INDEX. 



645 



Polypoms hybridus, 177. 



Pomaceae, in Massachusetts, 414. 



Pomerania, former regulation in, 361. 



Pond Creek, Kans., tree-planting at, 119. 



Pond pine, Nortti Carolina, 471. 



Pontey, William, mode of trimming, by, 90. 



Pontine Marshes, 313. 



Poplars, in exposed sitnations, 68 ; pruning of, 95 

 wood-gas from, 134; heating qualities of 136 

 as screens in Italy, 273 ; water required by, 290 

 in Massachusetts, 409 ; in North Carolina, 476 . 

 in Tennessee, 485; in West Virginia, 491; yel 

 low, in West Virginia, 491 ; white, in Iowa, 563 : 

 large-toothed, in Kansas, 574 ; cultivation of, 508 



Popmation, etfect of eroding torrents upon, 359. 



Populus monihfera, in Scotland, 181. 



Populus balsamifera, effects of temperature, 322. 



Portage Co., Ohio, 496. 



Portage Lake, Mich., 524. 



Port Austin, Mich., 545. 



Port Byron, 111., 544, 548, 549. 



Port Clinton, Saginaw, shipments to, 517. 



Port Crescent, Mich., 542, 545. 



Port Dalhousie, shipments to, 518. 



Port Deposit lumber district, 404. 



Port Edwards, Wis., 530. 



Port Huron, 517, 542, 545. 



Port Orford, Oreg., 598. 



Portable railroads for lumbering, 551 



Portugal, school of forestry in, 631. 



Posen, former regulation in, 361. 



Posey Co., Ind., 602. 



Potasheries, Michigan, 526. 



Pot and pearl ash, 1840, 385. 



Potter, George C, information from, 606. 



Potter Co., Pa., pine of, 463, 464. 



Pottsdale Furnace, returns from, 125. 



Power used in lumber manufacture, 389, 422, 525, 

 607. 



Prague, royal polytechnic institute at, 621. 



Prairies of Kansas, planting on, 7, 119; timber- 

 culture act applies to, 17 ; remote from seas, 227; 

 effect of vegetation on, 290 ; of Mississippi, 481 ; 

 of Iowa, 551. 



Precautions against forest fires, 158, 159. 



Precipitation, record of, 234. 



Premiums, States may offer, 197 ; fortreeplanting 

 in Massachusetts, 417; in Minnesota, .'>35; of 

 Iowa Agricultural and Horticultoral Society, 553, 

 556, 564 ; in Nebraska, 582. 



Preparation for planting, Evelyn, 42 ; required for 

 schools of forestry, 613. 



Presque I^le, Mich., 523, 524. 



Preston, Ohio, planting at, 495. 



Pressure of sap, experiments on, 425. 



Prevention of torrents, 356. 



Price, Eli K., circular of, relating to Michaux 

 Grove, 216. 



Prices, change of, at Port Deposit, 464. 



Prickly pine in North Carolina, 471. 



Private forests in Prussia, former regulation In, 

 362. 



Profit of planting, 27, 46, 63. 



Promenhof, records at, 234. 



Property in timber lands, 26. 



Prosecution of depredators, 13, 16, 17. 



Proctor, John R., cited, 489. 



Provence, climate of, 293, 315. 



Providence, R. I., lumber inspected at, 434. 



Provincetown, planting on lands in, 81. 



Pruning of forest-trees, 88 ; tools, 60, 92. 



Pruntrut, records at, 254. 



Prussia, recent legislation in, 360, 363 ; former 

 regulations in, 361 ; comparative meteorological 

 records in, 251. 



Psychromoter, 223, 231. 



Puget Sound, lumber of, 610, 611. 



PuiiJ paper from wood, 122, 123. 



Pump-making, Massachusetts, 423 ; Michigan, 526. 



Pumps, longer than formerly, 293. 



Pussey, Pennock, 5,35. 



Pyrenees, effect of clearings in, 293 ; vegetation 

 of, 315 ; erosions in, 334 ; torrents of, 355. 



Quebec, forest fires in province of, 158 ; Vermont 

 timber sent to, 402; exportation by way of, 



Qnincy, 111., 544, 548, 549. 



Rabbit, injuries by, 119, 173. 



Racket River, N. Y., 436, 441. 



