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Index 



Drills, sowing in, 9, 10 



Drought damage, 7 



Durability of timber, effect of age of 

 tree on, 46 ; effect of climate on, 

 46 ; effect of season of felling on, 

 46 ; effect of situation on, 46 ; 

 factors affecting, 46 ; of different 

 species, 46 



Duramen, 44 



Ebermayer, 32 



Elm (see English Elm), 62, 71 ; seed 

 of, 11 



English Elm, 62 ; distribution of, 62 ; 

 nature of timber, 50 ; nursery treat- 

 ment of, 62 ; suitable soil for, 62 



Fagus sylvatica, 60 



Felling to increase vitality, 27 



Forbes, A. C, 53, 66 



Forestry, principles of, 3 



Fraxinus americana, 59; F. excelsior, 



59 

 Frost damage, 7 

 Frost, effect of, 8 

 Frost-lifting, 12 ; preventive measures 



against, 13 

 Frost -tender species, 40 

 Fungi, attacks of, 17, 84, 72 



Game preserving, cultivation of tim- 

 ber in connection with, 42 

 Geological formation, 29 

 Gorse, 20 



Grading of transplants, 14 

 Grass, 19 



Gravel soils, species suitable for, 30 

 Ground game, protection from, 8 

 Growth, conditions affecting, 29 

 Gum resin, 45 



Hazel, 40 



Heart-wood, 44, 46 ; durability of, 45 



Heather, as indication of poor soil, 20 



Herbage, natural, 18 



Hesse, 30 



" High Forest," definition of, 38 



Hornbeam, 45 ; nature of timber, 50 



Humus, 27 



Increment, annual, 3, 21, 33, 47 

 Insects, attacks of, 17, 34 

 Italian Poplar, 67 



Japanese Larch, 43, 57 ; distribution 



of, 57 ; suitable soil for, 57 

 " Jungle," 22 



Knots in timber, 34, 35 



Larch, 11, 33, 39, 42, 43, 47, 55 

 canker of, 11, 43, 69 ; distribution 

 of, 55 ; nature of timber, 48 ; nur- 

 sery treatment of, 56 ; " pumped," 

 56 ; seed of, 11 ; sowing of, 9 ; suit- 

 able soil for, 55 ; thinning of, 57 



Larix europcea, 55; L. leptokpis, 43, 57 



Laslett, 49 



Layering, method of, 15 



Layers, 15, 39 



Lead paint, 70 



Light, admission of, 27 



Light-thinning, 38 



Lime, 45, 63 ; distribution of, 64 ; 

 nature of timber, 51 ; nursery treat- 

 ment of, 64 ; subsequent manage- 

 ment of, 64 ; suitable soil for, 64 



Ling, as indication of poor soil, 20 



L-notching, 24 



Locality, assessment of, 5, 29, 37 



London Plane, 66 



MacAlpine-Downie, J. R., 3 



Manuring of nursery, 8 



Maple {see Sycamore), 67 



Maxwell, Sir John Stirling, 26 



Medullary rays, 45 



Memel Pine, 48 



Menzies Spruce {see Sitka Spruce), 



55 

 Mineral matter, removal-from soil by 



trees, 32 

 Mitchell, A., 21 

 Mixed woods, 37, 40, 71 

 Mixture by groups, 41 

 Mixture by single trees, 41, 42 

 Moisture of soil, 31 

 Mountain Elm {see Wych Elm), 63 

 Mountain Pine, 71 



Natural regeneration, 25, 27 



Norway Maple, 68 



Norway Spruce {see Common 

 Spruce), 54 



Notching, 22, 24 



Nursery, 7 ; advantages of, 7 ; 

 arrangement of, 8 ; manuring of, 

 8 ; objections to, 7 ; preliminary 

 crops in, 8 ; site of, 7 ; subdivision 

 of, 8 ; suitable soil for, 8 ; 

 watering of, 8 



