NDEX 



Abies balsamea var. hudsonica, 261 



Abies lasiocarpa f. eompacta, 262 



Acer platanoides var. columnar t, 245 



Acer rubrum var. columnar e, 244 



/Iffr saccharinum var. pyramidale, 244 



/lc<rr saccharum var. monumenlale, 244 



i4ccr striatum, bark easily injured, 28 



Acorn, use of as food, 1 74 



Addison, Joseph, ridicule of topiary work, 

 105 



Aesculus discolor, 267 



Aesculus discolor var. mollis, 267 



Aesculus georgiana, 267 



Aesculus Harbisonii, 267 



^4esfu/M5 Hippocastanum var. pyramidalis, 

 247 



Almond, the nut of commerce, 195 



Apple, fall colouration of foliage, 40; history 

 of the, 203 



Apricot, of Chinese origin, 213 



Apricot, Black, 214 



Apricot, Manchurian, 214 



Araucarias, among earliest forms of tree 

 vegetation, 10, 11 



Arborvitae, dwarf form3 of, 263 



Arborvitae, Douglas's, pyramidal variety 

 of, 248 



Archery, importance of Yew tree in history, 

 99, 104 



Arnold Arboretum, success with Cedar of 

 Lebanon, 83; collection of Beech. 158; 

 Juglans formosana in, 180; hardy Pecan 

 in, 183; Asiatic Bush-hazels hardy in, 

 194; Pyrus scrotina introduced into by 

 Mr. Wilson, 209; P. Calleryana ditto, 210; 

 Prunus mira ditto, 212; fastigiatc vari- 

 eties of Sugar Maple and White Pine at, 

 244; 248. fastigiatc Tulip-tree at, 245; 

 Dawyck Beech at, 247; Dwarf Larch 

 not true from seed. 256; dwarf form of 

 Blue Spruce originates in, 260; ditto of 

 White Spruce, 261; ditto Abies lasio- 

 carpa i. eompacta, 262; Dwarf Buckeyes 

 at, 266 



Ash, fall colouration of foliage; 40 



27 



Bacon, Lord, opponent of topiary woflt, 105 

 Baker, Sir Samuel, discovers Cedrus brevi- 



folia, 89 

 Balfour, F. R. S , Dawyck Beech originated 



on estate of, 247 

 Banks, Sir Joseph, introduces Magnolia 



denudata into England, 143 

 Bark of trees, function and formation, 28 

 Bartram, John, letter from Peter Collinson 

 on planting seeds of Cedar of Lebanon, 

 87; on introduction of Horsechestnut into 

 America, 124; introduces Cucumber-tree 

 into Europe, 138 

 Bartram, W., discoverer of Ear-leaf Um- 

 brella-tree, 141 

 Bay Laurel, or Bull Bay noblest of the 



evergreens, 141 

 Beech, character of the bark, 30; fall colour- 

 ation of foliage, 39, 41, 42; history and 

 habitat, 155; famous trees in Great 

 Britain, 156, 163; the different species, 

 159; distribution, 160; forms recognized, 

 162; use for hedges, 163; the nut and its 

 uses, 170 

 Beech, Copper, seedling of the Purple, 167 

 Beech, Crested-leaf, 168 

 Beech, Dawyck, a fastigiatc form, 246 

 Beech, Fastigiate, original tree on Balfour 



estate, Scotland, 169 

 Beech, Fern-leaf, and forms, 167 

 Beech, Golden, discovered in Serbia, 169 

 Beech, Parasol, of French origin, 169 

 Beech, Purple, best tree with coloured 



leaves, 166 

 Beech, Weeping, and various forms, 168 

 Belon, Pierre, early visitor of Cedars on 



Mt. Lebanon, 80 

 Bertlioletia excelsa, the Brazil-nut, 176 

 Betula ptndula var. fastigiata, 246 

 Big Trees, thickness of the bark. 30 

 Bigclow, Dr. Jacob, poem on moving of 



Ginkgo to Boston Common, 57 

 Birch, character of the bark. 29. 30, 31 

 Birch, character of the bark, 29, 30, 31; 

 fall colouration of foliage, 39, 40, 41 



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