INDEX 



Abies pectinaia, 57 



Acacia, sap-wood of, 45 



Acclimatisation, 7 



Acer pseudo-platanus, 67 



Alburnum, 45 



Alder, 11, 42, 58 ; distribution of, 58 ; 

 nature of timber, 48 ; nursery 

 treatment of, 58 ; subsequent 

 management of, 58 ; suitability for 

 wet soils, 58 ; suitable soil for, 58 



A Inus glutinosa, 58 



Annual increment, 3, 21, 33, 47 



Annual rings, 22, 35, 44, 46, 69 



Annual rings, uniformity of, 44 



Appin Estate, 3 



Ash, 11, 83, 39, 40, 42, 45, 59 ; dis- 

 tribution of, 59 ; nature of timber, 

 49 ; nursery treatment of, 59 ; 

 pruning of, 69; subsequent manage- 

 ment of, 59 ; suitable soil for, 59 



Aspen, 45 



Assessment of locality, 3, 5, 29, 37 



AthoU, Duke of, 55 



Austrian Pine, 53, 71 ; distribution 

 of, 53 ; nursery treatment of, 53 ; 

 suitable soil for, 53 



Bavarian sowing-board, 10 



Beech, 33, 39, 43, 45, 60; distribution 

 of, 60; "mast," 60; nature of 

 timber, 49 ; nurserj' treatment of, 

 60 ; subsequent management of, 

 61 ; suitable soil for, 60 



Belgian system of planting on turfs, 26 



Betula alba, 61 ; B. pubesccns, 61 ; B. 

 verrucosa, 61 



Birch, 35, 42, 45, 48, 61 ; distribution 

 of, 61 ; nature of timber, 50 ; nur- 

 sery treatment of, 61 ; self-sown as 

 a weed, 19, 35 ; suitable soil for, 61 



Black Pine {see Austrian Pine), 53 



Black Poplar, 67 ; distribution of, 67 ; 

 nursery treatment of, 67 ; suitable 

 soil for, 67 



" Bleeding " after pruning, 70 



Boggy soils, planting on, 26 



Bracken, 21 



Brambles, 19 



Breast-wood, 66, 70 



Broad-leaved trees, 41, 58; seeds of, 



10 

 Broom, 20 

 Brown, 55 



Canopy, 25, 33 ; density of, 33 ; in- 

 fluence of, 34, 35 ; regulation of, 33 ; 

 thinning of, 34 



Chermes laricis, 43 



Chestnut, sowing of, 9 {see Sweet 

 Chestnut) 



Clay soils, species suitable for, 30 



Collection of seed, 10 



Common Birch, 61 



Common Oak, 64 



Common Spruce, 54 ; distribution 

 of, 54 ; nursery treatment of, 55 ; 

 suitable soil for, 54; thinning of, 

 55 ; see also Spruce 



Conifers, 39, 45, 52 ; pruning of, 69 ; 

 seeds of, 10 



Coppice, 38 ; conversion into " high 

 woods," 39 ; method of, 39 



Coppice with standards, 39 



Coppice wood, 38 



Coppice woods, 16 ; effect on soil, 39 



Corsican Pine, 71 



Crack Willow, 68 



Creosote, 75 



Creosoting of timber, 76 



Creosoting plant (Black's), 76 



Cuttings, 15, 39 ; method of, 16 



Dantzig Pine, 48 



Dickson, Messrs., 13 



Distances between transplants, 12 



Douglas Fir, 53 ; distribution of, 53 ; 

 nature of timber, 47 ; nursery treat- 

 ment of, 54 ; suitable soil for, 54 



Drainage, 19, 21 ; advantages of, 21 ; 

 cost of, 21; time for commencing, 

 22 



Drains, distance apart of, 22 ; for 

 boggy soils, 26 



Dressing of seeds, 10 



