398 INDEX. 
Raising coniferous trees, 81. Salix, 246. 
Rate of growth, 125, 139, 150. acutifolia, 257. 
Rate of increase in timber, 125. alba, (254), 253. 
Red Ash, 860. alba britzensis, 256. 
Red Birch, 277. alba regalis, 256. 
Red Cedar, 233 alba vittellina, (255), 256. 
Red Cherry, 322. amygdaloides, (252), 251. 
Red Elm, 303. laurtfolta, 257. 
Red Fir, 225, lucida, (258), 257. 
Red Juniper, (234), 233. napoleonts, 259. 
Red Maple, (344), 343. nigra, (250), el. 
Red Mulberry, 308. pentandra, 257. 
Red Oak, (296), 295. purpurea, 249. 
Red Pine, (203), 202. pendula, 259. 
regalis, 257. 
Sample acre, 137. 
Sample tree, 140. 
Sand dunes, 123. 
Sapwood, 12. 
Savin, 233. 
Saw, 72. 
Sawing, Methods of, 168. 
Sawflies, Injuries from, 104. 
Scaling, 144. 
Scarlet--Aaple, 343. 
— Oak, (298), 297. 
Schwedler Maple, 340. 
Scotch Ftr, 207. 
Scotch Pine, 207. 
Scratcher, 152. 
Scribner’s Rule, 145. 
Scrub Pine, Northern, 205. 
Second growth, 20. 
Seed, The, 164. 
Evergreen, bed, 81. 
Seeding of timber lands, 66. 
Regeneration, 62. 
by artificial seeding, 65. 
by natural seeding, 62, 66. 
by planting cuttings, 68. 
by planting seedlings, 66. 
by sprouts and suckers, 68. 
Reitenbach Maple, 340. 
Relation between trees and soils, 23. 
Reseeding, Natural, 66. 
Rest period of plants, 19. 
RHAMNACE4, 351. 
Rhamunuus, 351. 
catharticus, (352), 351. 
Ripening of wood, 19. 
River Birch, 277. 
Robinia, 333. 
pseudacacia, (334), 333. 
Rock Elm, 301. 
Rock Maple, 336. 
Rock Pine, 207. 
Root growth, Extent of, 13. 
Root formation, (Figure 2), 13. Seeding trees, 66. 
Roots, 12. Seedlings, 92. 
Roots on a forest grown Elm, 93. Green Ash, 92. 
ROSACE#, 811. variations, 75. 
ROSE Fam1Ly, 811. Height of one-year-old, 83. 
Rotation, 69. Seeds, 73. 
Rot in wood, 175. Amount to use, 82. 
Royal Willow, 256. Classified, 77. 
Rum Cherry, 324. Coniferous tree, 77, 79. 
Run-off of Water, 41. Covering, 82. 
Russell’s experiment, Effect of wind Distribution of, 16. 
on evaporation, 34. Dry, 78. 
Russian—Mulberry, (310), 309. Fleshy covered, 78. 
— Olive, (357), 856. Gathering, 75. 
SALICACE®, 246. Germination of, 75. 
