INDEX 



Abies balsamea var. hudsonica, 261 



Abies lasiocarpa f . compacta, 262 



Acer platanoides var. columnare, 245 



Acer rubrum var. columnare, 244 



^cer saccharinum var. pyramidale, 244 



Acer saccharum var. monumentale, 244 



Acer striatum, bark easily injured, 28 



Acorn, use of as food, 174 



Addison, Joseph, ridicule of topiary work, 

 105 



Aescutifs discolor, 267 



Aesculus discolor var. mollis, 267 



Aesculus georgiana, 267 



Aesculus Harbisonii, 267 



Aesculus Hippocastanum var. pyramidalis, 

 247 



Almond, the nut of commerce, 195 



Apple, fall colouration of foliage, 40; history 

 of the, 203 



Apricot, of Chinese origin, 213 



Apricot, Black, 214 



Apricot, Manchurian, 214 



Araucarias, among earliest forms of tree 

 vegetation, 10, 11 



Arborvitae, dwarf forms of, 263 



Arborvitae, Douglas's, pyramidal variety 

 of, 248 



Archery, importance of Yew tree in history, 

 99, 104 ^ 



Arnold Arboretum, success with Cedar of 

 Lebanon, 83; collection of Beech. 158; 

 Juglans formosana in, 180; hardy Pecan 

 in, 183; Asiatic Bush-hazels hardy in, 

 194; Pyrus serotina introduced into by 

 Mr. Wilson, 209; P. Calleryana ditto, 210; 

 Prunus mira ditto, 212; fastigiate vari- 

 eties of Sugar Maple and White Pine at, 

 244; 248, fastigiate Tulip-tree at, 245; 

 Dawyck Beech at, 247; Dwarf LSrch 

 not true from seed, 256; dwarf form of 

 Blue Spruce originates in, 260; ditto of 

 White Spruce, 261; ditto Abies lasio- 

 carpa f. compacta, 2S2,; Dwarf Buckeyes 

 at, 266 



Ash, fall colouration of foliage; 40 



Bacon, Lord, opponent of topiary wo^, 105 

 Baker, Sir Samuel, discovers Cedrus breei- 



folia, 89 

 Balfour, F. R. S., Dawyck Beech originated 



on estate of, 247 

 Banks, Sir Joseph, introduces Magnolia 



denitdata into England, 143 

 Bark of trees, function and formation, 28 

 Bartram, John, letter from Peter CoUinson 

 on planting seeds of Cedar of Lebanon, 

 87; on introduction of Hoisechestnut into 

 America, 124; introduces Cucimiber-tree 

 into Europe, 138 

 Bartram, W., discoverer of Ear-leaf Um- 

 brella-tree, 141 

 Bay Laurel, or Bull Bay noblest of the 



evergreens, 141 

 Beech, character of the bark, 30; fall colour- 

 ation of foliage, 39, 41, 42; history and 

 habitat, 155; famous trees in Great 

 Britain, 156, 163; the different species, 

 159; distribution, 160; forms recognized, 

 162; use for hedges, 163; the nut and its 

 uses, 170 

 Beech, Copper, seedling of the Purple, 167 

 Beech, Crested-leaf, 168 

 Beech, Dawyck, a fastigiate form, 246 

 Beech, Fastigiate, original tree on Balfour 



estate, Scotland, 169 

 Beech, Fern-leaf, and forms, 167 

 Beech, Golden, discovered in Serbia, 169 

 Beech, Parasol, of French origin, 169 

 Beech, Purple, best tree with coloured 



leaves, 166 

 Beech, Weeping, and various forms, 168 

 Belon, Pierre, early visitor of Cedars on 



Mt. Lebanon, 80 

 Bertholelia excelsa, the Brazil-nut, 176 

 Betula pendula var. fastigiata, 246 

 Big Trees, thickness of the bark, 30 

 Bigdow, Dr. Jacob, poem on moving of 



Ginkgo to Boston Common, 57 

 Birch, character of the bark, 29, 30, 31 

 Birch, character of the bark, 29, 30, 31; 

 fall colouration of foliage, 39, 40, 41 



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