Index. 



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Beech, classification of, 210. 



does not reproduce from sprouts, 



98. 



grown as high-forests, 102. 



insects injurious to, 184. 



leaf, structure of, 64, ti5. 



northern range of, 89. 



percentage of charcoal in, 151. 



period of full growth, 105. 



sports of, 227. 



weight lost in drying, 139. 



wood, structure of, 68. 



Bees, 179. 



agency of in fertilizing bios- 



soms, 29. 

 Beetles, general notice of, 169. 

 Behlen, Stephen, on effect of moon's 



age in cutting timber, 138. 

 Belgium, forests in, 83. 

 Bcntham & Hooker, classification of 



conifers by, 303. 

 Benzoin, not found in California, 89. 

 Bergentz, school of Fore-stry at, 107. 

 Bermuda-grass, planted on dunes,109. 

 Bethel 1 process of wood-preservation, 



194. 

 Betula (genus), 146, 228. 



alba, 146,229. 



excelsa, 230. 



glandulosa, 230. 



lenta, 146, 230. 



nigra, 230. 



occidentalis, 230. 



papyraeea, 230. 



Betulae, 2"lO. 



Bignonia eatalpa (see Catalpa), 290. 



Birch (genus Betula), 84, 89, 93, 210, 



228, 349. 



black, 102, 146. 



grown in high-forests, 102. 



insects injurious to, 184. 



northern limit of, 89. 



percentage of charcoal in, 151. 



period of full growth, 105. 



sap-pressure in, 79. 



seeds, described, 31. 



weight lost in drying, 139. 



white, 146, 229. 



Birds, agency of in planting, 31. 



encouraged by shelter-belts, 350. 



insectivorous, 167. 



must be kept from pine-seed- 

 beds, 167. 

 Birdseye maple, 237. 

 Bitter-hickory, 279. 

 BUick ash, 272. 



Black birch, 230. 



(t'agua fusca), 228. 



cherr3', 262. 



drink, made from a holly (?), 



293. 



fir, 337. 



-jack oak, 213, 214. 



succeeds pine, 90. 



locust, under timber-claim act, 



93. 



maple, 237. 



oaks, 211, 214. 



pine, 325. 



spruce, 332, 333, 334. 



walnut, 93, 146, 275, 276, 348, 



349. 



insecits injurious to, 182. 



on the plains, 353. 



Blackwood, 260. 



Blizzards, winter storms so called, 22. 



Blossom?, essential parts of, 28. 



Blue ash, 272. 



—. — beech, 233. 



berries, not found in California, 



88. 



Rocky Mountain spruce, 334. 



Bohl, cited, 194. 



Bombyces, or spinning moths, 176. 



Bom by X neustria, 176. 



pini, 176. 



processionea, 162. 



Borax, preserving properties of, 193. 



Borers, locust, 257. 



(See Bark borers; Wood bor- 

 ers.) 



Bore-spade, 38, 53. 



Bostrichus, 166, 167, 171, 172, 187. 



Botany, province of, 3. 



Boucherie, preserving process of, 

 194, 195. 



Boundary street in parks, 124. 



Bowlder?, how concealed by plant- 

 ing, 118. 



Box -elder, 84, 93. 



(genus Negundo), 239. 



in Kansas, 346, 348, 350. 



range of, 87. 



sugar from, 240. 



Boxes, transplanting from, 54. 



Bracing of trees in planting, 55. 



Brakes, 11. K., made of willow, 280. 



Brambles, clearing out of, 104. 



Branches, growth of, 74. 



mode of cutting off, 59. 



Bread, from chestnuts, 222. 



Breaking of prairie soils, 8. 