Radiation of heat, how affected by trees, 281 ; M. 

 Becqnerel on, 323 ; hindered by damp air, 333. 



Rafting on the Susquehanna, 404. 



Ragan, W. H., observations by, 509. 



Railroads, miles each year in United States since 

 1864, 112 ; use of wood by, 113 ; tree-planting by 

 companies, 118 ; fires caused by, 158 ; snow- 

 screens along, 281, 284 ; sleepers, Massachusetts, 

 420, 421 ; New York forest products on. 446, 447; 

 shipments from Saginaw, 519 ; Michigan, west 

 side, 522; Northwestern, lumber on, 545, 549; 

 short lines in lumber-regions, 551. 



Rain and snow gauges, 231. 



Rain-fall, 285 ; close relation between, and forests, 

 28; as affecting wood-growth, 30; on high 

 grounds, 220 ; records of, 234 ; effect of forests 

 upon, 247 ; percentage in woods, 248 ; in woods 

 and open fields, Swiss stations, 201 ; winds that 

 bring, 270 ; in North Carolina, 470 ; in Kansa.s, 

 571 ; in Nebraska, 585 ; la Nevada, 593 ; at Salt 

 Lake City, 596. 



Ramel, M., introduces the Eucalyptus into France, 

 605. 



Randall, Minn., tree-planting at, 121. 



Ransom, W. C, statement by, 576. 



Ravages from insects, 161. 



Raymond, R. W., cited, 588, 592. 



Raynor, George H., a park commissioner, 437. 



Real -Academy, Vienna. 



Reboisemont, "336-354, 371, 380. 



Redbud, cultivation of, 508. 



Red cedar, seeds of, 34 ; hedges, 106, 276 ; in Ten- 

 nessee, 29, 483 ; in West Virginia, 490. 



Red charcoal, 132. 



Red elm, planting of, in Iowa, 561. 



Red Lake, Minn., 532. 



Red light, effect of, 300. 



Red mulberry in Iowa, 562. 



Red pine, bark of, used for tanning, 140. 



Red Wing, Minn., 544, 548, 549. 



Red River Valley, Minn., 532, 533. 



Redwoods, geological relations to, 29 ; reproduces 

 by sprouts, 101 ; of California, 600, 601, 602, 603 ; 

 flourish in foggy regions, 602; received at San 

 Francisoo, 608. 



Redwood willow, 108. 



Regnanlt, formulae of, 225. 



Reed, C. H., estimates of timber in California, 600. 



Roed, Dr. R. H., statements by, 527. 



Reed City, Mich., ,522. 



Reeve, Tracy, observations by, 509. 



Regimbeau, M., on planting, 51. 



Registers of land-otlices, opinions of, 20. 



Relative humidity, 223, 225, 253. 



Removal, change in trees by, 87. 



Renovo, Pa., lumber-region, 465, 400. 



Repair of injuries to trees, 88. 



Reservations, various timber, 11. 



Resin, exudation of, from wounds, 90 ; formation 

 of, 290. 



Resinous-forest products, 137, 139, 140. 



Resources, timber of United States, 384. 



Reiinion, climate of, 302 ; Eucalyptus in, 606. 



Reuss, torrents of, 373. 



Reventlov, dunes of Denmark planted by, 80. 



Royman, Lewis J., statement by, 50J. 



Rhamnus, as a screen, 276. 



Rhine, floods of, 372, 373 ; provinces, former regu- 

 lations in, 361, 362 ; changes in, 292, 294, 295. 



Rhode Island, forest statistics, 433. 



Rhone, torrents in tributaries of, 373. 



Rhus, several species used for tanning, 153L 



Richardson Co., Kans., 585. 



Richland Co., Wis., 528. 



Richland Iron Company, returns from, 125. 



Riedinger, experiments of, 133. 



Rifle River, Mich., 522. 



Rifle River boom, 510. 



Rigaud de I'Isle cited, 313. 



Rights of usage in forests, 8. 



Ripley, A. A., statement by, 578. 



River's, erQsion by, willow-planting prevents, 111; 

 luQiber on northwestern, 545, 549; effect of for- 

 ests upon, 289. 



Roads, drifting, suggestion of a law concerning, 

 282; planting on (see State laws). 



Robert, M., remedy for scolytos by, 107. 



