INDEX 



461 



Para rubber in plantations, 408 

 Parthenium argentatum, 406 

 Peach wood, 417 

 Peeling cross ties, illustration of, 268 



hemlock bark in North Carolina, illustra- 



tion, 62 



, season for, 67 

 - poles, 313 . 



Pennsylvania, box lumber consumption, 252 

 , charcoal making in, 237 

 , importance in use of mine timbers, 331 

 , lumber cut, 3, 7 

 , mine timber specifications, 333 

 , wood fuel used, 339 

 Per capita consumption of forest products, 5,6 

 Percentage of loss in manufacture of saw logs, j 



13 



Pernambuco-wood, 417 



Persia, 20 



Peters, E. W., on preservation of mine tim- 

 bers, 335 



Picca canadensis, 24 



excelsa, charcoal yield, 238 



riibens, 24 



sitchensis, 24 

 Picket, equivalent, 15 

 Piece, equivalent, 15 



Pierson, A. H., on consumption of firewood, 



350 



Pile, equivalents, 15 

 Piling, 209 



, annual consumption and wastage, 5 

 , danger from marine borers, 321 

 , life of, untreated, 320 

 , logging, 310 



method, illustration of, 317 

 , preservative of, 321 



, specifications, 307 

 , substitutes for, 325 



ties, method of, 289 

 , wastage, 5 



Pinchot, G., on turpentine orcharding, 188 

 Pine, Cuban, for distillation, 227 

 , , used for naval stores,. 167 



for pulp, 26, 27, 31, 48 

 , jack for pulp, 26, 29 



, loblolly, poles, durability, 320 



, , posts, 329 



, , ties, durability, 293 



, lodge pole, charcoal, 240 



, , cross ties, amount, 267 



, , fuel value, 542 



Pine, lodgepole, lumber cut, 8 



, , value, 10 



, , poles, durability, 320 



, , standing timber, 4 



, , ties, durability, 293 



, longleaf, characters of, i 



, for distillation, 227 



, , poles, durability, 320 



, , posts, 326 



, , ties, durability, 293 



, , used for naval stores, 167 



, Norway for distillation, 227 



, , standing timber, 4 



, pitch, charcoal yield, 239 



poles, 301 



, amount, 303 



Products Co., Ga., view of plant, 228 

 , shortleaf, for distillation, 227 



, , posts, 329 



, , ties, durability, 293 



, slash, used for naval stores, 167 



, southern, cross ties, amount, 267 



, , hoops, 131 



, , shingles, 353 



, yellow, for pulp, 21, 26, 29, 47 



, , lumber production, 3, 8, 9 



, , shingles, durability, 369 



, , standing timber, 4 



, , veneers, use, 106, 107 



, sugar, amount for boxes, 251 



, , lumber cut, 8 



, , value, 10 



, , standing timber, 4 



staves, stack, 125 



used for slack cooperage, 121 

 in mines, 332 



veneer cores, 108 



, western, boiling for veneers, 97 

 , , shingles, durability, 369 

 , , veneers, use, 106 

 , yellow, amount for boxes, 251 



, , cross ties, amount, 267 



, , excelsior, 426 



, , for distillation, 227 



, , for naval stores, 167, 177 



, , lumber value, 10 



, , poles, durability, 320 



, , tapped for naval stores, 177 



, , ties, durability, 293 



, white, amount for boxes, 251 

 , , charcoal yield, 239 

 , , excelsior, 426 



