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INDEX 



Quercitron, 65, 78, 79 

 — , dye wood, 419 

 Qucrcus acuminata, 146 



— alba, 146 



— agilops, 85 



— cerrus for charcoal, 244, 245 



— dmsi flora, 75 



— macrocarpa, 146 



— minor, 146 



— plalanoides, 146 



— prinus, 71 



— siibcr, 433 



— mlutina, 78 



, dyes, 416 



Quermos for tanning, 65 

 Quintal, equivalents, 16 



R 



Rabate on French naval stores industry, 188 

 Rail, (split), equivalent, 15 

 Railroad Administration, U. S., tie specifica- 

 tions, 274 



— tie specifications, 271, 272 

 Railway mileage in United States, 263 

 Rambong rubber, 406 



Rate of consumption of lumber, 5 



Raw material, excelsior, 427 



Raymond, W. C, on cross ties, 298 



Record of sap seasons, 383 



■ — , S. J., on cork oak in the United States, 



443 



— , , — fuel value of wood, 350 



— , , — sources of vegetable tannins, 



reference, 88 

 Recovery of spent liquors, 50 

 Red spruce — see eastern spruce 

 Redwood, amount for boxes, 251 



— cross ties, amount, 267 



— fuel value, 342 

 — , lumber cut, 8 

 — , — value, 10 



— poles, amount, 303 

 , durability, 320 



— posts, 326 



— shakes, 370 



— shingles, durability, 369 

 — , standing timber, 4 



— ties, durability, 293 



Reed, t.. J., on storage of ship cargoes, 261 



Refrigeration, cork for, 441 



Refining crude alcohol, 212 



Rehm, N. F., on ties and tie plates, 298 



Requirements of a good tie, 267 

 desirable pulp woods, 22 



— for establishment of a pulp mill, 30 

 Retort house for distillation, hardwood, 207 

 Retorts, distillation, 208 



— , iron, used in hardwood distillation, 200 

 — , oven, used in hardwood distillation, 201 



— used in cooking sulphite pulp, 41, 42 

 Resin flow in tapping for naval stores, 167 

 Resinous woods, fuel value, 343 

 Rhizophora mangle, Linn., 82 



Rhode Island, box lumber consumption, 252 



, wood fuel used, 339 



Rhus coriaria, 85 



— glabra, 79 



— typhina, 79 



Richards, A. M., photograph by, 19, 25 



Rifle tie, 264 



Rocky Mountains, fuel in, 340 



Rolls, drying, paper, 56 



Rosewood sawed veneers, 102 



— used for veneers, 90 



Rosin and turpentine, production of, 168, 169 



— barrels, i8i 

 — , grades of, 180 



— market prices at Savannah, 185 



— sizing, 53 

 — , uses of, 232 



— , utilization of, 184 



Rotary veneer machine, illustration of, gi 



Rubber, African, 406 



— , collecting, illustration of, 409 



— Company, U. S., illustration by, 407, 409 

 — , general, 401 



— , history, 402 



— , methods of manufacture, 411 



— , production, 404 



— , Para, in plantations, 408 



— plantation, illustration of, 402 



— plantations, 407 

 , acreage, 408 



, investments in, 408, 409 



, spacing trees, 409 



— production, 401, 410 

 — , sources of supply, 404 

 — , uses, 412 



— , values, 401, 402, 412 



— vulcanizing, 403 



Rule, Doyle, used in measuring stave and 



heading logs, 137 

 Rules, grading, shingle, 360 

 Russia, 2 



