INDEX 



Bittemut, best stock for grafting Hickories 

 and Pecans, 186 



Brazil-nut, importance as food nut, 176 



Brown, "Capability," opposed to clipped 

 hedges and topiary work, 106 



Buckeye, species of horsechestnut, 126 



Buckeye, Dwarf, Handsomest of flowering 

 trees, 266 



Bunge, Dr. Alexander von, tale of prodi- 

 gious Ginkgo near Peking, 59 



Burbank, Luther, Walnut hybrids origin- 

 ated by, 182 



Bumham Beeches, celebrated in song and 

 story, 155, 156, 164 



Butternut, fall colouration of leaves, 39 



Butternuts, American and Asiatic species, 

 180 



Button-tree, fall colouration of foliage, 39 



Canarium comnmne, the Pili-nut, 176 



Carpinus Beiulus var. globosa, 246 



Carpinus Betulus var. pyramidalis, 246 J 



Carya CathayenstSt 183 



Carya cordiformis, used as stock for graft- 

 ing, 186 



Carya Dunbarih a hybrid, 184 



Carya lacinosa, 185 



Carya Laneyt, a valuable hybrid, 184 



Carya ovata, 184 



Carya pecan, 183 



Castanea alnifolia, dwarf Chestnut, 190 



Castanea crenata, 188 



Castanea dentata, disappearing through 

 Chestnut-blight 186, 190 



Castanea Henryana, largest of Asiatic 

 chestnuts, 189 



Castanea mollissitna, introduced by Profes- 

 sor Sargent, 189 



Castanea pumila, used in effort to obtain 

 immune hybrid, 187; of value to hybri- 

 dists, 190 



Castanea Seguinii, 190 



Catalpa, fall colouration of leaves, 39 



Cedar, among earliest forms of tree vege- 

 tation, 10, 11 



Cedar, date from Cretaceous period, 92 



Cedar, Atlas, habitat, 88; how it differs 

 from Cedar of Lebanon, 88; in England 

 and France, 89; varieties of, 89 



Cedar, Deodar, habitat, 90; introduced 

 into England, 91; varieties of, 91; value 

 as timber, 94 



Cedar, Incense, distribution, 15; of fasti- 

 giate form, 249 



Cedar Red, dwarf forms of, 264 



Cedar, White, dwarf forms of, 263 



Cedar of Lebanon, among earliest form of 

 tree vegetation, 11; Biblical reference to, 

 78; habitat, 80, 82; early reports of visi- 

 tors to Mt. Lebanon, 80; successful 

 growth at Arnold Arboretum, 83; varie- 

 ties of, 83; notable specimens in England, 

 84; on the Continent, 86; in the United 

 States, 87 



Cedrus ailantica, 88 



Cedrus brevifolia, 89 



Cedrus deodora, 90 



Cedrus libani. See Cedar of Lebanon. 



Cephahtaxus drupacea f. fastigiata, 251 



Chamaecyparis obtusa nana, 264 



Chamaecyparis pisifera Jilifera, 264 



Chamaecyparis thujoides var. ericoides, 263 



Chamaecyparis thujoides var. leptoclada, 264 



Chambers, B. E. C, first to flower Mag- 

 nolia obovata, 149 



Cherry, character of the bark, 31; fall col- 

 ouration of foliage, 40 



Cherry, Bush, common wild shrub in 

 China, 217 



Cherry, Chinese, 217 



Cherry, Fuji, dwarf flowering tree, 265 



Cherry, Sand, 218 



Cherry, Sour, habitat, 215 



Cherry, Sweet, habitat, 215; in ancient 

 history, 216 



Chestnut, character of the bark, 29, 30; 

 fall colouration of foliage, 39, 41, 42 



Chestnut, Chinese, hardy and valuable for 

 hybridizing, 189 



Chestnut, European, largest and noblest 

 of European trees, 188 



Chestnut, Japanese, valuable and hardy 

 nut tree, 188 



Chestnut-blight ravages of, 186 



Chestnut Sunday, observed near London, 

 117 



China, ancient flora of, 19 



Chinquapin used in breeding an immense 

 Chestnut hybrid, 187; the bush Chestnut, 

 190 



Clark, W. S., introduces Magnolia kobus 

 var. borealis, 145 



Cocoa-nut, most valuable food nut, 176 



Cocas nucifera, most important of nut trees, 

 176 



CoUinson, Peter, letter to John Bartram on 

 planting seeds of Cedar of Lebanon, 87; 

 on introduction of horsechestnut into 



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