INDEX 



461 



Para rubber in plantations, 408 

 Parthenium argentalum, 406 

 Peach wood, 417 

 Peeling cross ties, illustration of, 268 



— hemlock bark in North Carolina, illustra- 



tion, 62 

 , season for, 67 



— poles, 313 



Pennsylvania, box lumber consumption, 252 



— , charcoal making in, 237 



— , importance in use of mine timbers, 331 



— , lumber cut, 3, 7 



— , mine timber specifications, 333 



— , wood fuel used, 339 



Per capita consumption of forest products, 5 , 6 



Percentage of loss in manufacture of saw logs, 



13 



Pemambuco-wood, 417 



Persia, 20 



Peters, E. W., on preservation of mine tim- 

 bers, as 



Picea canadensis, 24 



— cxcelsa, charcoal yield, 238 



— rubens, 24 



— sitchensis, 24 

 Picket, equivalent, 15 

 Piece, equivalent, 15 



Pierson, A. H., on consumption of firewood, 



35° 

 Pile, equivalents, 15 

 Piling, 299 



— , annual consumption and wastage, 5 

 — , danger from marine borers, 321 

 — , life of, untreated, 320 

 — , logging, 310 

 • — method, illustration of, 317 

 — , preservative of, 321 

 — , specifications, 307 

 — , substitutes for, 325 



— ties, method of, 289 

 — , wastage, s 



Pinchot, G., on turpentine orcharding, 188 

 Pine, Cuban, for distillation, 227 

 — , — , used for naval stores, 167 



— for pulp, 26, 27,31,48 

 — , jack for pulp, 26, 29 



— , loblolly, poles, durability, 320 

 — , — , posts, 329 

 — , — , ties, durability, 293 

 — , lodgepole, charcoal, 240 

 — , — , cross ties, amount, 267 

 — , — , fuel value, 342 



Pine, lodgepole, lumber cut, 8 

 ■ — , — , — value, 10 



— , poles, durability, 320 



— , standing timber, 4 



— , ties, durability, 293 



longleaf, characters of, i 



— for distillation, 227 

 — , poles, durability, 320 

 — , posts, 326 

 — , ties, durability, 293 

 — , used for naval stores, 167 

 Norway for distillation, 227 

 — , standing timber, 4 

 pitch, charcoal yield, 239 



— poles, 301 

 , amount, 303 



— Products Co., Ga., view of plant, 228 

 shortleaf, for distillation, 227 

 — , posts, 329 

 — , ties, durability, 293 

 slash, used for naval stores, 167 

 southern, cross ties, amount, 267 

 — , hoops, 131 

 — , shingles, 353 



— yellow, for pulp, 21, 26, 29, 47 



, lumber production, 3, 8, 9 



, shingles, durability, 369 



, standing timber, 4 



, veneers, use, 106, 107 



sugar, amount for boxes, 251 



— , lumber cut, 8 



— , — value, 10 



— , standing timber, 4 



— staves, stack, 125 



— used for slack cooperage, 121 

 in mines, 332 



— veneer cores, 108 

 western, boiling for veneers, 97 

 — , shingles, durability, 369 

 — , veneers, use, 106 



— yellow, amount for boxes, 251 



, cross ties, amount, 267 



, excelsior, 426 



, for distillation, 227 



, for naval stores, 167, r77 



, lumber value, 10 



, poles, durability, 320 



, tapped for naval stores, 177 



, ties, durability, 293 



white, amount for boxes, 251 

 — , charcoal yield, 239 

 — , excelsior, 426 



