INDEX 



55; discovery of female tree near Geneva, 

 from which grafts were sent all over 

 Europe, 56; introduction into America, 

 56; historic tree moved to Boston Com- 

 mon, 57; in China, 58; in Korea and 

 Japan, 59; location of oldest, and ln-st 

 specimens in America, 62; in Canada, 64; 

 in England and the Continent, 65; 

 varieties of the type, 66; peculiarities 

 and habits, 66; use of the nuts, 72, 175; 

 fastigiate form at Fairmount Park, 

 Philadelphia, 251 



Glacial drift, influence on vegetation, 18, 

 51; effect on Cedar forests, 93 



Gleditsia, distribution of, 15, 17; character 

 of the bark, 31; fall colouration of foli- 

 age, 39 



Hall, Dr. George R., introduces Japanese 

 Yew into America, 110; introduces 

 Magnolia stellato, 146 



Hamilton, William, introduces Ginkgo 

 into America, 56, 62; introduces Lom- 

 bardy Poplar into America, 231 



Hammon & Co., W. P., propagators of 

 Japanese plums, 221 



Hawthorn, fall colouration of foliage, 40 



Hazel-nuts, importance as food, 175; 

 their distribution, 191 



Hemlock, dwarf forms of, 262 



Henry Dr. on habitat of Atlas Cedar, 88 



Hickory, Character of the bark, 31; fall 

 colouration of foliage, 39 



Hickory, Shagbark, importance and dis- 

 tribution, 184 



Hicks & Son, Isaac, originators of Taxus 

 cuspidata var. Hicksii, 112; originators of 

 upright form of Japanese Yew, 250 



Hirase, Prof. S., discovers motile male 

 sperms of Ginkgo biloba, 60 



Holly, bark easily injured, 28 



Honey-locust, distribution, 15, 17; char- 

 acter of the bark, 31; fall colouration of 

 foliage, 39 



Hooker, Sir Joseph, visits Cedars on Mt. 

 Lebanon, 80; on habitat of Atlas Cedar; 

 88; on prehistoric Cedar forests, 92 



Hornbeam, character of the bark, 30 



Hornbeam, European, upright forms of, 

 246 



Horsechestnut, fall colouration of foliage, 

 39; handsomest flowering tree, 117; 

 a native of Greece, 128, 120; origin of 



name, 120; introduction into Europe, 

 121; into America, 123; description of 

 tree, flowers and fruit, 125; American 

 and Old World species, 126; uses of 

 wood and nuts, 127; varieties of, 128; 

 double-flowered, 129; hybrids, 129; 

 fastigiate form, 247 



Howland, General, discoverer of Tsuga 

 canadensis var. pendula, 262 



Hume, Lady Amelia, introduces Magnolia 

 coco, 151 



Influence of trees on human race, 3 



Japan, ancient flora of, 19; people delight in 



autumn beauty of trees, 43 

 Jardin des Plantes, Paris, historic Cedar of 



Lebanon in, 87 

 Juglans californica, 180 

 Juglans cathayensis, 181 

 Juglans cinerea, American Butternut, 180 

 Juglans formosana, 180 

 Juglans Hindsii, 180 

 Juglans mandshurica, 181 

 Juglans nigra, valuable timber tree, 180 

 Juglans regia, improved by selection, 175; 



most important of nut trees, 176 

 Juglans rupestris, 180 



Juglans Sieboldiana, Kurume Walnut, 179 

 Juglans Sieboldiana var. cordiformis, 179 

 Juglans stenocarpa, 181 

 Jujube, introduced by Frank N. Meyer, 



223 

 Juniper, dwarf forms of, 264 

 Juniperus communis var. adpressa, 264 

 Juniperus communis var. monlana, 264 

 Juniperus chinensis var. Pfitzeriana. 264 

 Juniperus chinensis var. Sargentii, 265 

 Juniperus Sabina var. humilis, 264 

 Juniperus Sabina var. lamariscifolia, 264 

 Juniperus squamata, 264 

 Juniperus virginiana var. globosa, 265 

 Juniperus virginiana var. reptans, 264 

 Juniperus virginiana var. tripartita, 264 

 Jussieu, Bernard de, introduces Cedar of 



Lebanon into France, 87 



Kaempfer, Engelbert, first describes Ginkgo 



to Europe, 54 

 Kentucky Coffee-Tree, only two species of, 



15; character of the bark, 31 

 Kew Gardens, first in Europe to flower 



Ginkgo biloba, 54; first to flower Magnolia 



Watsonii, 150; and M. Dclavayi, 151 



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