194 INDEX. 
Grass versus forest at Puhipuhi—5i. 
Grazing as an aid to natural regenerution—120. 
Green, G. A., on growth of two Kauri saplings—I4. 
Grevillea robusta, a first-rate tree of exceptional value for northern forests—143. 
** Group ”’ system in systematic forestry—79. 
Growth -—Kauri and other native trees compared with the chief forest-trees of Hurope— 
10 to 19: mnemonics for old trees (rings) and young trees (planted)—16, 19: 
Kauri and Short-leaf Pitch-pine compared—I14, 138: slow growth of young Kaur 
—18: summary, Kauri growth—1l5: a real stoppage of growth in winter in New 
Zealand—82: growth of quick-growing introduced trees and native trees com- 
pared—158. 
* Gum-diggers ” as helps to the forester—118, 155. 
“Gum,” Kauri (see “ Kauri resin ”). 
Half-million acres Kauri forest, the war-debt sinking fund—4, 180, 189, 
Hall on growth of native trees—16. 
Hardwoods and softwoods: classification of timber—105, 
Henry, Dr., premier English tree expert—92. 
Henry. Professor, of Nancy: work on nitrogen-fixing of forest humus—1s2. 
Hemisphere (Southern), timber-market of (sce ““ Southern Hemisphere ”’). 
Hickory—105, 112, 135, 141. 
Himalayas—118, 123. 
Hochstetter, Dr., on Kauri—49. 
Hokianga, Peninsula—4. 
Hoe (swing): its utility in the cultivated forest—133. 
Home rule stopped forest alienation in South Africa but not in New Zealand—3. 
Hundred: the figure in the normal cultivated Kauri forest—s3, 180. 
Huntington, Professor. of Yale, on the age of giant Sequoias—5l. 
Ideal tree of European forest—73. 
Improvement, gradual, of Huropean forests—8, 72, 186, 188. 
India: resin, royalties, &¢.—35. 
Industrial loss £12,000,000 at Puhipuhi—7l, 
Insignis-pine—128, 135, 161, 163, 164: acrim—161: price, yearly yield-figure often 
misquoted—l161: rainfall 17in. or less in its native habitat—162: disease 
threatening it in New Zealand—162: soil, its general failure on poor soils—163 : 
natural regeneration rarely strong and often fails in New Zealand—163: diverse 
opinions on its usefulness as grown in New Zealand—63: summary of its limita- 
tions in New Zealand—164: Insignis-pine on soil of average farming-value will 
show less money-yield than a Kauri forest on the poorest soil and with all the 
mature timber cut, provided the age-classes are well represented in the forest left 
after milling—162. 
Interest charge on forest plantations—113, 169. (See also Plantations.) 
Interplanting—129 to 134: interplanting slandards in the native forests a fraction of 
the cost of full planting in the open—129, 182: its two advantages are economy 
and soil-maintenance—130, 132: cost half a farthing per seedling; 1d. per young 
tree established—131: interplanting not for dry climates; success in killing 
gorse; swing-hoe; cut and mulch; dise weed-stopper—133: summary of the 
nine points in fayour of interplanting—134, 
Jardinage or ** selection ” fellings in northern forests—78, 
Jura Mountain forest under conversion treatment—181. 
* Kairaru,” record Kauri tree: cubic content of, value of—48, 49, 78. 
Kauri :—Age of giant trees overestimated by Kirk—50 : average net revenue per acre 
for transition period—96; best in mixed forest—80: burnt forest and swamp 
“gum "’—146: rings, photo of—19; work to be done in—12, 51: royalty, past, 
present, and future—104; size of future marketable tree—74, 179: seed and seedlings 
—26: self-cleaning—27: southern limit of good growth Otaki, lat. 41°—10: as 
standard trees in the forest—130, 181, 188, 182: swamps—l46: taperless—47: 
cubie contents of the record largest tree—49: diameter-growth twice European—I1, 12. 
158: doomed tree—29: European trees like—84: felling in season—80:; four 
classes of timber—20: foreign trees—27. : 
Kaurt forest -—Balance-sheet of a normal cultivated—95: described by Cheeseman—7 ; 
Karle—6 ; Darwin and Colenso—7: half-million acres demarcated now will yield 
£5,000,000 yearly in the future and pay off the war debt, interest, and sinking 
