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INDEX. 



Aberdeenshire, fir plants exported 

 to England from, 31. Planting 

 extensively carried on in, for the 

 last 30 years, ibid. note. Finest 

 pine forests in the island to be 

 met with in that county, ibid. 

 Nurseries in, 32, note. 



Acorns, season for sowing, 229. 



Age at which different kinds of 

 trees ought to be removed from 

 the nursery to waste lands, 130- 

 136. 



Agriculture, waste lands prepared 

 for, by planting, 12. 



Alder, description of, 51. SoU most 

 proper for, 106-107. Properties 

 and uses of, 393. 



America, supply of wood from, 4. 

 Carriage of wood overland in, 5. 

 Practice of clearing the land for 

 cultivation, by burning the wood 

 in, 6. Probability of the supply 

 of wood from, ceasing, 5-7. 



Ash, description of, 47. Quality of 

 soil best suited for, 103, 104. 

 Properties and uses of, 387. 



Ash, Mountain, adapted for under- 

 wood, 270. Propagation of, 271. 

 Properties and uses of, 394. 



Balm of Gilead fir, description of, 



45. Soil proper for, 100. 

 Beech, description of, 49. Quality 



of soil best for, 104. Properties 



and uses of, 389. 

 Birch, description of, 51. Soil most 



proper for, 105, 106. Weeping 



and common, proper plants for 



underwood, 271. Properties and 



uses of, 392. 

 Braemar Forest, gigantic specimens 



of Scots fir in, 96. 

 Briar, sweet, proper for underwood, 



273. 



Burning of heath and furze, easiest 

 method of clearing the ground for 

 planting, and paring and burning 

 recommended, 126-128. 



Canada, and the northern parts of 

 Europe, the principal sources 



from which we are supplied with 

 timber, 4. 

 Carriage of wood over land in 



America, cost of, 5. 

 Cattle must be excluded from young 

 plantations, but may pasture in 

 old woods, 1 1. 

 Chestnut, Horse, description of, 49. 



Properties and uses of, 394. 

 Chestnut, Spanish, description of, 

 49. Properties and uses of, 390. 

 Clearing land by burning, 6. 

 Culture of trees must be adapted 

 to their nature, 26. Differences 

 necessary in different kinds of 

 trees, ibid. 

 Cuttings, propagation of trees by, 

 74. 



Deciduous trees, estimated expense 



of planting per acre, 27. 

 Dee-side, excellent for Scotch fir, 97. 

 Ditching, a necessary preliminary 

 to planting, 123. Best method of 

 making, described, 125, 126. 

 Don, river, quality of soil on the 

 banks of, not favourable to Scotch 

 fir, 96. 



Draining preparatory to planting, 

 133, Additional remarks on, 399. 

 Fig. I. representing a field with 

 open surface drains, 400. Drain- 

 ing performed with the plough, 

 401. Fig. II. shewing the me- 

 thod of draining, where the wet- 

 ness arises from springs, 402. 

 Fig. III. representing a springy 

 bog, intended to be dried by 

 Ellington's mode of draining, 403. 

 Carrying a drain across a niiU- 

 lead, 405. Fig. IV. representing 

 a dike and ditch, 407. Table for 

 calculating the contents of, per 

 running yard, 408. 

 Duties paid on timber imported into 

 Great Britain in 1827, 1, 2, note. 

 Dikes, tables for measuring, 439. 



Elevation at which trees will thrive, 

 relatively to one another in all 

 countries, 101-111. 



