INDEX. 



341 



Rhizophagus depressus, 186. 



Rhizotrogus solstitialis, 193, 208, 229. 



Rhytisma acerinwn, 236, 243. 



Rights of user, 160. 



Rind-galls, 272. 



Ringing of old trees, 77, 234, 269, 300. 



Ring-shakes, 248, 272. 



Ripping-saws, 313. 



Road timber-slides, 294. 



Roads in woodlands, 116, 279. 



,, timber transport on, 291. 

 Robinia or False Acacia, 8, 12, 13, 17. 

 Rodents, damage by, 172-177. 

 Roe-deer, damage by, 172. 

 Root-rot, 237, 248-252, 273. 



,, -system, shape of, 36. 

 Rosdlinia quercina, 236, 238. 

 Rosin, preparation of, 328. 

 Rot in timber, 273. 

 Rotation of woodland crops, 39, 109, 



120. 



the most profitable, 143. 

 Rowan or Mountain-Ash, 5, 8, 12, 13, 



17. 

 Royal Commission on Afforestation 



(1908), 24. 



Rueping's creosoting processes, 306. 

 Ruling kinds of trees, 39. 

 Rust-fungi, 236, 243-248. 



Saccharisation of timber, 307. 

 Sale of Coppices, 287. 

 ,, of firewood, 287, 316. 

 ,, of timber, 286. 

 Salix (see "Willow"). 

 Saltus, 41, 114. 



Sample-plots, measurement of, 95. 

 ,, -stems, selection of, 96. 

 ,, -trees, measurement of, 90-96. 

 Sand-dunes, planting on, 74. 

 Sandy soil, 30, 31. 

 Sap, dissolving of, 301. 

 ,, in trees, movement of, 28, 264, 



269. 



,, in wood, 271, 300. 

 ,, substances contained in, 268. 

 Saperda, insects of genus, 193, 208, 



229, 230. 

 Sapwood, 269. 



,, -trees, 269. 

 Satin moth, 193, 213. 

 Saugh (see " Willow "). 

 Sawdust, utilisation of, 318. 

 waste in, 315, 317. 

 Sawtties, 194, 222-224, 232. 

 Saw-horn beetles, 193, 208 



Sawmills, 310-319. 



,, cost of converting timber in, 



317. 



,, for estate purposes, 311. 

 ,, movable, 310, 311. 

 Saws, hand-, 281. 



,, mill-, 313-315. 

 Scaffolding, timber for, 279. 

 Scale insects, 195, 227, 232. 

 Scaptlings, dimensions of, 316. 

 Scarabceidce, 193, 206. 

 Scheme, of management (see " Work- 

 ing-plan "). 



Schizoneura ulmi, 195, 227, 232. , 

 Sderotinia Fuckeliana, 236, 239. 

 Scolytini, 192. 

 Scolytus destructor, 192, 195, 288. 



,, multistriatus, 192. 

 Scorching, 60, 257, 258. 

 Scots law regarding timber, 42, 114, 



263. 



,, Pine (see "Pine"). 

 ,, ,, natural regeneration of, 85. 

 ,, Plane (see " Sycamore "). 

 Scottish Forestry Committee, Preface. 

 Scribe, the, 77. 



Sea-coast, planting near the, 74. 

 Season for felling, best, 284. 

 Seasoning of Oak-bark, 2S9. 



of timber, 299-303. 

 Seed-bed, preparation of, 54. 



,, sowing on, 55. 

 -collection, 54, 289. 

 -distributor, 58. 

 -extraction, 290. 



for sowing, quantity of, 38, 55-57. 

 -kilns, 290. 

 -production, 37. 

 -tests, 54. 

 Seedling-pricker, 59. 

 Selection - fellings (see "Occasional 



falls "). 

 Selection of sample-stems, 96. 



,, of trees for planting, 115. 

 Senilising of timber, 309. 

 Septoria parasitica, 227, 236, 241. 

 Service-tree, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17. 

 Sesia aptformis (Sesiidte), 194, 221. 

 Settled Lands Act (1882), 42, 114, 263. 

 Severances, 122. 

 Shade-enduring trees, 35. 



,, influence of light and, 35. 

 Shakes in timber, 248, 272. 

 Shearing, resistance to, 274. 

 Sheep, damage by, 1 65. 

 ; Shelter-belts, 74, 82. 



