INDEX. 



A.ar; torrents of, 373. 



AbraAon of soil, prevention of, 363. 



Absolute humidity, 223,224. 



Absolute moisture, by seasons, 237 ; Bavarian sta- 

 tions, 236 ; Prussian stations, 253 ; various for- 

 eign stations, 226; at three American stations, 

 229, 230. 



Absorption by charcoal, 130; of soils, 297; of 

 water by trees, 426. 



Acacia seeds, covering of, 32. 



Acorns, economical mode of preserving, 34. 



Acres inclosed, Iowa, 568 ; planted in timber, Iowa, 

 566 ; in woodlands, censns of, 386 ; in Massa- 

 chusetts, 419 ; in New York, 434; in Georgia, 480 ; 

 in Iowa, 566. 



Act for planting of8helter-belt8,dranghtof bill, 232. 

 (See under the title of the several States.) 



Adair, C. S., statement by, 577. 



Adams, D. W., on wild evergreens, 56. 



Adirondac Iron Works, change of forests at,193 ; 

 wilderness, 436. 



Adlum, John, observations by, 190. 



Agan, Patrick H., a park commissioner, 437. 



Agassiz, Prof. L., observation by, 192 ; cited, 27, 527. 



Agencies for care of timber, 12, 17. 



Aggsbach, forest school at, 624. 



Agricultural implements, Michigan, manufacture 

 of, 526. 



Agriculture, forests beneficial to, 207. 



Alabama, live-oak reservations in, 10 ; pine region 

 of, 137. 



Alameda Co., Cal., fi06, 609. 



Alaska, forests of, 611. 



Albany, 111., 544, 548, 549. 



Albany, N. Y., lumbermen's board of trade, 448. 



Albany Institute, article on spruce read before, 162. 



Albany lumber market, 447, 449 ; water supply of, 

 309, 330. 



Albany Co., 'Wyo., 591. 



Alcona Co., Mich., 520, 522, 523. 



Alder seeds, covering of, 32. 



Alder, water required by, 290. 



Algeria, effect of trees in, 313, 314 ; Encalyptns in, 

 605 ; shelter-belts in, 274. 



Allegheny, lumber business of the, 441, 463 ; 

 changes in timber near, I'.iQ. 



Allan, J. T., on planting in Nebraska, 48, 579 ; trees 

 from Kocky Mountains got by, 582. 



Allen, John W., tree-planting by, 220. 



Allen, Morrill, tree-planting by, 431. 



Allodial tenures, 8. 



Alma, Wis , 544, 548. 



Alpena, boom at, 516. 



Alpena Co., Mich., 520, 523. 541, 542, 545. 



Alpine vegetation, comparison of, 27. 



Alps, engineering works among the, 356; means 

 for preventing torrents among, 355; torrents of, 

 336. 



Alsace-Lorraine, comparative records in, 251. 



Altenfiirth, records at, 234. 



Alternations in timber growth, 190. 



Altitude, effect of, 71. 



Altum, Dr.,6l7. 



American Philosophical Society, a trustee of Mi- 

 chaus legacy, 216. 



Amherst, experiments on sap in, 425; instruction 

 in forestry at, 425. 



Amygdale® in Massachusetts, 414. 



Anderson, Adam, estimates by, 607. 



And< rson. R. B., work translated by, 129. 



Anderson's Creek, timber on, 467. 



Andr6, M., on removal of trees, 87. 



Andrew.i, C. C, on cost of growing pine in Sweden, 

 196; cited, 632. 



Androscoggin River, lumber business on, 308. 



Animals, injuries to trees by, 173. 



Anisota rubicunda, injures the maple, 165. 



Anoka, Minn., 544, 548, 549. 



Antiseptics, prevention of dry-rot by aid of, 177. 



Antrim Co., Mich., 623. 



Ants, beneficial by destroying other insect*, 169. 



Appalachian, Virginia, 468, 409. 



Appanoose Co., Iowa, planting in, 553. 



Appenzal, canton of, 371, 374. 



Apple, kinds tried in Nebraska, 273. 



Apple-tree, heating qualities of the wood, 136. 



A: ago, report by, 314, 315. 



Aragua, lake, in Venezuela, 329. 



Arapahoe Co., Colo, 590. 



Arbor day, 48, 198; in Iowa, 565; in Minnesota, 

 534, 535, 536, 537; Minnesota, planting on, 538; 

 Nebraska, 582. 



Arbor vitae, cultivation of, 106, 509. 



Arceuthobium pusillum, on the spruce, 163. 



Areas, census, 1850, '60, '70, a86; Massachusetts, 

 419; New York, 434; Saginaw lumber, compari^ 

 sons, 517. 



Arizona Ter., 592 ; elevation of timber-line in, 267. 



Arnold, James, bequest of, 216, 217. 



Arthur, J. C, flora of Iowa cited, 580. 



Arundo areuaria in sands, 78. 



Ascension, planting on island of, 303, 329. 



Aschaffenburg, Forest Academy at, 618; meteo< 

 rological records at, 234. 



Ash, experiment on sap of, 427 ; in exposed situa- 

 tions, 68; green, cultivation in Iowa, 553, 558; 

 in Massachusetts, 411 ; in North Carolina, 475; in 

 Tennessee, 483 ; in West Virginia, 491, 4'J2; plant- 

 ing of the, 59, 73, 75, 418, 506, 508; white, heating 

 qualities of, 136; soil suited for, 72; weight of,442. 



Ash-leaved maple in Io.wa, 562. 



Ashes of wood, elements found in, 74. 



Ashland, Wis., 547. 



Ashtabula, shipments to, 517. 



Asia, Central, climate of, 309 ; forest vegetation of 

 eastern coast, 27. 



Aspect, effects of, 266, 273. 



Aspen in Iowa, 563. 



Associations for ornamental planting, 208 ; for vil- 

 lage improvement, 217. 



Atchison Co., Kans., 574. 



Atchison, Topoka and S.mta r6 Railroad, 113. 



Athol, Duke of, larch plantation byr659. 



Atlantic States, census statistics, 386. 



Atmometer, 232. 



Atmosphere, component parts of, 221. 



Aude, torrent of, 355. 



Augbey, Prof. S., cited, 580. 



An Gres, Boom, 516. 



Au Gres Ri- er, Mich., 522. 



Augusta, Ga., Eucalyptus fails at, 607. 



Aulnay, France, dying of beech at, 188. 



Anrillac, convention at, 340. 



Au Sable Boom, Mich., 516. 



Au Sable,^ Mich., 520. 



Au Sable River, Mich., 516, 522. 



Au Sable River, N. Y., 436 ; iron-works on, 441. 



Australia, climate of, 308 ; shipments to, 448, 609 j 

 observations in, 333. 



Austria, forest schools in, 622. 



Austrian forests, fires in, 161. 



Autumnal colors, 301 ; growth of wood, 61 ; plan^ 

 ing in Nebraska, 584. 



Anx Bees Scies River, Mich., 523. 



Avalanches of earth, prevention of, 363, 374, 379. 



Babylon, floods at, 328. 



Bad Ax Co., Wis., 528. 



Badge of the forester's profession, 214, 



Badger's Mills, Wis., 543, 547, 550. 



Bad River, Mich., 512 ; boom at, 516. 



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