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INDEX. 



Baden, forest school in, 620, 601. 



Bafineris, M., cited, 179 ; oii the formation of wood, 

 61 ; ou turpentine of France, 141. 



Bailie, M., ou hail-btorms, 299. 



Baker's Run, timber on, 467. 



Baldwin, Mich., 522. 



Balloon observation* of M. Tissandier, 333. 



Baltic, sand-dunes of shores of, eO. 



Balsam fir succeeds American larch, 192. 



Balsam fir in Massachusetts, 40G ; in North Caro- 

 lina, 472. 



Bangor, lumber statistics of, 396. 



Banks, Mich., 513. 



Banquettes for preventing erosion of torrents, 35G. 



Barberry rnst, 189. 



Bark-bound trees, 189. 



Barks, expeiiments of Dr. Bauer on, 149; pround, 

 392; peeling of, 147; production in Massachu- 

 setts, 420; sale of by weight, 146. 



Barnard. Mr., on effects of shelter, 274. 



Barnes, C. E., statement by, 500. 



Barnstable Co., Mass.. tree-planting at, 427. 



Barras, school of guards at, 629. 



Barrels manufactured in Michigan, census, 526. 



Barrels, of jjotash, change to tons, 443. 



Barrens of Kentucky, 489, 490. 



Barren Springs Furnace, returns from, 12.5. 



Barres, France,-meteorological observations at, 203. 



Barriers for proveuting erosions, 356. 



Bartlet Land and Lumber Company, 397. 



Bartlett, Levi, experience of, in tree-planting, 400. 



Basket- willov/, lO-'-lll. 



Basle-Campague, Switzerland, 371. 



Bass-wood, water required by, 290 ; weight of, 442 ; 

 wood-gas from, 134 ; in Tennessee, 484 ; in West 

 Virginia, 491. 



Bauer, Dr., experiments on bark by, 149; experi- 

 ments in seed, 32. 



Bavaria, comparative meteorological observations 

 in, 230 ; former rocxulalions in, 361. 



Bay Boom, Wis., .030. 



Bay City, Mich., 513, 543, 545. 



Bay Co., Mich., 522. 



Bagley, Gov. John A., suggestion by, 512. 



Bayne, Lewis, prize essay by, 65. 



Beaches, burning of gras.s on, forbidden, 81. 



Beal, Professor, observations by, 178. 



Beaver Kiver, lumber on, 441. 



Beavers, destruction of trees by, 174. 



Becker, General Geo. L., 534. 



Beokmann, G., precept of, upon sowing, 30. 



Becquerel, A. C., on effects of shelter, 274; cited 

 on hsil-storms, 299 ; memoir upon forests and cli- 

 mate, 310. 



Bedford willow. 108. 



Beech-seed, huw l)est covered. 32. 



Beech, in exposed situations, 68 ; soil suited for, 

 7J; heatiug qualities of, 136; dying out of, 188; 

 repntedimmimityagainst lightning, 299 ; weight 

 of, 442; in Nortii Carolina, 474; in Tennessee, 

 483; iu West Virginia, 491,492. 



Beech Creek, timber on, 467. 



Beech-grass for planting, 78, 80, 81. 



Beetles, destruction of wood by, 161. 



Beetles in dead evergreens, 165. 



Belgium, sand dunes in, 80. 



Belle Fontaine, comparative observations at, 262. 



Bellevuo, Iowa, 544, 548, 549, 568. 



Belts of timber, 38; planting of, on mountains, 

 357 ; of forest in California, 599. 



Bentham, botanical labors of, 605. 



Benton Co., Iowa, wild red cherry in, 563. 



Benzie Co., Mich., 523. 



Bequests for promotion of sylviculture, 215. 



Berghaus, M., cited, 296, 330. 



Berigny, records of, 251. 



Berkeley, description of a fungus by, 177. 



Bermuda grass planted on sands, 81. 



Berne, cauton of. forest, re<;ulations, 371, 375 ; com- 

 parative records in, 254. 



■Bernhardt, Dr., 617. 



Bert, M.,on eflect of colored light, 300. 



Bertie Co., N. C, immense timber from, 471. 



Bessey, C. E., cited, 5.52. 



Beugnot, M., reportof, 314, 317. 



Big Cottonwood Canon, 594. 



Big Rapids, Mich., 521. 



Big Sandy River, W. Va., timber on. 493. 



Big Sioux River, Dak., 569. 



