INDEX. 



647 



Schools of forestry— Continned. 

 Moscow, academy near, C31. 

 Miinden, Prussia, forest academy at, 618. 

 IJancy, school of forestry at, 0'26. 

 If eustadt-Eberswalde, Prussia, forest acad., 614. 

 Paris, Institut Agronomique at, G30. 

 Saint Petersburg, academy near, 632. 

 Schemnitz, forest school at, 625. 

 Schneeberg, elementary forest school at, 625. 

 Sillre, Sweden, forest school at, 632. 

 Stockholm, forest academy at, 632. 

 Tharaud, forest academy at, 618. 

 Tierps, Sweden, forest school at, 632. 

 Tubingen, forestry course at university, 620. 

 ■ Vallombrosa, Italy, forest school at, 630. 

 Vienna, high school of agriculture at, 623. 

 Weisswasser, foresi school at, 623. 

 Wildalpen, forest school at, 624. 

 Zurich, forestry department of polytechnic 

 school at, 626. 

 Schroon Eiver, lumber on, •438. 

 Schubler on absorption of soils, 315. 

 Schiilz, Prof., 617. 

 " Schiitt disease " of pines, 183. 

 Schuyler, General, on effect of shade on wheat, 301. 

 Schuyler Co., N. Y., 457. 

 Schuylerville, lumber statistics of, 440. 

 Scofleld, D. C, on transplanting of large ever- 



greens, 57; cited, 61, 272, 507, 560. 

 Scolytes, injuries by, 167. 

 Scotch pine in Iowa, 566. 

 Scotland, preparation of bark in, 147 ; diaeasea of 



larch in, 181. 

 Scott, Col. John, on -willow hedges, 106, 563. 

 Scott Co., Ind., 502. 

 Screens, over seed-beds. 36 ; planted by railroads, 



118; importance of, 270; willow as, 107, 273. 

 Schwytz, canton of, 371. 



Season best for trimming, 92 ; effect of, upon rela- 

 tive humidity, 230 ; temperatures of, 235 ; moist- 

 nre by, 237; temperature of soils in different, 

 238; effect of, upon evaporation, 243; change of, 

 in Michigan, 271 ; in Ohio, 495. 

 Sedgwick Co., Kans., 578. 



Seeds, classification of, 34 ; forest, conditions most 

 favorable for growing of, 32; gathering of, 33, 

 45 ; tree planting of, 34 ; endurance of, in soils, 

 489 ; preservation of 506. 

 Seed-years of trees, 40. 

 Seemann on climate of Nicaragua, 310. 

 Seeshaupt, records at, 234. 

 Seetz, waters of, 373. 

 Seizure of stolen timber, 13. 

 Self-registering thermometers, 231. 

 Seneclauze, M., planting done by, 283. 

 Sensation of cold, effect of humidity upon, 269. 

 Sensulipec, effect of clearings in, 310. 

 Sequoia gigantea (big trees), 603; in Europe, 368, 



604. 

 Serpe, 92. 



Settlers, use of timber by, 15. 

 Seward Co., Kans., 536. 

 Seymour, Horatio, a park commlasioner, 437 ; letter 



from, 4.")5. 

 Sexz6, malaria at, 285. 

 Shade trees, list recommended, 539; Chancellor 



Livingston on effect of, 300. 

 Shade, as distinguished Jrom cover, 102. 

 Shaler, N. S., report cited, 486. 

 Sharp, Lieut. Thomas, statement by, 587. 

 Shawnee Co., Kans., 578. 

 Shears for trimming, 92. 

 Sheep, dama";e done by, 105, 358. 

 She&eld, C. H., statement by, 575. 

 Shelter in nurseries, 36 ; benefit to cattle from, 275; 



planting of, 270, 279, 313, 556. 

 Sliepardea argentea, commended, 537. 

 Sherman, Ezra, statement by, 495. 

 Shiawassee Co., Mich., 514. 

 Shiawassee River, Mich.. 512. 

 Shingle-machines, Lake Huron shore, 520. 

 Shicgle-mills, Mich., census return, 525. 

 Shingles, M. change to tons, 443 ; on New York 

 canals, 444, 445; at Albany, West Troy, and 

 Waterford, 449 ; Saginaw, comparison of" years, 

 515 ; Lake Huron shore, 520 ; product of North- 

 west, 540; of Buffalo, 453; received at San Fran- 

 cisco, 608 ; made in California, 608. 



