552 



INDEX. 



PAGE 



on the Tyrolese Alps, 344. 

 P. pinea in the Royal Gardens 

 at Kew, 360 ; in Trinity 

 College Botanic Garden,Dublin, 

 363; at Glenthorne, 362. P. 

 Pinaster in south-west France, 

 359. P. ponderosa above the 

 Yosemite valley - 366 



Pitch, preparation of 95 



Pollen of Taxads and Conifers, 



dispersion of - 41 



Pollen-grains, structure of - - 43 

 Prumnopitys elegans at Eastnor 



Castle - 156 



Pnlvinii and their prolongations 27 



R. 



Ramification of Taxads and 

 Conifers, 16. Habit modified 

 by, 17. Variation in - 18 



Red Snow 42 



Redwood forests, destruction of 273 

 Resin ducts - - 84 



Resinous secretions, 91. Resin 

 industry, seats of, 93. French 

 method of working it, 93. 

 American method, 94; 

 destruction caused by, 94 and 353 

 Roots of Taxads and Conifers, 7 ; 

 emitted from the lowermost 

 branches of Cryptomeria, 

 Lawson's Cypress, Pinus ex- 

 celsa and the Common Spruce, 

 10. Of Pinus Pinaster, 7; the 

 deciduous Cypress and the 

 Yew .... 9 



S. 



Sciadopitys in Japan, 290 ; 



proliferous cone of - - 54 



Seeds of Taxads and Conifers, 



49; size and weight, 50; 



dispersion of- 51 



Seedling plants, polymorphism in 51 



Of Cephalotaxus drupacea, 8. 



Cupressus sempervirens, 6. 



Ginkgo biloba, 7. Libocedrus 



decurrens, 23. Picea Glehnii, 



5 ; and Pinus muricata - 6 



PAGE 



Siebold, Philip Franz 474 



Smith, James Edward 157 



Spurs of the Cedar, Larch and 



Ginkgo - 22 



Stems of Taxads and Conifers, 

 11; annual rings of, 14; age 

 of, 15; heights attained by, 

 12; rate of growth of - 13 



Spruce Beer and Gum, 440. 



Muskeag in Wisconsin - 439 



T. 



Tar, preparation of 95 



Thuia gigantea at Linton Park, 



242. Tsuga Mertensiana at 



Eastnor Castle 471 



Thunberg, Carl Peter 386 



Topiary work at Elvaston Castle 



and Levens Hall - 137 



Turpentine, composition of, 92 ; 



paste, 95 ; supply of 92 



V. 



Variegation in the foliage of 



Taxads and Conifers 31 



Veitch, John Gould - 543 



W. 



Wellingtonia, age of, 278; height 

 attained by, 274; discovery of, 

 277 ; restricted habitat - 278 



Y. 



Yew, the, association with 

 English History, 135; places 

 of worship, 132; gardening and 

 arboriculture, 137; formation 

 of avenues and hedges - 138 



Yews, celebrated, ancient and 

 historic, 132 and 135; in 

 churchyards, 133. AtCherkeley 

 Court, 128; Buckland Church- 

 yard, 134; Fountains Abbey, 

 133; Maynooth College, 132; 

 Wordsworth's "Fraternal Four" 

 at Borrowdale 131 



Yews, Westfelton, Irish and flat- 

 topped, origin of - 138 141 



