INDEX. 



315 



Sneyd, John, 308. 



Steuart, Sir Henry, 8. 



Stone dykes, 25. 



Strathspey plantations, 82 et seq. 



Thinning of plantations : its claims, 

 123 its principles, 126 nature 

 and necessity of, 127 state and 

 condition of the trees to be operated 

 upon, 128 change of soil, ib. why 

 thinning is a power for good or evil, 

 131 effect of, 133 if rightly un- 

 derstood, pruning would be almost 

 unnecessary, 136 marking for, 138 

 application of, for fir and pine 

 plantations, 1 44 injurious effects 

 of thinning if delayed, 147 avoid 

 unnecessary disturbance when, 149 

 what is meant by, 150 young 

 plantations should not be thinned 

 for profit, ib. good effects of, 153 

 result of, on advanced pine planta- 

 tions, 157 should be gently done, 

 159 sickness of plantations after 

 thinning, 160 injuries inflicted by 

 improper thinning, 164 effects of, 

 on young plantations, 168 effect 

 of, on advanced hardwood planta- 

 tions, 174 mixed plantations, 177 

 young hardwood plantations, 200 

 rules for, 205. 



Thinnings and their value, 180 et seq. 



Thomson, John, 310. 



Tradescaut, John, 309. 



Transplanting, importance of, 7 

 curious result of, 28 different 

 methods of preparing large trees 

 for, 29 et seq. some unfavourable 

 results of, 31 cost of, 36 et seq. 

 selecting hardwood trees for, 38, 

 44 conifer*, 40 pines, 44 cut- 

 ting-in of roots by means of a 

 trench, 45 et seq. preparing pits 

 for receiving trees, 46 operation 

 of M'Glashen's apparatus for, 112 

 Mr Kay on the various machines 

 and appliances in use for, 115 

 operation of Newington's tree-lifter, 

 116. 



Tree - planting as an investment in 

 Ireland, 182. 



Tree-planting in Edinburgh, 106 do. 

 in London and San Francisco, 108 

 do. in Manchester, 1(59. 



Trusler, Eev. John, 306. 



Turf dykes, 24. 



Underwood, planting, 103. 

 Veitch, John Gould, 307. 



Watering trees, 37. 

 Wire fences, 20 et seq. 

 Wood-beetles, 52 et seq. 

 Wooden palings, 27. 

 Worledge, John, 309. 



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