Big Snamico, Wis., 531, 543, 547, 550. 



Big tree of Genesee Flats. 454. 



Big trees of California, 603. 



Big woods of Minnesota, 532, 533. 



Bill suggested in reference to pine timber, 197 ; 

 snow screens, 282 ; forest fires, 159. 



Biota orientalis as a screen, 2; 6. 



Birch, heating qualities cf wood, 136. 



Birch, water required by, 290. 



Birch family iu Massachusetts, 409; in New- 

 Hampshire, 400; in North Carolina, 476; in 

 Tennessee, 483; sap, experiments on, 426; yel- 

 low, in Iowa, 563. 



Birds, insectivorous, protection of, 170; Swiss, law 

 for protection, 375. 



Bischof, observations by, 239. 



Bishof, J. W., tree-planting by, 121. 



Black gum of North Caiolina, 475. 



Black River, N. Y., lumber on, 436, 438, 441. 



Black River, Upper Peninsula, Mich., .524. 



Black River, Wis., 530, 543, 545, 547, 550; shingle 

 product of 540. 



Black River FisUs, Wis., 530, 541, 543, 550. 



Black River, shipments to, 517. 



Black rosin, 142. 



Black walnut, weight of, 442; in Iowa, 559. 



Blackwater River, Fia., 479. 



Blake, J. W., 535. 



Bleeding crevices in timber, 92, 176. 



Blizards, winds so-called, 270. 



Blue Earth Co., Minn., 532. 



Blue gum of Australia, 604. (See Eucalyptus.) 



Bine liaht, effect of, 300. 



Blue Ridge, in North Carolina, 470 ; in Virginia, 

 4GS, 469. 



Bluff foiTuation timber on, 481. 



Board of Trade, Albany Lumberman's, 448. 



Boards in Albany, West Troy, and Waterford, 

 4-19 ; on New York canals, 444, 446. 



Biida, Sweden, forest school at, 632. 



Bodega country, timber of, 603. 



Bohemia, forest school in, 624. 



Bois Franc, Minn., 532. 



P.olander, Dr. Henry N., remarks on redwoods, 602. 



Bond's Mills, Mich., 5-a. 



Bonpland, M., cited, 318. 



Boom, Hudson River, 439; statistics of, 440. 



Boom law of Michigan, defect in, 516. 



Booms of Saginaw, comparison of, 516. 



Boom Company, Susquehanna, 466; of West 

 Branch, 465. 



Boreas River, lumber on, 438. 



Borer, immense destruction of pines by, 470 ; in 

 Kansas, 165, 574, 575, .576 ; in Nebraska, 584. 



Bosland, Kans., planting at, 119. 



Bouch6, M., on planting sterile lands, 82. 



Bourbon, climate of isle of, 3U2. 



Bonrg-Argental, snow-screen near, 283. 



Boussingault, on climate, 310 ; cited, 325, 329. 



Bonvart, M., experiments of, 149. 



Booton, L., on climate of Mauritius, 306. 



Box, as a screen, 276. 



Box-elder, cultivation of, 508, 562; exception of, in 

 timber-culture claims, 19. 



Boyd Co., Ky., 488. 



Boygan Lake, Wis., 530. 



Brackett, G. C, statement by, 76. 



Brard, C. P., paper made from wood by, 122. 



Bre<'kinridge Co., Kv., 488, 490. 



Br^moutier. N. T., planting of dunes by, 75. 



Brewer, Prof. W. H., cited, 29, 606. 



Brewster, Mr., on planting, 48. 



Bristol Co., Mass., planting in, 431. 



British India, forest fires in, 155. 



Britton, T. A., on dry-rot, 177. 



Brokenstraw, lumber on the, 463. 



Brookline, Mass., tree-plauting in, 432. 



Brooklyn, transplanting in parka of, 84. 



Broussenetia papvrifera, 124. 



Brown Co., Ii:d., 498. 



Brown, J., on plantingof cake, 64 ; rule for prepar- 

 ing trees for removal, 83 ; on effect of tree-plant- 

 ing, 291. 



Brown, Rev. J. C, on reboisement, cited, 337. 370 ; 

 on climate of St Heler:a, 303; on climate of South 

 Africa, 304 ; on schools of forestry, 618, 620. 



Brown's Tract, N. Y., 436. 



Brunswick, polytechnic school at, 621. 



Brussels, hygrometrical obaervationa at, 226, 227. 



