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INDEX. 



Oldham Conntj-.Ky., local law in, 490. 



Olive family in Massachusetts, 411. 



Olmstead County, Minn., 532. 



Olpe, law lor disii ict of, 360. 



Ombergs. Sweden, forest school at, 632. 



Oneida Co., K. Y., profits of tree-culture in, 456. 



Ontonagon County, Mich., 5-'6 ; river, 524. 



Opinions on question of timber, 12. 



Oppert, M., observations of, 328. 



Oqneoc Pdver, Mich., 523. 



Orange County, Ind., 501. 



Orchards, -wind-breaks in, 273; protection of, in 



Kansas, 277. 

 Oregon, elevation of timber-line in, 227 ; Professor 



Newberry's remarks on, 596 ; forests of, 610. 

 Oriental regard for trees, 308. 

 Origin of forest fires, 156. 

 Orleans, ancient water-supply of. 330. 

 Ornamental planting in Paris, 51 ; mistakes in, 58; 



trimming in, 89 ; list recommended for, 539. 

 Orono, Me., hygrometrical observations at, 2S9. 

 Oronoco, climate of, 318. 

 Osage orange, exceptions of, in timber culture 



claims, 19 ; hedges, 105 ; injured by gophers, 173. 

 Osceola County, Mich., 522. 

 Oscoda, Mich., 516, 520, 522. 

 Oshkosh, Wis.. 541, 543, 547. 

 Osier willow, 108. 



Oswegatchio River, N. T., 436, 438, 441. 

 Oswego, Saginaw shipments to, 417, 519; forest 



prouucts received at, 445. 

 Ostrya Virginica, experiment on sap of, 427. 

 Otoe County, Nebr., 584. 

 Otsego County. Mich., 522, 523. 

 Otsego Lake, Mich., 523. 

 Ottawa University, planting at, 577. 

 Otter Tail river and lake, 532. 

 Ovens for burning charcoal, 128. 

 Ovideo, statement by, 329. 

 Owen County, Ind., 501. 

 Ozark Iron Works, returns from, 125. 

 Ozone, effect of woodlands on, 251. 



Pachen, Wm., statement by, 586. 



Pacific coast, conifers of, 268 ; winds on, 270. 



Pacific States, census statistics, 387 ; railroads, 112. 



Packing of clay and brush to prevent torrents, 357. 



Paddock, Major, trees planted by, 432. 



Palestine, droughts in, 296. 



Palmetto region of North Carolina, 469, 476. 



Panama, lumber from San Francisco to, 609. 



Paper-pulp from wood, 112, 392; mulberry, 124. 



Paris, ornamental planting in, 51,87,94; Institnt 



Agronomique at, 630. 

 Parks, encouragement of, 199; Adirondac, pro- 



p.';sed, 436 ; proposed, for Wisconsin, 531. 

 Parke Co., Ind., 5Ul. 

 Parry, Prof. C. C, on change in trees by removal, 



87. 

 Pascagoula lumber region, 482. 

 Passamaquoddy River, lumber resources of, 397. 

 Pasturage, ruinous eflects of, 336, 356, 358. 

 Patrick, Gen. M. R., on efiect of clearings, 293. 

 Patrick, W. R., on paper-making, 123. 

 Pawnee County, Nebr., 585. 

 Peat, gas from, 133. 

 leichcrop, 272. 

 Pecan, range of, 494. 

 Pecan Island reserved for live oak, 11. 

 Peck, C. H., cited, 162, 103, 178. 

 Peeling of oak bark, 147. 



Pekin, hygrometrical observations at, 226, 227. 

 Pel]ecot,'M.. cited, 172. 

 Pembroke, Mass., tree-planting at, 431. 

 Penalties, States may impose, 197. 

 Pennsylvania, forest fires in, 156 ; lumber produC' 



tion'(1610), 462; forest, resources of, 461, 406. 

 Penobscot River, timber resources of, 396. 

 Pensacola, Fla., 479. 

 Pensaukee, Wis., 531, 543, 5.')0. 

 Pentwater, Mich., 520, 523, 542, 545, 

 Percentages, maple sugar,'391. 

 Percolaticn of water, measurement of, 232. 

 Percy's Metallurgy cited, 128, 129. 

 Perdrdo Bay, Fla., 479. 

 Pere Marquette, Mich., 523. 

 Perfume trom pLue eap, 143. 



Peridermnm decolorans, injuries from, 178. 



Perry Co., Ind., 501. 



Perrysburg, Mich., 542, 545, 546. 



Persia, climate of, 309 ; droughts in, 296. 



