INDEX. 



291 



E. 



Ebony, 42, 43, 45 

 Elasticity of wood, 20, 37 

 Elder, 41, 57 



Elfving's experiments on ascent 

 of water, 76 80, 107, 116, 



137 



Elm, 26, 49, 57, 206 



Errera's experiments on ascent 



of water, 137 

 Erysiphese, 252 

 Erythrina, 50 

 Eugenia, 58 



European woods, 22, 44, 57 

 Exfiltration of water, 103105, 



125130 



F. 



False rings, 23, 45, 47, 5456 

 Ferment, 152, 168 173, 188, 



277 



Fermentation, 224 

 Fibres, 17, 37, 54, 65, 178 

 Ficus, 55 



Fig (see Ficus}, 23, 26, 45, 55 

 Fir (see Abies), 5, 12, 17, 18, 



24, 42, 133, 147, 170, 176, 



198, 254 

 Frost, 32, 36, 164, 230, 239 



242 

 Fuchsia , 136 



G. 



Gamboge, 206 

 Garcinia, 206 

 Gases in leaves, 246 

 Gas-pressure theory of ascent of 



water, 100, 106, 108, 138 

 General characters of wood, I 



19 



Gmelina, 57 



Godlewski's theory of ascent of 

 water, 117133, 139141 



Grain of wood, 3, 51 

 Guaiacum, 42 

 Gutta-percha, 206 

 Gymnosporangiuniy 268 



H. 



Hardness of wood, 20, 28, 49 

 Hardwickia, 27, 50, 56 

 Hartig's theory and observations 



on ascent of water, 84, 1 1 7, 



121, 131, 138 

 Hawthorn, 42, 268 

 Hazel, 49, 165, 230 

 Healing of wounds, 207 209, 



210 226, 229 

 Heart-wood (see Duramen) 41, 



5458, 75, 85, 94, 186 

 Hehanthus, 104 

 Heritiera, 53.. 56 

 Heteroecism, 268 

 Holarrhena, 58 

 Holly, 22, 43, 49 

 Hornbeam, 44, 46, 48, 58, 230 

 Horse-chestnut, 43, 46, 48, 58 

 Hyinenomycetous fungi, 169 

 Hypha, 149, 153, 178, 187, 254, 



276283 



I. 



Imbibition, 62, 68, 94, 98, 107, 



112 



Imbibition theory of ascent of 

 water, 62, 66, 77, 96, in, 

 H7, 138 



Impermeability of wood for air, 

 8 r, 84, 108, 113 



Indian woods, 23, 45, 55 



Infection, 149, 183, 189, 195, 

 234, 238, 242, 252, 269, 273 

 275, 278284 



Intercellular passages, 246 



Iron wood, 45, 55 



Isonandra, 206 



