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Value of chestnut in Pennsylvania 129 



Value of chestnut timber , 16 



Value of individual trees , 60 



Vitality of old spores of the blight, 241 



W. 



Walton , R. C. , report upon field studies , 54 



Weather conditions affecting blight, 57 



Webb , Dr. Wesley , Remarks by, 22 



Weimer, E. A., Experiences in combating the blight, 215 



Weimer, E. A., Remarks by, 114 



Wells, H. E. , Report of special scouting operations in Lycoming county, .. 235 



Wild chestnut in Pennsylvania , 16 



Williams, Hon. I. C. , Blight in forest preserves, 162 



Williams, Hon. I. C., Pennsylvania's effort to check blight 108 



Williams , Hon. I. C. , Naming official reporter, 19 



Williams, Hon. I. C. , Best methods to combat blight, ; 196 



Wilson, Hon. James, Letter relating to blight, 175 



Wind spreading chestnut blight, 115 



Woodpeckers and insects, relation to blight, 135 



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Ziegler, Mr. , Remarks by, 213 



