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INDEX. 



M'Corquodale, Mr William, quoted, 

 47. 



Maritime or sea -side planting, 54 — 

 cost of an experiment, 55 — examin- 

 ation of unfavourable sites, ih, — 

 trees and shrubs best suited for, 57 

 et seq. 



Mathieson, John, 307. 



Montagu, Duke of, 304. 



Moor-bnming, 9. 



Mortimer, John, 309. 



Nasmyth, Sir John, 305. 

 Nathaniel, John Winch, 311. 

 Neil, Mr Samuel, on Sir Walter Scott 

 and tree-planting, 7. 



Oak-trees, pruning, 234, 239. 



Parkinson, John, 308. 



Pines, 44. 



Pine timber, cost of growing, 69. 



Plantations, the form and outline of, 

 4 — ^the breadth of, 5 — ^report on the 

 Loch Ordie, 72 — ^report on the Inver- 

 caidd, 73 — report on the Castlemilk, 

 77 — ^report by Mr Robert E. Brown, 

 80 — ^report on Strathspey, 82 et seq. 

 —report on fencing, 94— report on 

 a mixed plantation in Eoxburgh- 

 shire, 95 — evil effects of mixing 

 different kinds of trees in, 193. 



Planters, celebrated, 302. 



Planting, the objects of, 4 — ^prepar- 

 ing ground for, 9 — season of the 

 year best adapted for moor-burning, 

 ib. — sparing the surface, 10 — ^the 

 planting of moorlands, 11— -plough- 

 ing and subsoUing, 13-— cost of trees, 

 14 et seq. — attention to the develop- 

 ment of branches, 16 — planting 

 within the Influence of the 'sea, 54 

 — planting on barren and exposed 

 districts, 59 — planting in foreign 

 countries, 66 — important local 

 planting, 72 et seq. — kinds and 

 ages of plants used, 74 et seq. — cost 

 of formation of plantations, 75 et 

 seq. — average growth for five years, 

 77 — modes of, 80 et seq. — ^planting 

 with a view to pecuniary profit, 89 

 — the annual increase of wood, 92— 

 the spacing of hardwoods in a mixed 

 l^lantation, 96 — a planter's experi- 

 ence, 97-=-cost of plants for hill- 

 ground, 100 — top growth, 101 — 

 making up blanks and renewing 

 old plantations, 104 — ^group-plant- 



ing, ib. — city and roadside do., 106 

 — implements for, 112 et seq. — mis- 

 cellaneous hints on, 118 — ^rules for, 

 119 — results of, at an altitude of 

 350 feet above the sea, 185. 



Planting-iron, 117. 



Pruning, the object of, 209— advan- 

 tages and disadvantages of, 210 — 

 the leading principle of, 211 — ^risks 

 of, 212— rules for guidance in, 214 

 — ^removal of dead branches, 217 — 

 method of, 219 — ^the pruning-chisel, 

 228 et seq. — different methods of 

 pruning pine and fir plantations, 

 229 — ^benefits of, 238 — ^pinching off 

 young shoots, 243 — treatment of 

 hedgerows and avenues, 245 — ampu- 

 tating large Umbs, 246— -proper and 

 improper pruning, 247 — evil effects 

 of, 252 — ^treatment of unhealthy and 

 diseased trees, ib. — cutting away a 

 twin-stem, 256 — ^reducing the top 

 of a tree, 257 — Gavin Cree's system 

 of, 260 — its merits counterbaUmced 

 by its defects, 263 — the French sys- 

 tem of, 266---treatment of double 

 or forking branches, 272 — treatment 

 of old trees, 275 — veterans, 276 — 

 loosened barks, 277 — cavities in 

 the trunk, 278 — season for, 279 — 

 the use of coal-tar, ib. — objections 

 to other preparations, 280— effects 

 of coal-tar on the elm, 281 — conifers, 

 282 — objections to coal-tar, 283 — 

 experiments in, 284 — hurried growth 

 injudicious, 286 — ornamental prun- 

 ing, 288 — instruments for, 293— the 

 cmsel, ib. — the averuncator, 295 — 

 the cleaving-knife, ib. — ladders, 296 

 — hooks or spurs, ib. — ^the dendro- 

 scope, 297 — selection of the leader, 

 298— the pruning - knife, ib. — the 

 handsaw, ib. — ^the pole-saw, 299 — 

 rules for, 300. 



Reid, John, 306. 

 Robinson, John, 307. 

 Root-pruning, 62. 

 Rose, John, 309. 



Sadler, John, 312. 



Sap-lifters, 273. 



Scotch fir, successive cropping with, 

 47 — results of different methods of 

 planting, compared, ib. — clearing 

 the ground before planting, 51. 



Seafield, Earl of, 305. 



Sinclair, Sir John, 305. 