Ship-building, qualities prized in the oak for, 64; 

 of Maine, 395, 396 ; in Massachusetts, 424 ; in 

 Michigan, 526. 

 Shipments from Saginaw, 517. 

 Shoe-pegs, 392. 

 Should we sow or plant 1 30. 

 Showers, effect of, 251. 

 Siberia, lain-fall in, 287. 

 Sicily, droughts in, 296. 

 Siebengobirgo, observations made at, 239. 

 Siegen, law for district of, 360. 

 Sierras, effect of clearing in the, 335, 598, 599. 

 Silesia, former regulation in, 361. 

 Sillre, Sweden, forest school at, 632. 

 Silver-fir seeds, covering of, 32. 

 Silver maple in Kansas, 573. 

 Sinclair, Sir John, on preservation of woodlands, 



105. 

 Sinnamahoning Creek, Pa., 464, 467. 

 Sitka, hygrometrical observations at, 226, 227. 

 Six-Island reserved for live-oak, 10. 

 Skasaborg, Sweden, meteorological station at, 2C4. 

 Skins, production of, 1840, 385. 

 Skinner, Francis, trees procured by, 418. 

 Slade, Elisha, report from, 431. 

 Slash-pine of North Carolina, 471. 

 Slopes, 266, 273. 



Smallwood, Dr. Charles, records by, 251. 

 Smith, C. A., cited on charcoal-making, 129. 

 Smith, Jasper, on climate of Madeira, 301. 

 Smith, R. Baird, report by, 307. 

 Smithsonian Institution, records of, 285. 

 Smith's Ferry, ancient carvings at, 292. 

 Smoke for protection against insects, 168 ; injury 



to trees from, 182. 

 Snow blockades in prairie region, 122; drifting, how 

 prevented, 199 ; percentage in woods, 248 ; fences 

 on Pacific roads, 281 ; effects of, 250, 540 ; in fields 

 and woods, Swiss stations, 261 ; sowing upon, 266, 

 351 ; screens against drifting, 281 ; retained by 

 woodlands, 286 ; packing of, around fruit-treea, 

 289 ; in caiions of "Wahsatch Mountains, 595. 

 Snyder, E., statement by, 575. 

 Society of Public Utility, Swiss, 371. 

 Society for promotion of arts, &c., New York, 434. 

 Sodding of slopes, 359. 



Sod, planting on the, 40. (See Heboisement.) 

 Soil, temper.-iture of, 236, 238, 240, 259 ; evaporation 

 from, 244 ; prairie, erosion of, 291 ; absorption of, 

 297, 315 ; classification of, 312; effects of temper- 

 ature, 326. 

 Soleure, forest regulations, 371. 

 Somson, Mr., estimates by, 196. 

 Sonderhoim, depth of Rhine at, 295. 

 Sonoma Co., Cat., 601. 

 Sonoma, Eucalvptus at^ 606. 

 Sonle, A. A., 535. 



Sound, as a means for testing timber, 177. 

 Sour-gum, heating qualities of, 136. 

 Southern aspect, 266. 

 Southern Pacific Railroad, planting proposed by, 



607. 

 Southern States; railroads in, 112; census statis- 

 tics, 386. 

 South Africa, climate of, 304. 

 South America, effect of clearings in, 319. 

 South Carolina, pine regions of, 137; former inju- 

 ries to pines in, 164. 

 South Haven, Mich., 542, 545. 

 Sowing and planting, 30. 

 Sowing on snows, 260 ; on eroded slopes, 358. 

 Space required for tree-growth, 36, 37. 

 Spades, arrangement of four for transplanting, 86. 

 Spain, droughts in, 296 ; school of forestry in, 630. 

 Spearville, Kans., tree-planting at, 119. 

 Specific gravity of charcoals, 136; of woods, 136. 

 Spring growth of wood, 61. 

 Spring Lake, Mich., 521, 541, 542, 545, 546. 

 Spring planting, Nebraska, 47. 

 Springs, effect of woodlands upon, 289, 328. 

 Sprouting of pitch pine, 406; redwood, 601. 

 Sprouts, reproduction of forests by, 101. 

 Spruce, black, enemies of, 162, 163, 180 ; injured by 

 spring frosts, 268 ; as a shelter-belt, 279 ; of Mas- 

 sachusetts, 406 ; of North Carolina, 472 ; of Ohio, 

 495; weight of, 442; received at San Francisox), 

 608. 

 Stag-horn tops, 188. 



