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Index. 



Magnolia, umbrella, 295. 



Mahogany, '298. 



Mail 1 a i-d i 'ere, la, 295. 



Malte-Brun, cited, 26. 



Manitoba, trees of, 89. 



Mantchuria, timber of, 84. 



Manure, how best applied, 8. 



Maples (genus Acer), 234. 



at Lincoln, Neb., 58. 



black, 237. 



do not grow well from sprouts, 



98. 



grown in high-forest?, 102. 



in Kansas, 846, 348, 349, 350. 



insects injurious to, 183. 



red, 146, 238. 



smooth, 239. 



soft, 33, 146, 346. 



striped, 238. 



sugar, 93, 146, 236, 346. 



. vine, 239. 



weight lost in drying, 139. 



Margary process, 197. 



Maritime pine, fails in Massachu- 

 setts, 109. 



period of full maturity, 105. 



planted on dunes, 109. 



suggested for Pacific States, 84. 



turpentine from, 201. 



Marking-hammer, a symbol of for- 

 ester's profession, 106. 



Marsh, George P., cited, 26. 



Matches, danger from careless use 

 of, 156. 



Mate ( Paraguay-tea), 293. 



Mathematics, relation of to For- 

 estry, 1. 



Maxwell, Thomas, cited, 123. 



May-flies, 174. 



Jv eal- worms, 174, 178. 



Mechanics, relation of to Forestry, 2. 



Medulla, or pith, 66. 



Medullary rays, 67, 68. 



do not shrink, 142. 



Meilers, (coal-pits), construction of, 

 147-149. 



Melanobalanus (division of oaks, 214. 



Melia Azcdarach, 296. 



Mclolontha, vulgaris, 170. 



Melting of snow, 23. 



Memorial trees, 114. 



Mennonites, mulberry planted by, 

 249. 



Menzies, Dr. Archibald, 335. 



Menzies' spruce, 334, 335. 



Mesquit, 296. 



Meteorological influences, 10. 



relations to Forestry, 2. 



Mexican persimmon, 292. 



plane-tree, 252. 



Mexico, copalm resin from, 294. 



Michaux, cited, 285. 



classification of oaks by, 212. 



Michigan, arbor-day in, 62. 



exportation of oak from, 217. 



fires, 155. 



forests of, 87. 



timber in, 87. 



Middle States, injuries from clearing 

 in, 27. 



trees of, 86. 



Military parade, squares for, 126. 



Mineralogy, relations of to For- 

 estry, 1. 



Ministries in charge of forests, 106. 



Minnesota, arbor-clays in, 62. 



forests of, 87. 



grub-prairies in, 52. 



pine-region of, 320. 



timber in. 87. 



Mirimachi fire of 1825, 155. 



Mississippi, jetties of, 280. 

 pine-belt in state of, 200. 



Mixture of species, 50, 76, 100. 



MocUer-nut, 27-~>. 



Moclernes, reserves so called, 101. 



Mohr, Dr. Chas., cited, 331. 



Moisture, may bo present without 

 rain, 12. 



precipitated in crossing mount- 

 ains, 22. 



retained by muck and peat, 5. 



Mole cricket, 173, 174. 



Money value of farms increased by 

 planting, 119. 



Monoecious blossoms, 29. 



Monoharumus confusor, 187. 



Montana, privilege of citizens of, 95. 



Monterey cypress, 307. 



pine, 326. 



Monuments, in parks, 125, 126. 



Moon's age, superstition in cutting 

 trees, 138. 



Moose- wood, 238. 



Moreau process for charring wood, 

 152. 



Mortar, corroded by smoke, 151. 



Morus (genus), 248, 347. 



alba, 248, 347. 



nigra, 249. 



rubra, 248. 



tartarica, 249. 



