INDEX 



375 



Great Britain, condition of forests in, 



9. 



Green, Samuel B., 167. 

 Ground, preparation of, for nursery. 



90-92. 

 Growing young trees in a nursery. 



See Nursery. 



Gum, black. See Nyssa tylvatica. 

 Gum, blue, 349. 

 Gum, cotton, 339, 340- 

 Gum, red. See Liquidambar styraci- 



flua. 



Gum, sour, 339, 340. 

 Gum, sweet, 339, 341. 

 Gum, tupelo, 77. And see Nyssa 



aquatica. 

 Gums, species of, 338, 339. See under 



Nyssa. 



Hackmatack (tamarack), 220. 



Hardwood, in lumbermen's classifica- 

 tion, 79, 80 ; its meaning in this 

 book, 80. 



Harvesting, proper age and dimen- 

 sions for, 53 ff. 



Heartwood, formation of, 72 ; nature 

 of, 73 ; moisture in, 82, 83. 



" Heeling-in," in the nursery, 108, 

 109. 



Hemlock, eastern. See Tsttga cana- 

 densis and T. caroliniana. 



Hemlock, western. See Tsuga hete- 

 rophylla. 



Hemlock bark, tannic acid (tannin) in, 

 75, 203. 



Hemlocks, the, impending exhaustion 

 of, 12 ; species of, indigenous in 

 U. S., 203 ; general characteristics 

 of, 203; tannin in bark of, 203. 

 See species under Tsuga. 



Hesse, revenue of national forests in, 

 18 and n. 



Hickories, the, species of, indigenous 

 in No. America, 268, 269 ; classes 

 of, in commerce, 268 ; use of, in 

 carriage-work, 268, and for smok- 

 ing meat, 268 ; characteristics of, 

 269. See species under Hicona. 



Hickory, 306. 



Hickory, black, 268. 



Hickory, mockernut. See Hicoria 

 alba. 



Hickory, pignut See Hicoria gla- 

 bra. 



Hickory, shagbark, 269, 272. And see 



^ Hicoria ooata. 



Hickory, shellbark, 268. And see 



Hicoria laciniosa. 

 Hicoria alba (mockernut), 273, 274; 



many names of, 273. 

 Hicoria glabra (pignut), 274, 275. 

 Hicoria laaniosa (shellbark), 272,273. 

 Hicoria minima, 274. 

 Hicoria ovata (shagback), 270-272. 

 Hicoria pecan, 269. 

 Holmes, O. W., The Professor at the 



Breakfast-Table, 297. 

 Homer, 260, 310. 

 Honey locust. See Gleditsia triacan- 



thos. 

 Humus, what it is, 32 ; its utility in 



fertilizing soil, 32, 33. And see 



Muck. 



Immature trees. See Trees. 



Improvement cutting, 15, 16. 



India, 128. 



Indians, and the sugar pine, 149. 



" Intolerant " trees, defined, 35 ; 



mingling of, with tolerant, 45. 

 Investment in forests, when interest 



on, exceeds value of accretion, 56, 



57. 



Irrigation in forest nursery, 100, 101. 

 Italians, and the sugar pine, 149. 

 Italy, revenue of national forests in, 



18 n. 



Japan, 128. 



Juglans cinerea (butternut) ,317, 318. 



Juglans nigra (black walnut), 313- 

 316. 



Junipers, wrongly called cedars, 207 ; 

 the most widely distributed species 

 of tree in America, 207 ; only one 

 variety valuable aa timber tree, 

 207. 



Junipenis virginiana (red cedar), 207, 

 208. 



Kainit (fertilizer), 106. 

 King-nut, 272. 



Land, once wooded, proper field for 

 reforestation, 16 ; four classes of, 

 subject to reforestation, 38-41. 



Larch, European. See Larix ev.ro- 

 p<ta. 



Larch, western. See Larix occiden- 

 talis. 



Larches, species of, 219. 



Larix evropcea (European larch), 223- 



