202 
Mining industry of Rocky Mountains, 63; con- 
sumption of timber for,in Rocky Mountains, 
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Montana, assessed valuation, 66; geography and | 
forest conditions, 99; coal-fields, 81; coal pro- 
duction, 80; geographical description, 99; al- 
titudes, 99; trees, kxkinds and distribution, 100. 
New Mexico, assessed valuation, 68; climate, 138; | 
coal-fields, $L; forests, 139; geography, 187; 
irrigation, 139; lumber interest, 141; rainfall, 
139, 
Oak, Black—Mountain Oak,183; Evergreen—Live 
Oak, 182; White, 182. 
Oaks of Rocky Mountain region, 1SI1. 
Pachystima Myrsinites, 190. 
Park, Yellowstone penal tie yee. 
Parsons, George H. : 221 
Peraphyllum ramosissinum, 192, 
Philadelphus microphyllus, 192. 
Physocarpus opulifolia, 191; Torreyi, 191. 
Pine, White, 159, 160; Hoary-branched, 159; 
Pinon—Nut, 160—Fox-tail—Hickory, 160; 
Bull—Yellow, 169; Chihuahua, 161; Black— 
Lodge-pole, Tamarac, 161; Torreyana, 201. 
Pines of Rocky Mountain region, 359. 
Plains and plateaus of Rocky Mountain region, 
52, 58. 
Plum, Wild Yellow or Red—Horse Plum, 173; 
Chickasaw, 173. 
Poplar, Balsam—Balm of Gilead, 187. 
Poplars of Rocky Mountain region, 187, 
Population and property values in Rocky Mount- 
ain region, 65. 
Publie lands, disposal of, in Recky Mountains, 
7,18; depredations,9; protection, 17,21. 
Public timber lands, area and management of, 
86. 
Purshia tridentata, 192. 
Railwaysin Rocky Mountains, _consumption of 
timber by, 74; mileage of, 75. 
Reforestation in France, “expenditure for sls: 
Resources, agricultural, 60. 
Rhamnus alnifolia, 190; Culifornica, 190. 
Rhus glabra, 191; toxicodendron, 191; aromatica, 
var. trilobata, 191. 
Ribes leptanthum, 192; divericatum, 192; oxican- 
thoides, 193; rotundifolium, 193; Cynobati, 193; 
prostratum, 193; lucustre, 193; Hudsonianum, 
193; Corewm, 193; vicisissimum, 193; floridum, 
193; sanguineum, 193; aureum, 193. 
Rocky Mountain region, forest flora, 153 ; pines, 
159; spruces, 161; maples, 170; ashes, 177; 
oaks, 181; alders, 184; willows, ae poplars, 
187; shrubs, 190; climate, 12, 56, 291: land 
grants to, 7; population and ince: 7. 
Rocky Mountains, agriculture, 62; agricultural 
Ceaditions. 60; altitudes, 54: area, 52; cli- 
mate, 55; configuration, 51; elevation, 51, 52, 
53, 54, 55: forests of the region, 69; forest 
conditions, 49, 69; forest policy in, 86; in- 
dustries, 62; irrigation systems, 61, 85; man- 
ufactures, 64; mining, 63; plains and pla- 
teaus, 52, 58: population and values, 65; 
stock-growing, 64; stone and marble, 65; the 
mountain system, 19, 51, 49; timber lines, 55; 
water-courses, 53; wool-growing, 64. 
Rosa blanda, 192; Arkansana, 192; qymnocarpa, 
192; Sayi, 192. Nutkana, 192; Fendleri, 192; 

Woodsii, 192. 
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Rubus Nutkanus, 191; deliciosus, 191; slrigosus, 
191; occidentalis, Jot. ; 
Salix cordata, 196; Nove Angliz, 195; irrorata, 
196; mioniieola 6! rostrata, 196; chlorophylla, 
196; candida, 196; glauca, var.villosa, 196 ; des- 
ertorum, 196; artica, var. petra, 196; vestita, 
196; reticulata, 197. , 
Sambucus racemosa ,193; melanocarpa, 193 ; Cana- 
densis, 194, 
San Diego County, Cal., trees and shrubs of, 198, 
202. 
Sarcobatus vermiculalus, 195. 
Sequoia sempervirens. 
Screw Bean—Mesquit, 172. 
Sheperdia argentea, 195; Canadensis, 195. 
Signal Service tables of temperature, rain-fall, 
etce., in Rocky Mountain region, 83. 
Slides, snow and land, in Rocky Mountain re- 
gion, 83. 
Snow and land slides in Rocky Mountains, 83. 
Snow-slides and avalanches, 236; accounts of in 
Rocky Mountains, 287. 
Spirea betulifolia, 191. 
Spruce, White—Single, 161; Engelmann’s, 162; 
Blue, 162; Douglas—Y ellow Fir, 164. 
Spruces of R oeky Mountain region, 161. 
Shrubs of Rocky Mountain region, 190. 
Stock-growing in Rocky Mountains, 64. 
Stevenson, E. A., 88. 
Sudworth, G.B., 153. 
Symphoricarpos occidentalis, 194; racemosus, 194 ; 
oreophilus, 194. 
Telegraph poles, 76. 
Temperature of Rocky Mountain region, 58, 
59. 
Tetradymia canescens, 194; glabrata, 194; Nutlalii, 
194; spinosa, 194. 
Thorn, Black, 176. 
Timber, consumption for mining purposes, 77; 
right to fell and remove, 8. 
Timber, public, depredations on, 9, 
Timber lands, public—legislation in regard to, 
212. 
Timber lines in Rocky Mountains, 55. 
Torrents, damage by, in Europe, 13. 
Trefoil, Shrubby— Hop Tree, 168, 
Tree-planting in Colorado, 233. 
Utah, assessed valuation, 68; climate, 149; farm- 
ing lands, extent of, 149; forest conditions, 14; 
geography, 149; ores, 159; quarries—stone, 
151; rain-fall, 150; timber, 150, 151. 
Values of property in Rocky Mountain region, 
65, 68. 
Vaccinium occidentale, 194; caespitosum, 195 ; Ayr- 
tillas, 195. 
Virburnum pauciflorum, 94. 
Vitis riparia, 191. 
Warren, Francis E., 55. 
Water-courses of Rocky Mountain region, 53. 
Willows of Rocky Mountain region, 185. 
Wool-growing in Rocky Mountain region, 64. 
Wyoming, assessed valuation, 66; climate, 109: 
coal fields, 8L; geography ‘and forest condi- 
tions, 108; irrication, 111; native trees and 
forests, 109. 
Yellowstone National Park, 115, 206; needs of, 
296: forests, 208; flora, 208; water-flow, 209. 
Yew, 167. 
Yucca, brevifolia, 201, 