Persimmon, heating qualities of, 130 ; in Ohio, 434 j; 

 Japanese, 609. 



Persons employed in lumber manufacture, 389, 

 390, 392, 422. 



Perthius, erosion of torrents, 356. 



Peru, lumber from San Francisco to, 609. 



Peruvian bark, substitute for, 103. 



Peshtigo, Wis., 531, 541, 543, 547, 550. 



Peters, R., on injuries to pines, 164, 190. 



Potrovsky, school of forestry at, 631. 



Pettenkofer, experiments of, 133. 



Pflel, Dr. F. W. L., founder of School of Forestry 

 at Neustadt-Eberswaldo, 614. 



Phoenological observations, 235. 



Phelps Brothers, pioneer lumbermen, 464. 



Phylloxera, oak injured by ; 161 ; ravages of, 291, 



Pickets received at San Francisco, 608. 



Picture-frame manufacture, Michigan, 526. 



Piedmont region of Virginia, 467, 469 ; North Caro- 

 lina, 470. 



Pierson, Mich., 521. 



Pike, N., work on Mauritius, cited, 305.' 



Pike River, Wis., 531. 



Pim, Captain, on climate of Nicaragua, 31©, 



Pine in exposed situations, 68 ; heating qualities 

 of, 136; forests, destruction of, 164; round, di- 

 sease of, J78 ; rust in, 180; Scotch, injuries to, 

 181 ; schiitt, disease in, 183 ; white, in Virginia, 

 exceptional occurence of, 192; water required by, 

 290; rules for cultivation of, 417 ; white, weight 

 of, 442; at Elgin, 111., 509; in shelter-belts, 557 j 

 received at San Francisco, 608. 



Pines in Now Hampshire, 399, 400; in Massachu- 

 setts, 406, 416 ; former, near Seneca Lake, N. Y., 

 457 ; in Pennsylvania, 464 ; in North Carolina, 

 471 ; in West Virginia, 490 ; in Tennes.seo, 485 ; 

 in Ohio, 495; in Michigan, 512; in Minnesota, 

 zone of, 532 ; in Iowa, 560. 



Pine lauds, sale of, 11 ; suggestions concerning, 14. 



Pine sap, odor from, 143. 



I'ine seed, covering of, 32. 



Pino timber, cost of growing, 196. 



"Pino Tree State," 396. 



Pino tribe. Remarks by John Nuttall, 56. 



Pine wowl, 144. 



Pino River, Mich., 512, 516, 522,530; upper penin-, 

 sula, 524. 



Pioneer Press, Minnesota, prr.Exinmsofi'eredby, 535k 



Pioneers, depredations by, 9. 



Pioneer lumbering in Pennsylvania, 462, 463. 



Piper, R. V., on efiect of forests, 



Pitch production, 1840, 385, 468. 



Pitch-pine of North Carolina, 471 ; planting of, on 

 sands, 81 ; sprouts from, 405. 



Pittsburg, a lumber market, 441. 



Pl.ains, Nebraska, signs of forest growth in, 580. 



Planting under timber-culture act, 17 ; sowing and, 

 30. 



Planchon on Eucalyptus, 605. 



Planing-mills, Michigan, census returns, 525. 



Plane-treo family in Massachusetts, 409. 



Planting, Professor McAfee on, 34 ; on the sod, 40; 

 along highways, 50; ornamental, in Paris, 51; 

 of the oak, oaily American advice, 63 ; on moor- 

 pan soil, 65; in exposed and maritime situations, 

 65 ; on soils and subsoils suited for, 69 ; of the ash, 

 73, 75 ; T)f dunes, 75 ; how States may encourage, 

 197 ; of eroded slopes, 358 ; general rules for, 418 ; 

 in Minnesota, 538; lists, recommended for, in 

 Minnesota 5:i9 ; methods advised in Iowa, 552 ; 

 of cuttings, 557 ; done in Iowa, table of, 506 ; in 

 Nebraska, advice of J. Sterling Morton, 583. 



Platanus of great size in Indiana, 500. 



Platanus occidentalis, suited for cities, 182 ; from 

 cuttings, 554. 



Platte, valley of, 579. 



Pod-bearing trees of North Carolina, 474. 



Poestonkill, reservoirs on, 330. 



Poivro, forest regulations by, 305. 



Pole-road for lumbering, 551. 



Polos received at San Francisco, 608. 



Pollard.s, suggestions concerning, 93. 



Polytechnic School at Carlsruho, 620 ; at Paris, 

 621 ; at Zurich, 621 ; at Vienna, 621. 



Polygomum amphibium for tanning, 14C. 



