254 
Country, effects of forests on a, 14. 
Cuttings, propagating trees from, 
213-215. 
Cypress-trees, 29; deciduous, 158. 
Deserts, want of forests produce, 2. 
Dogwood-trees—Cornel, 124; Ja- 
maica, 124-126. 
Drake, Dr., on importance of sav- 
ing forests, 7. 
Dry-belt, experiments on rainfall 
of, 
Eastern lands deserted, 2. 
Egypt, increase of rainfall in Low- 
er, 13. 
Elm-trees—32; red, 84; shady and 
ornamental, 82-84; wahoo, or 
winged, 83, 84; white, 82, 83. 
Eucalyptus-trees, 57; prevent ma- 
laria, 175; rapid growth, 174, 
175, 177. 
Europe, observations on rainful in, 
57 
Re ORGE: effect of trees upon, 
Evergreens—give off warmth and 
moisture, 54; keep cold winds 
in check, 46. 
‘“*Exodium of warmth,” 54. 
teens on atmosphere, 56- 
61. 
Famine, a timber, 16, 17. 
Farm utensils, white ash for, 64. 
Features, variety of, in trees, 37, 88. 
Fences, enormous amount of tim- 
ber in, 9. 
Fig-trees, 32. 
Florida, live-oak woods of, 5, 33. 
Forest, description of a, 38-40. 
Forest - growing regions, Kansas 
and Nebraska famous, 12. 
Forests — affect prevailing wind, 
12; beauty of retreats in, 38-40; 
burning to clear land, 14, 15; 
California Redwood, 20; cause 
showers, 12; Congress indiffer- 
ent to fate of, 6; cooler than 
fields in day, warmer at night, 
57; countries barren and depop- 
ulated through loss of, 2, 3; de- 
stroying, almost like taking hu- 
man life, 9; destruction of, 17, 
INDEX. 
18; destruction of, in Bokhara, 
43; disappearance of, 3; distri- 
bution of rainfall identical with, 
44; Dr. Drake on importance of 
saving, 9; dry currents of air re- 
tarded by, 12; duty of Ameri- 
cans to protect, 7; effect of de- 
stroying, in Russia, 42, 43; ef- 
fects of their destruction, 1; 
eight millions of acres denuded 
every year, 10; excuses for their 
destruction, 1, 2; fires and saw- 
mills destroy, 2; great red fir, 5; 
impenetrable, unfit for abode of 
man, 3; importance of saving, 
6, 7; in Germany and France be- 
long to government, 4; in Mon- 
tana and Washington Territory, 
5; increase moisture, 14; Ne- 
braska replaces, 11; none left in 
New York, 2; not protected in 
United States, 5; of Michigan 
and Wisconsin disappearing, 2; 
rainfall less on cleared land than 
in, 57; remnants of extinct, 36; 
right of protecting should be 
given to the states, 5,15; Rocky 
Mountains will soon be stripped 
of, 9,10; vandalism committed 
by corporations on, 9, 10. 
Fringe-tree, 145. 
Fuel scarce in the East, 35. 
Grape-vines—American wild, 197; 
Carolina, 200; Catawba, 199; El- 
sanborough, 200; Isabella, 199; 
planting, 200-201. 
Gordonia—pubescent - leaved, 190; 
woolly-leaved, 189. 
Government indifferent to denuda- 
tion of timber-land, 6. 
Grafting, methods of, 220-223. 
aoe Salt Lake, waters increasing, 
Hackberry-tree, 142. 
Hedy trees, rapid growth of, 236, 
Havoc worked in West, 6, 
Heat—in trees and plants, 45, 46; 
laws of, 55-57. 
Hedges—berberry for, 184; should 
be planted, 15. 
Herd laws, 15. 
