INDEX. 



Agriculture in Rocky Mountains, relations of 

 forest preservation to, 60, 62, 84. 



Alder, White, 184. 



Alders of the Rocky Mountain region, 184. 



Altitudes in Rocky Mountains, 54. 



Amelanchier alnifolia, 192. 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia, 191. 



Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, 195. 



Area of Rocky Mountain system, 52„ 



Ash, Rocky Mountain, 177; Western Mountain, 

 175. 



Asp or Aspen, Quaking, 72, 187. 



Avalanches and snow-slides, 236 ; formation of, 

 242; rescue of persons buried, 246; measures 

 of protection, 248. 



Baccharis salicina, 194. 



Bayonet, Spanish, 189. 



Bcrberis repens, 190; Fendleri, 190. 



Betula glandulosa, 196. 



Birch, Canoe, White Birch, 183; Black, 184. 



Blue Wood, Purple Haw, 168. 



Bryanthus einpetriformis, 195. 



Butte, 53. 



California, forests of Los Angeles, San Diego, 

 and San Bernardino Counties, 198; trees and 

 shrubs of same counties, 202. 



Cafion, 51. 



Cat's Claw, 172. 



Ceanothus veluHnus, 190; ovatus, 190; sanguineus, 

 191; Fendleri, il91. 



Cedar, Canoe, 166; Red-Savin, 167. 



Chamsebaliaria tniUefolinin, 191. 



Cliarcoal, demand on the forests for, 77 ; con- 

 sumption of in Colorado for smelting, 78. 



Cherry, Indian, 168; Wild Red, 173; Oregon, 173; 

 Wild, 174; Choke, 174. 



Chinook Winds, 241 



Climate of the Rocky Mountain region, 12, 56, 

 221. 



Coal, supply of in Rocky Mountain region, 79, 

 81. 



Coeur d'Alene Mountains, 20. 



Coleogyne ramosissima, 192. 



Colorado, assessed valuation of, 67; coal supply 

 of, 80; forests of, 116 ; forest preservation in, 

 118; Forestry Association of, 118; geography 

 of, 115; irrigation systems of, 118; lumber in- 

 terests of, 117; mountains of, 50. 



Configuration of Rocky Mountain region, 51. 



Conifers of Rocky Mountain region, 159. 



Consumption of timber in Rocky Mountains for 

 mining purposes, 77. 



Cornus Canadensis, 193; stolonifera, i93. 



Cornwall, George, 57. 



Corylus rostraia, 196. 



Cowania Mexicana, 192. 



Cupressus, Guadalupensis, 166,201; Cupressus nia- 

 crocarpa, 201. 



Davis, W.M., 239. 



Depredations on public timber, 9, 17, 21. 



Domain, public, legislation for preservation of 

 timber on the, 212. 



Egleston, N. H., 212 ; notes, 61, 139, 140. 



E'ieagmis argentea, 195. 



Elevations in Rocky Mountain region, 55. 



Ensign, E. T., 41, 69, 154. 



European forests, yield of, 36. 



Enpatorinin ageratifoliam, 11)4. 



Fencing and fuel, demand on forests for, 79. 



Fendlera rupicola, 192, 81 , 198. 



Fernow, B. E., 71, 83, 235, 236. 



Fir, Balsam, Balm of Gilead, 163; Great Silver, 

 White, 163. 



Fires, forest, in Rocky Mountain region, 82. 



Foehn, the, 239. 



Foliage, loss of, 84. 



Forest conditions of Rocky Mountain region, 

 summarized statement by counties in tables, 

 70, 152. 



Forest fires in Rocky Mountain region, 82. 



Forest flora of Rocky Mountain reg"io*i 153, 



Forest influences, 84. 



Forest preservation in Rocky Mountains, rela- 

 tions of to agriculture, 84. 



Forest policy, 13, 38, 86. 



Forest products, value of, compared, 23. 



Forest schools, 34. 



Forest supplies, demandson, 72 ; for lumber, 73; 

 for railway, 74; for telegraph poles, 76; for 

 mining, 77; for charcoal, 77. 



Forests, relation of tlie Government to, 23. 



Forests of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Ber- 

 nardino Counties, California, 198. 



Forests of the Rocky Mountains, location, area, 

 and ownership, 69. 



Forestiera Neo-Mexicana, 195. 



Flora, forest, of Rocky Mountain region, 153. 



Fuel, supply of, in Rocky Mountains, 79, 81. 



Fuel and fencing, demands on forests for, 79. 



GanUheria Myrsiyiites, 195. 



Geography of Rocky Mountain region, 49, 91, 99, 

 108, 115, 137, 149. 



Hague, Arnold, 206. 



Harrington, M. W., 241. 



Haw, Purple; Blue Wood, 168. 



Hemlock, Western, 161. 



Holodiscus discolor, 191. 



Houser, S.T.,82,88. 



Idaho, assessed valuation, 66; geography and 

 forest conditions, 91 ; coal-fields, 81 ; coal pro- 

 duction, 80; irrigation, 93; lumber manu- 

 factured, 93. 



Industries of Rocky Mountains, 62. 



Indian Cherry, 168. 



Influence of forests on climate and water-flow, 

 26,27. 



Irrigation systems in Rocky Mountains, 61,85. 



James, E. J., 23. 



Jamesia Americana, 192. 



Juniper, 166; Rocky Mountain, 167. 



Juiiiperus com^nuiiis, 197 ; Sabina, var. procutn- 

 bens, 197. 



Kalmia gtauca, 195. 



Kinney, Abbot, 198. 



Land and snow slides in Rocky Mountain re- 

 gion, 83; in Europe, 13. 



Land Office, Reports of tlie Commissioner of, 

 11,17. 



Lands, public, 7,9,13. 



Larch, Western; Tamarack, 165; Lyallii, 163. 



Larrea Mexicana, 190. 



Lonicera Utahensis, 191; involiicraf a, 191; ciliosa, 

 194. 



Mahogany, Mountain, 175. 



Manufactures of Rocky Mountain region, 64. 



Maples of Rocky Mountain region, 170. 



Mesa, 52. 



Mesquit, Screw Bean, 172. 



Meteorological tables of Rocky Mountain region, 

 58, 60, 224. 



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