balsamea. 
Bamboo, size of, 80; use of, in 
growing Hucalyptus; trouble- 
some nature of, 177. 
Banda, nutmeg groves of, 216. 
Banyan. See Ficus bengalensis. 
Baphia, 221. 
Bark-beetles. 
Basket oak. 
chaurii. 
Basketry, 16, 20, 23. 
Bassia latifolia, products of, 212. 
Basswood. See Tilia. 
Bavin, use of, for land protec- 
tion, 99; defined, 188. 
Beech. See Fagus. 
Bees, effect of, on seed produc- 
tions 24732) Wie 
Beetles, bark, protection of logs 
from, 169. 
Bertholletia excelsa, 75-76, 214. 
Betula, distribution of, 74; seeds 
of, 101; as nurse tree, 106; 
lutea, 270-271. 
Biltmore, 27. 
Birch. See Betula. : 
Birds, as seed disseminators, 75; 
as insect destroyers, 168. 
Black Forest of Baden, 64. 
Black Mesa Reservation, 237. 
Blueberry, in Maine, 152. 
Borer, 167-168. 
Brazil-nut. See Bertholletia er- 
celsa. 
Brazil-wood. See Cesalpinia. 
Brushwork, 98-99, 183. 
Bryce, 244. 
Bureau of Forestry, Washing- 
ton, D. C. See United States 
Bureau of Forestry. 
Burning over, when desirable, 
97, 189, 153; danger from, 152. 
Bush, defined, 5. 
See Beetles. 
See Quercus mi- 
Cactus, 83. 
Cesalpinia, 221, 
FORESTRY 
Calabash, use of, 218. 
California, trees in, 17, 42, 44-45, 
73, 283-235; forest reservations 
in, 230-236; experiment sta- 
tions in, 249. 
Cambodia, gamboge-tree _ in, 
PPA le 
Camphor. See Cinnamomum cam- 
phora. 
Camwood. See Baphia. 
Canada, logging in, 191. 
Canadian River, 237-238. 
Cananga odorata, 213. 
Canarium commune, 216. 
Candle-nut. See Aleurites trilo- 
ba. 
Canopy, forest, 34-57. 
Caoutchoue. See Castilloa elas- 
tica; Hevea brazilensis. 
Capillarity, in soils, 55. 
Carbon dioxid, converted 
starch, 36. 
Cascade Reservation, 248. 
Castanea, age of, 44; uses of, 95, 
140; flour made from, 210; den- 
tata, 265. 
Castilloa elastica, how grown, 21; 
seeds of, 108; where grown, 
219. 
Catalpa speciosa, 269. 
Cedar-apple, 178-174. 
Cedar (arbor-vit#). See Thija. 
Cedar, Cuban. See Cedrela odo- 
into 
rata. 
Cedar, red. See Juniperus vir- 
giniana. 
Cedar, true. See Cedrus. 
Cedar, white or yellow. See 
Chamacyparis. 
Cedrela odorata, use of, in ve- 
neers, 96; other uses of, 224. 
Cedrus, 224. 
Cellulose, 200. 
Ceylon, peach in, 79; rubber-tree 
in, 218-219. 
Chamecyparis thyoides, 260; noot- 
katensis, 261. 
Champak. See Michelia cham- 
paca. 
