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INDEX. 



Watson, "W. C, observation by, 192. 



"Watts, Hon. Frederick, on willow culture, 111. 



Wax myrtle family in Massachusetts, 409. 



Weather signal service, records of, 285. 



Webster, Xoah, on change of climate, 269. 



Webster Co., Iowa, plantinci in, 553. 



Weight of a cord of different woods, 136 ; of vapor 

 in atmosphere, 237 ; rule for changing, to meas- 

 ure, 442, 443. 



Weisenbach, waters of the, 373. 



Wells filled with willow roots, 112. 



West Bay City, Mich., 513. 



West Branch.'Pa., timber on, 464. 



West Branch Boom Company, 465. 



West Bracch Canal, lumber business on, 464, 465. 



West Canada Creek, lumber on, 441. 



AA'estchester Co., N. Y., 458. 



Western aspect, 266. 



Western States, census statistics, 387 ; railroads 

 in, 112. 



West Indies, aridity in, 307. 



Westphalia, former regulations in, 361. 



West Eoxbury, arboretum at, 217 ; ornamental 

 planting, taste for, 217. 



West Side Railroads, Michigan, 522. 



West Troy lumber ma' ket, 447, 449. 



West Virginia, forest resources of, 490. 



Wex, G., on effect of clearings, 294. 



Wexford Co., Mich., 523. 



Weisswasser forest school at, 623. 



Wheat, causes of failure in, 271 ; effect of shelter 

 upon, S'll; loss of, from want of shelter, in Illi- 

 nois, 278; benefited by timber belts, 287; effect 

 of oak-shade on, 301. 



Wheelbarrow manufacture, Michigan, 526. 



Wheeler, Edward S., cited, 460. 



Wheeler, William A., a park commissioner, 437. 



Wheelwrighting, Massachusetts, 423. 



White, Robert, on climate of Madeira, 301. 



White Cloud, Mich., 521. 



White Co., Ind., 505. 



Whitefish River, Mich., 524. 



Whitehall, Mich., 520, 521, 541, 542, 545. 



Whitehall, JT. Y., forest products received at, 446. 



White Lake, Mich., 521. 



White Mountain region, X. H., 399. 



Whiting, C. E., of Iowa, cited, 43, 50, 280, 299, 556, 

 559, .560. 



Whittlesev, Col. Charles, statement by. 220, 496. 



Whitney, Prof. J. D., cited, 599. 



White-woods, pruning of, 95; weight of, 442. 



Wickoff Run. timber en, 467. 



Wienprwald, forest academy formerly near, 622. 



Wietlisbach, M., investigations by, 372. 



Wide planting, advice concerning, 574. 



Wildalpen, forest school at, 624. 



Wild lands in Georgia, 480. 



Wilhelmsthal, fores' for instruction, 622. 



Wilkin Co., Minn., 533. 



Williamson, J. A., instructions by, 16. 



Williamspoit, Pa , lumber business of, 465, 466. 



Williamstown, Mich.. 513. 



Willis, A., statement of, 577. 



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



Willow, white, exception of, in timber-cultnre 

 clearinsr, 19. 



Willow hedgp.s, 106. 



Willow as a timber tree, 103 ; roots of, fill water- 

 pipes, 112; wood-gas from, 134; injured by in- 

 sects, 167; as shelter-belts, 273, 279; prevents 

 erosions, '.i89. 



Willow-ware, 392. 



Willows family in Massachusetts, 409 ; in North 

 Carolina, 477 ; in Iowa, 553 ; white, in Iowa, 563 ; 

 in Kansas, 576. 



Wilmington Forge, returns from, 125. 



Wilmington, N. C, exportation from, 478. 



Wilson, Alexander, poetical description by, 457. 



Wilson, J., on Russia, cited, 269. 



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



WincheU, K. U., cited, 533. 



Wind-breaks, importance of, 270, 280. 



Winding grain, 175. 



Wind-mills, Michigan, 526. 



Wind-screens, protect in front, 275. 



Wind-waved, an accident to pines, 56. 



Winds, 270 ; ocean and land, differences of, 227 ; 

 drying, 242 ; on Pacific coast, 270 ; record ef, 234. 



Winona, Minn., 541, 544, 548, 549. 



Winter, certain transplanting in, 86. 



Winter-killing of grain, prevention of, 281. 



Wirt, Attorney-General, opinion of, 12. 



Wisconsin, forest fires in, 155 ; changes of timber 

 in, 192 ; law to encourage tree-planting in, 213 ; 

 effect of frosts in, 269 ; effect of clearings in, 294 ; 

 forest resources of, 527 ; need of forest-planting 

 in, 528 ; lumber characteristics of, 529 ; lumber 

 production of, 441, 545, 547. 



Wisconsin Central Puiilroad, 540, 541, 543. 



Wisconsin, forestry commission in, 529. 



Wisconsin River, 530, 531, 543, 547, 548. 



Wisconsin Valley Railroad, 550. 



Wi-sner, consul, cited, 293. 



Witch-hazel, heating qualities of, 136. 



^Vohmann, experiments of, 148. 



Wojeikof, A., observations by, in Russia, 287. 



Wclf River, Wis., 530, 531, 543, 545, 547 ; shingle 

 product of, 540. 



Wood, De Volsen, work by, cited, 177. 



Wood, used by railroads, 113; for paper-making, 

 122; in paper, tests for, 123; gas from, 133; on 

 New York canals, 444, 446 ; manufactures, Sagi- 

 naw, Mich., 519, 525. 



Wood-bending, Michigan cen.sus, 526. 



Wood faucets, manufacture, Michigan census, 526. 



Wood Lake. Mich , 521. 



Wooden goods, manufactured in Massachusetts, 

 421, 423. 



Woodlands, variable meaning of term, 29 ; effect of, 

 upon springs, 2t9; in warm d mates, 307; cen- 

 ses statistics, 386 ; areas in Massachusetts, 419 ; 

 in Rhode Island, 433 ; in New Yoi k (1875), 435. 



Woods, value of, for fuel, 136 ; as shelter from winds 

 in. 272 ; Iowa, growth of, 555. 



Wood's HoU, ilass., tree-planting at, 427. 



Woodstock Iron Company, returns from, 125. 



Woody plants of North Carolina, report on, citeii, 

 409. 



Wool, fiber resembling, from wood, 144. 



Wounds in trees, treatment of, 90, 175. 



Wurtemberg, forest education in, 619, 620. 



Wynant's kill, reservoirs on, 330. 



Wyoming Territory, 591 ; dying of forests in, 171. 



Wyoming Co., Pa., pino of, 464. 



Yadkin, chestnut on the, 470. 



Yellow light, effect of, .300. 



Yellow-pine region, 137 ; of North Carolina, 471, 



472. 

 Yellow poplar, geological relation of, 487. 

 Yellow wood in North Carolina, 476. 

 Yew, as a screen, 276 ; in Massachusetts, 407. 

 Yield of turpentine, 138. 

 York Co., Nebr., 586. 

 Yosemite Valley, 603, 609. 



Young, Biigham, opinion of, upon irrigation, 504. 

 Young Woman's Creek, lumber of, 466. 



Zilwaukee, Mich, 513. 



Zug, canton of, 371, 375. 



Zumbro Valley, Minn, 532. 



Zurich, forests of, 372, 375 ; polytechnic school at, 



Zwickau, effect of heat of coal-mine at, 24t. 



