Index. 



373 



Prechtel's process of preservation, 

 198. 



Preferences of trees in Kansas, 246- 

 348. 



Preparation of large trees for plant- 

 ing, 55. 



of soil for planting. 8, 352. 



Preservation of seeds, 351. 



of wood, 187. 



Pressure of sap, 78. 



Prices of timber in Scotland, 113. 



probable increase of, 82. 



Prickly-ash, not found in California, 



88. 



pine. 329. 



Pride-of-India, 296. 



Prinos (see Ilex), 293. 



Privet, 129, 270. 



Privileges of citizens in certain 



states, 95. 



Processionary caterpillar, 161, 162. 

 Profit, questions of, 79, 80. 

 from increased value of land, 



82. 

 Propagation, by cuttings, etc., 44, 



349. 



in grafting, 45. 



layers, 45. 



various modes of, 37. 



Proportion of woodlands to fields, 82. 

 Prosopis glandulosa, 296. 



pubescens, 296. 



Protection other than against fires, 



159. 



Proteine in the seed, 35. 

 -Proving of timber-claims, 92, 93. 

 Pruning of gormand branches, 101. 



when advisable, 59. 



Primus (genus), 262. 

 Caroliniana, 263. 



Chicasa. 263. 



Pennsylvanica, 263. 



perotuia, 262. 



Virginiana, 263, 346. 



Prussian schools of Forestry, 108. 



Pseudotsuga Douglasii, 304, 337. 



Psych rometef, construction and use 

 of, 12. 



Public health, promotion of by plant- 

 ing, 82. 



institutions, by whom founded, 



116. 



Pulp, paper from wood, 205. 



Pulpy fruits of conifers, 41. 



seed bow saved, 34. 



Purchase of public timber-lands, 95. 



Pyralidcs, or delta-moths, 178. 

 Pyrolignite of iron, as a preserva- 

 tive, 195. 



Quaking aspen, 87, 284. 

 Quercine, 210. 

 Quercitron, 218. 

 Quercus (genus), 211. 



a3gilops, 206. 



alba, 146, 216. 



Banisterii, 146. 



Catesbaei, 146. 



falcata, 146. 



macrocarpa, 347. 



ferruginea, 146. 



obtusitoba, 146. 



palustris, 146. 



pedunculate, 146, 215. 



baric for tanning, 207. 



prinos, heating qualities of, 146. 



rubra, 146. 



sessilifolia, bark for tanning 



from, 207. 



virens, 217, 218. 



Quincunx, order of planting, 47. 



Rabbits, injurious, 160. 



Radiation of heat, 7, 16. 



Radicle, of roots, 35, 77. 



Railroad companies, right of way of, 



94. 

 Railroads, fires set by. 156. 



planting along, 134. 



Russian, planting by, 135. 



ties for, how preserved, 189, 100. 



when allowed to use timber, 94. 



Rain, falling upon woodlands, 18. 

 filaments of, dry up over dry 



fields, 17. 



freezing, effects of, 24. 



how caused, 17. 



ocean winds cause, 22. 



Rainfall, relation of to forests, 21. 

 Raingauges, at different elevations. 



17. 



Rainy and dry seasons, 24. 

 Rake for forest-planting, 38. 

 Ramel, P., introduces Eucalyptus in 



France, 265. 



Rates of growth of wood, 81. 

 Reboisement, defined and described, 



110. 

 Recipes for preservation of wood, 



198, 199. 



Recent decisions under timber-cult- 

 ure acts, 354. 

 Recession of woodlands, in "West, 



88. 



