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countless, 4.8, 49, 70; refor- 

 estation, 90, 99-102; roots 

 feed, 115; roots below frost 

 line, IIS, 116; root uses, 116- 

 I30, 122, 123, 125; seeds 

 and fruits, i-ii; snow sheds 

 of, iii; study of, 109; sun 

 scalds of, 27 ; taste and odor 

 of, 30; telegraph pole con- 

 sumption of, 52; troubles, 

 some of the, 12-17; trunks 

 and branches, 134-145; 

 " tumors " in, 172 ; twisted by- 

 wind, 22; wasteful destruc- 

 tion of, 13; wood pulp of, 52 

 Tulip tree, flowers of, 177 

 "Tumors" in trees, 172 



United States national forests, 

 69-81 



Willow, basket, 35-37, 108 ; 

 color of, 29 ; down on, 200 ; 

 galls, 20, 21 ; laurel or shin- 

 ing, 156; pussies, 156; seed, 

 I, 2; ware, 35-37; withes, 

 osiers of, 35-37 



Wind, the pollen carrier for 

 the gymnosperms, 206, 207 

 " Witch's brooms," 19 

 Wood, Bureau of Utilization 



of. 54, 55 



Wood, composition of, 135, 

 136; durability of, 134, 135; 

 famine of, is there a, com- 

 ing? 47-56; growth rings, 

 142; need of it today, 48-53 ; 

 preserving, 109 ; saving the 

 waste, 94; waste of, 71 



Wood pulp, consumption of 

 trees for, 52 



Woods, and the life of the 

 nation, 44; carpet of the, 

 39-41 ; fire in the, 58, 60, 

 62; midwinter, 18, 28; river, 

 and rain, 39-46 



Woodpeckers and holes in 

 trees, 21, 22 



Woodpile, exploring the, 164- 

 175 



Yellowstone Forest Reserve, 72 

 Yew, 204, 206, 2IO 



