INDEX 



Acorn, 9, 10, 11 

 Almond seed, 9 

 Apple; and work of apple-tree 



moth, 21 ; history in its bud 



scales, 34; seed, 5 

 Arbor vitae, 204 

 Ash, color of, 30; seeds and 



seed saving, 3; taproot, 119 



Balm, of the " white " and 



" slash " pines, 215 

 Bark, inner, or bast, 137, 138, 



140; and cork, 146-154; 



"bark-bound trees," 172; 



changes in, 169 

 Beech, burrs and nuts, 6 ; leaf- 

 buds, 1 60; seed food, 10 

 Berries, 5 

 Birch, canoe, color of, 29; 



" honey pots " in, 2i 

 Birds, as seed carriers, 5 

 Bitternut, color of, 30; winter 



buds, 162 

 Blackberry, 29 

 Blossoming, 176-189 

 Branches, color of, 29, 30; 



study of winter, 29-38 

 Brule, defined, 87 

 Buds, 155-163; and bud scales 



of winter branches, 31-35; 



eaten by animals in winter, 



23 

 Bureau of Wood Utilization, 



54. 55 

 Butternut, winter buds, 162 



Canada, Dominion forest re- 

 serves, 76, 82-96; forest fires, 

 87-90 



Cashew nuts, 7 

 Catalpa, flowers of, 177 

 Cedar, 204; red, 205, 210 

 Cherry, flowers of, 177, 178, 



181; leaves, 192; stone, 9; 



taste of bark of black, 30 

 Chestnut, burrs and nuts, 6 ; 



flowers, 184 

 Chlorophyll, 194, 195 

 Coal, 47, 48 

 Cocoa nuts, 7 

 Cones, 209-213; pine, care of 



for seed, loi 

 Cork and bark, 146-154 

 Cotyledons, 9, ii; and the 



pines, 203 

 Cypress, 204 



Diseases of trees, 13-17 

 Dominion forest reserves, 76, 

 82-96 



Elm, seeds and seed sowing, 

 I, 3 ; cork, 148 ; color of 

 cork, 30; taste of slippery, 

 30 



Evergreens, 204 



Fir, 204, 205 ; a cloud-land 

 tree, 44, 45 ; Douglas, 108 



Fires, forest, 57-68 ; preventive 

 measures, 60-68; losses from, 

 64, 69, 70; and the forester, 

 99; in the Canadian forest, 

 87-90 



Flies which injure trees, 19, 

 20 



Flowers of trees, 177-189 



219 



