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INDEX. 



Lop and top, 91. 



Lophodermium, fungi of genus, 236, 



238, 239, 240, -260. 

 Lophyrus, insects of genus, 194, 222- 



224, 232. 

 Lustre in wood, 269. 



Magna Charta, 20. 

 Main-roads for timber extraction, 119. 

 Major and minor produce, 105, 280.- 

 Malicious injury to trees and woods, 



159. 

 Management of woodlands, 87-146. 



,, scheme of (see " Work- 



ing-plan "). 

 Manila shavings, 318. 

 Manuring in nurseries, 55, 56. 

 Map of stock, 130, 132. 

 Maple, natural regeneration of, 85. 



, , Common or Norway, 5, 6, 8, 12, 

 16. 



,, Great (see " Sycamore "). 



= leaf-blotch, 236, 243. 

 Maps of woodlands, 130. 

 Maritime Pine, resin-tapping, 327. 

 Marking and texture of wood, 269. 



-hammer, revolving, 286. 



,, stems for thinning or felling, 



Mature fall, 105, 280. 

 Maturity of timber crops. 38. 

 May-beetle, 193, 206. 

 Mean age of timber crops, 98. 

 Measurement of logs, 89. 



of girth, 91, 94, 95. 

 of height, 92. 

 of increment, 98. 

 of sample plots, 95-97. 

 of standing trees, 91. 

 of timber-crops, 96. 

 of timber by railway 

 companies, 293. 

 Measuring-board, 92. 

 Mechanical properties of timber, 273- 



277. 



Medullary rays in wood, 264. 

 Atelampsora, fungi of genus, 236, 243. 

 Melampsorella. fungi of genus, 237, 



243, 245. 

 Melolontha, insects of genus, 193, 206, 



229. 



Membrane-winged insects, 183, 194, 222. 

 Men and human actions, protection 



against, 159. 



Merulius lacrymans, 251, 273, 276, 

 308. 



Method of treatment, choice of, 1 12. 

 Mice, damage by, 175. 

 Midges, 195, 225. 



Mill-saws, different kinds of, 313-315. 

 Mineral food of trees, 30. 

 ,, substances in soil, 30. 

 in wood, 268. 



Minor produce, 105, 280. 

 Mirror-hypsometer, 93. 

 Mischief, protection against, 159. 

 Mistletoe, damage by, 234. 

 Mixed woods, 39, 40, 45. 

 Moisture, relation of wood towards, 



271, 272. 



Moths, destructive, 193, 210-222, 230. 

 - ,, extermination of, 190. 

 Mottled Umber moth, 194, 216, 231. 

 Mound-planting, 70. 

 Musk-scented Willow longhorn, 193, 



208, 230. 



Naked plants, planting with, 60, 64. 

 Naphthalining, 306. 

 National system of British Arbori- 

 culture, 21, 22, 77. 

 Natural regeneration, 80, 82, 83-85. 

 Nectria, fungi of genus, 236, 242, 243. 

 Nematus, insects of genus, 194, 224, 



232. 



Nesting-boxes for birds, 59, 178. 

 Net returns for woods, calculation of, 



142, 143. 

 Night -moths (Noctuidce), 193, 213, 



231. 



Nitric acid, damage by, 259. 

 Noctua (Trachea) piniperda, 193, 213, 



231. 



Non-inflammable wood, 308. 

 Non-parasitic diseases, 253-260. 

 Normal capital in wood, 106, 108-112, 

 141, 142. 



j, condition in woodlands, 106, 

 108, 142. 



,, condition of working - circles, 

 108. 



density, 106, 107. 



,, distribution of annual falls, 

 106, 107. 



,, increment, 106. 



,, succession of age-classes, 106. 

 Notching, 65. 

 Number of plants per acre, 52, 63. 



,, of trees per acre, estimating, 

 96. 



Numbering-hammer, 286. 

 Nun-moth, 193, 212. 



