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INDEX 



Pruning, first method of renaoving 

 limb, 121, 122.* 



fixing height of branching, iii. 



forming the crown, in, 112. 



general points, 114, 113. 



heading back, 126,* 127, 127,* 128, 

 129. 



how, 120, 120.* 



individual tree, 113. 



keeping crown within limits, 126, 

 127. 



limb must not split, 121. 



results of bad pruning, 116.* 



right way, 117. 



root, 89. 



scar, healing of, 116,* 123. 



scars, how healed, 117, 118,* 119, 

 119.* 



second method of removing limb, 

 121, 123, 124.* 



split by improper pruning, 120.* 



street as a unit, 113. 



to artificial forms, 125, 126. 



tools, 130, 131,* 132, 133. 



top, 8g. 



when, 129. 



wrong way, 115, 117. 

 Pruning tools, 130, 131, * 132, 133. 

 Pruning saw, see Pruning tools. 

 Pseudococcus aceris, 177. 

 Pulvinaria innumerabilis, 175. 

 Pyropolyporus igniarius, 187, 188.* 



Rahway, N. J., 238. 

 Records, of complaints, 254. 



of trees planted, 252, 254. 

 Repair of trees or tree surgery, 218- 

 226. 



examples of, 224.* 

 Replacing, 227. 

 Reserve material, 107. 

 Resin, 219. 

 Respiration, 106. 

 Ridgefield, N. J., 230. 

 Ridgewood, N. J., 238. 

 Roads, tarring or oiling of, 138, 139, 



140. 

 Roadway, width of, 66. 

 Roots, asphyxiation, 199. 



cutting of, 230. 



cutting of, in resetting curbs, 150. 



discoloration by gas, 142. 



fibrous, 84. 



important when selecting trees, 87. 



lack air, 137. 



lack water, 137. 



Norway maple, 83.* 



preserving when transplanting, 87. 



pruning of, 89. 



training of, 228. 



training in nursery, 82, 84. 

 Roselle, N. J., 238. 

 Rust, 195. 



on linden, 192,* 195. 

 Rutherford, N. J., 238. 



Quercus alba, 32. 

 hicolor, 34, 

 coccinea, 32. 

 laurijolia, 80. 

 nigra, 60. 

 palustris, 31. 

 phellos, 60. 

 prill us, 34. 

 rubra, 31, 32. 

 virginiana, 58. 



Raffia, III. 



Sabal palmetto, 60. 



Salisburia adiantijolia, 53. 



Salt water, injuries by, 137, 156.* 



Sand, in soil, 63. 



filling cavities, 223. 

 San Jose scale, 176,* 179, 180. 

 Sap-rots, 191, 192, 193. 

 Saprophytic fungi, 191. 

 Sapwood, 105. 

 Sargent, C. S., 75. 

 Scale or sucking insects, 175. 



winter washes for, 205. 



