Index. 



357 



Beecli, classification of, 210. 



does not reproduce from sprouts, 



98. 



grown as high-forests, 102. 



insects injurious t'. 184. 



leaf, structure of, 64, 05. 



northern range of, 89. 



percentage of charcoal in, 151. 



period of" lull growth, 105. 



sports of, 227. 



weight lost in drying, 139. 



wood, structure of, 08. 



Bees, 179. 



agency of in fertilizing blos- 

 soms, 29. 



Beetles, general notice of, 169. 



Behlen, Stephen, on effect <>l moon's 

 age in cutting timher, 138. 



Belgium, lorests in, 83. 



Benthatn & Hooker, classification of 

 eon hers by, 303. 



Benzoin, not found in California, 89. 



Bergentz, school of Forestry at, 107. 



Bermuda-grass, planted on dunes,109. 



Bethel 1 process of wood-preservation, 

 194. 



Betula (genus), 146, 228. 



alba, 140.229. 



excelsa, 230. 



glandulosa, 230. 



Tenta. 140, 230. 



nig ni, 230. 



occidental is, 230. 



papyracea, 230. 



Betulaj. 2*JO. 



Bignonia catalpa (see Catalpa), 290. 



Birch (genus Betula}, 84, 89, 93, 210, 

 228, 349. 



black, 102, 146. 



grown in high-forests, 102. 



insects injurious to, 184. 



northern limit of, 89. 



percentage of charcoal in, 151. 



period of full growth, 105. 



sap-pressure in. 79. 



seeds, described, 31. 



weight lost in drying, 139. 



white, 146, 229. 



Birds, agencv of in planting. 31. 



encouraged by shelter-belts, 350. 



insectivorous, 167. 



must be kept from pine-seed- 

 beds, 167. 



Birdseye maple, 237. 

 Bitter-hickory, 279. 

 Black ash, 272. 



Black birch, 230. 



( bogus fusca), 228. 



cherry, 262. 



drink, made from a holly (?), 



293. 



fir, 337. 



-jack oak, 213, 214. 



succeeds pine, 90. 



locust, under timber-claim act, 



93. 



maple, 237. 



oaks, 211, 214. 



pine, 325. 



spruce, 332, 333, 334. 



walnut, 93, 146, 275, 276, 348, 



319. 



insects injurious to, 182. 



on the plains, 353. 



Blackwood, 260. 



Blizzards, winter storms so called, 22. 



Blossom?, essential parts of, 28. 



Blue ash, 272. 



beech, 233. 



berries, not found in California, 



88. 



Rooky Mountain spruce, 334. 



Bohl, cited', 194. 



Bombyces, or spinning moths, 176. 



Bombyx neustria, 176. 



pini, 170. 



processionea, 162. 



Borax, preserving properties of, 193. 



Borers, locust, 257. 



(See Bark borers; "Wood bor- 

 ers.) 



Bore-spade, 38, 53. 



Bostrichus,'lOO, 107. 171, 172, 187. 



Botany, province of, 3. 



Boucherie, preserving process of, 

 194, 195. 



Boundary street in parks, 124. 



Bowlders, how concealed by plant- 

 ing, 118. 



Box -"elder, 84, 93. 



(genus Ntgundo), 239. 



in Kansas, 340, 348, 350. 



range of, 87. 



sugar from, 240. , 



Boxes, transplanting from, 54. 

 Bracing of trees in planting, 55. 

 Brakes, K. It., made of willow, 280. 

 Brambles, clearing out of, 104. 

 Branches, growth of. 74. 



mode of cutting off, 59. 



Bread, from chestnuts, 222. 

 Breaking of prairie soils, 8. 



