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Index 



Drills, sowing in, 9, 10 



Drought damage, 7 



Durability of timber, effect of age of 

 tree on, 46; effect of climate on, 

 46 ; effect of season of felling on, 

 46 ; effect of situation on, 46 ; 

 factors affecting, 46; of different 

 species, 46 



Duramen, 44 



Ebermayer, 32 



Elm (see English Elm), 62, 71 ; seed 

 of, 11 



English Elm, 62 ; distribution of, 62 ; 

 nature of timber, 50; nursery treat- 

 ment of, 62 ; suitable soil for, 62 



Fagus sylvatica, 60 



Felling to increase vitality, 27 



Forbes, A. C., 53, 66 



Forestry, principles of, 3 



Fraxinus americana, 59 ; F. excelsior, 



59 



Frost damage, 7 

 Frost, effect of, 8 

 Frost-lifting, 12 ; preventive measures 



against, 13 



Frost-tender species, 40 

 Fungi, attacks of, 17, 34, 72 



Game preserving, cultivation of tim- 

 ber in connection with, 42 

 Geological formation, 29 

 Gorse, 20 



Grading of transplants, 14 

 Grass, 19 



Gravel soils, species suitable for, 30 

 Ground game, protection from, 8 

 Growth, conditions affecting, 29 

 Gum resin, 45 



Hazel, 40 



Heart-wood, 44, 46 ; durability of, 45 



Heather, as indication of poor soil, 20 



Herbage, natural, 18 



Hesse, 30 



" High Forest," definition of, 38 



Hornbeam, 45 ; nature of timber, 50 



Humus, 27 



Increment, annual, 3, 21, 33, 47 

 Insects, attacks of, 17, 34 

 Italian Poplar, 67 



Japanese Larch, 43, 57 ; distribution 



of, 57 ; suitable soil for, 57 

 " Jungle," 22 



Knots in timber, 34, 35 



Larch, 11, 33, 39, 42, 43, 47, 55 

 canker of, 11, 43, 69 ; distribution 

 of, 55 ; nature of timber, 48 ; nur- 

 sery treatment of, 56 ; " pumped," 

 56 ; seed of, 11 ; sowing of, 9 ; suit- 

 able soil for, 55 ; thinning of, 57 



Larix europoea, 55; L. leptolepis, 43, 57 



Laslett, 49 



Layering, method of, 15 



Layers, 15, 39 



Lead paint, 70 



Light, admission of, 27 



Light-thinning, 38 



Lime, 45, 63 ; distribution of, 64 ; 

 nature of timber, 51 ; nursery treat- 

 ment of, 64 ; subsequent manage- 

 ment of, 64 ; suitable soil for, 64 



Ling, as indication of poor soil, 20 



L-notching, 24 



Locality, assessment of, 5, 29, 37 



London Plane, 66 



MacAlpine-Downie, J. R., 3 



Manuring of nursery, 8 



Maple (see Sycamore), 67 



Maxwell, Sir John Stirling, 26 



Medullary rays, 45 



Memel Pine, 48 



Menzies Spruce (see Sitka Spruce), 



55 

 Mineral matter, removal from soil by 



trees, 32 

 Mitchell, A., 21 

 Mixed woods, 37, 40, 71 

 Mixture by groups, 41 

 Mixture by single trees, 41, 42 

 Moisture of soil, 31 

 Mountain Elm (see Wych Elm), 63 

 Mountain Pine, 71 



Natural regeneration, 25, 27 



Norway Maple, 68 



Norway Spruce (see Common 

 Spruce), 54 



Notching, 22, 24 



Nursery, 7 ; advantages of, 7 ; 

 arrangement of, 8 ; manuring of, 

 8 ; objections to, 7 ; preliminary 

 crops in, 8 ; site of, 7 ; subdivision 

 of, 8 ; suitable soil for, 8 ; 

 watering of, 8 



