INDEX 



Agriculture in Rocky Mouiitains, relations of 



forest preservation to, 60, 62, 81. 

 Alder, White, 184. 



Alders of the Rocky Mountain region, 184. 

 Altitudes in Rocky Mountains, 54. 

 Amelanchier alnifolia, 192. 

 Ampclopsis quinquefolia, 191. 

 Arctosfaphylos xii-'a-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. 

 Baccliaris salicina, 194. 

 Bayonet, Spanish, 189. 

 Berber is repens, 190; Fendleri, 19(}. 

 Betula glandulosa, 196. 



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

 Blue Wood, Purple Haw, 168. 

 Bn/anihus empetriformis, 195. 

 Butte, 53. 



California, forests of Los Angeles, San Diego, 

 and San Bernardino Counties, 198; trees and 

 shrubs of same counties, 202, 



Canon, 51. 



Cat's Claw, 172. 



CeanotJms velutinus, 190; ovalus, 190; sanguineus, 

 191; Fendleri, 191. 



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



Chamoibaliaria millefolium, 191. 



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

 sumption of in Colorado for smelting, 78. 



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

 Wnd, 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. 

 Coleogjjue 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, 1 17 ; mountains of, 50. 



Configuration of Rocky Mountain region, 51. 



Conifers of Rocky Mountain region, 159. 



Consumption of timber in Rocky Mountains for 

 mining pui-poses, 77. 



Cornus Canadensis, 193; stolonifera, i93. 



Cornwall, G-eorge, 57. 



Corylus rostrala, 196. 



Cowunia Mexicana, 192, 



Capressus, Giuidalupensis, 165, 201 ; Cupressus ma- 



croc.a.rpa, 201. 

 Davis, W.M., 239. 



Depredations on public timbei*, 9, 17, 21. 

 Domain, public, legislation for preservation of 



timber on the, 212. 

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

 Elcf agnus argentea, 195. 



Elevations in Rocky Mountain region, 55. 



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



European forests, yield of, 36. 



Eitpatorium ageratifolium, V.li. 



Fencing and fuel, demand on forests for, 79. 



Fendlera rapicola, 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 region, 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, demands on, 72 ; for lumber, 73; 

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

 mining, 77; for charcoal, 77. 



Forests, relation of the Government to, 23. 



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

 nardino Counties, California, 198. 



Foi'ests of the Rocky Mountains, location, area, 

 and ownership, 69. 



Forest i era 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. 



Gaidtlieria Myrsinites, 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, 164. 

 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 Avater-flow, 

 26, 27. 



Irrigation systems in Rocky Mountains, 61, 85. 



James, E. J.,23. 



Jamesia Americana, 192. 



Juniper, 166; Rocky Mountain, 167. 



Juniperus communis, 197; Sabina, vav. procum- 



bens, 197. 

 Kalmia glauca, 195. 

 Kinney, Abbot, 198. 



Land and snow slides in Rocky Mountain i-c- 



gion, 83; in Europe, 13. 

 Land Office, Reports of the Commissioner of, 



11,17. 



Lands, public, 7, 9,13. 



Larch, Western; Tamarack, 165; Lyallii, 165, 

 Larrea Mexicana, 190. 



Lonicera Utahensis, 19i; involucrala, 194; ciliosa, 

 194. 



Mahogany, Mountain, 175. 

 Manufactures of Rocky Mountain region, 64. 

 Maples of Rocky Mountain regio.n, 170. 

 M^sa, 52. 



Mesquit, Screw Bean, 172. 



Meteorological tables of Rocky Mountain region, 

 58, 60, 224. 



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