INDEX. 



291 



E. 



Ebony, 42, 43, 45 

 Elasticity of wood, 20, 37 



Elder, 41, 57 



Elfving's experiments on ascent 

 of water, 76—80, 107, 116, 



Elm, 26, 49, 57, 206 



Errera's expeiiments on ascent 



of water, 137 

 Erysiphe^, 252 

 Erythrina^ 50 

 Eugenia, 58 



European woods, 22, 44, 57 

 Exfiltration of water, 103 — 105, 



125—130 



F. 



False rings, 23, 45, 47, 54— S^ 

 Ferment, 152, 168 — 173, 188, 



277 

 Fermentation, 224 

 Fibres, 17, 37» 54, 65, 17S 

 Ficus^ 55 



Fig (see Fuus\ 23, 26, 45, 55 

 Fir (see Abies\ 5, 12, 17, 18, 



24, 42, 133, 147, 170, 176, 



198, 254 

 Frobt, 32, 36, 164, 230, 239 — 



242 

 Fuchsia^ 136 



G. 



Gamboge, 206 

 Garcinia, 206 

 Gases in leaves, 246 

 Gas-pressure theory of ascent of 



water, 100, 106, 108, 138 

 General characters of wood, i — 



Gmelina^ 57 



Godlewski's theory of ascent of 

 water, 117— 133, 139— 141 



Grain of wood, 3, 51 

 Gitaiacttm^ 42 

 Gutta-percha, 206 

 Gymnosporangium, 268 



H. 



Hardness of wood, 20, 28, 49 

 Hardivickiaf 27, 50, ^(> 

 Hartig's theory and observations 



on ascent of water, 84, 117, 



121, 131, 138 

 Hawthorn, 42, 26S 

 Hazel, 49, 165, 230 

 Healing of wounds, 207—209, 



210—226, 229 

 Heart-wood {see Duramen) 41, 



54— 58» 75. Ss, 94, 1S6 

 SeUanthus, 104 

 Heritiera^ 53, 56 

 Heteroecism, 26S 

 Holarrhena, 58 

 Holly, 22, 43, 49 

 Hornbeam, 44, 46, 48, 58, 230 

 Horse-chestnut, 43, 46, 48, 58 

 Hymenomycetous fungi, 169 

 Hypha, 149, 153, 178, 187, 254, 



276—283 



1. 



Imbibition, 62, 68, 94, 98, 107, 



112 

 Imbibition theory of ascent of 



water, 62, 66, 77, 96, iii, 



117, 13S 



Impermeability of wood for air, 



8r, 84, 108, 113 

 Indian woods, 23, 45, 55 — 



57 

 Infection, 149, 183, 189, 195, 



234, 238, 242, 252, 269, 273 



— 275, 278—284 

 Intercellular passages, 246 

 Iron wood, 45, 55 

 Isonand7'at 206 



