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Index. 



Red alder, 283. 



ash, 272. 



beech, 227. 



birch, 230. 



- ( l-ftqus Menziesii), 228. 



bud, 259. 



cedar. 140, 308. 



best evergreen hedge in 



Iowa, 128, 129. 



in Kansas, 347. 348, 349. 

 insects injurious to, 187. 



| hinting of, 303. 



saw-dust, 200. 



charcoal. 153. 



fir, 337, 339, 340. 



maple 238. 



oak, 213. 



pine, 323, 325, 330. 



spruce, 337. 



willow. 279, 280, 283. 



Ked wood, 97, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314. 

 Regularity in former seasons, 20. 

 Kelative humidity of atmosphere, 13, 



15. 

 Reproduction of high-forests, 104. 



from seeds, 28. 



Resemblances of flora of Eastern 



Asia and America. 84. 

 Reserves in coppice woods, 101. 

 Resinous products. 199. 

 species, do not usually sprout, 



97. 



Respiratory organs of plants, 04, 65. 

 Revenue from planting, 82. 

 Revolution, period of, 99, 102, 105. 

 Khamnus catharticus, 129, 290. 



frangula, charcoal of, 152. 



Rhododendrons, 84. 

 Rhus (genus), 297. 



copal Una, 209. 



coriaria, 209. 



diversiloba, 297. 



glabra, 209, 297. 



integri folia, 297. 



lauriana, 297. 



pumila, 297. 



toxieodendron, 297. 



typhina, 209, 297. 



venenata, 297. 



Rhynchophorideae, 171. 

 Rii^a pine, 332. 

 Rights of usage, 106. 



of way to railroads, 94. 



Rio Grande valley, cotton woods in, 



00. 

 Ripening of wood, 23, 70. 



River maple, 237. 



pine, 329. 



Reads in \voodlands, importance of, 



100. 

 lines of defense against fire, 



157. 



planting by side of, 119-123. 



Robbins' process for preserving wood, 



198. 

 Robert, Dr. E., preservation of elms, 



02, 181. 

 Robin ia hispida, 258. 



pseudacacia, 136, 257, 346. 



viscosa, 208. 



Rock chestnut oak, 213. 



formations, give character to 



soil, 4. 



work, how adorned, 117. 



Rocks, underlying etfect on soil, 7. 

 Rocky areas, effect of clearing, 18. 



Mountains region, 87. 



forests of, 87. 



snow-slides on, 24. 



timber-line in, 25. 



white oak, 213. 



surfaces, planting of, 57. 



Rome, planting of Eucalyptus near, 



55, 207. 

 Roots, buds when formed on, 77. 



consolidate the soil, 8. 



derive support from sub-soil, 5. 



till drains and wells, 75, 77, 119. 



form and structure of, 70. 



from hedges, 131. 



growing together, 77. 



how they disintegrate the soil, 7. 



may injure walls, 118. 



must not be exposed to air, 43. 



radicles of, 77. 



transportation without disturb- 

 ing, 52. 



Rosa Itevigata. in hedges, 129. 



Rose locust, 258. 



Rosemary-pine, 326. 



Rosin, 200. 



Rotation of crops in timber, 90. 



Roumania, forests in, 80. 



Round-leaved willow, 279. 



Rows, planting in. 37, 47. 



on hill sides, 57. 



Royal-oak, historical interest in, 114. 



Rubiacea?, 209. 



Ruin irom destruction of woodlands, 

 20. 



Rules for street-planting, 120. 



Running oak, 212. 



