Part 4 — INDEX

Abbe, Prof. Henry, 860

Abdomen (of insect), 312–314

Acid Soils, 848

Acorns, 731

Acorn—cup and saucer, 752

of Burr Oak, 754

of Chestnut Oak, 751

of Red Oak, 753

of Scarlet Oak, 754

of Swamp White Oak, 750

Acorn plum-gall, 360

Adder’s Tongue or Dogtooth Violet, 499, 500, 501, 502

Adult Stage or Imago (of insects), 311

Agaricus Campestris, 708, 710, 711

Agate, 830

Ailanthus tree, 330

Air, as a gas, 860

Composition of, 861

Akers, Elizabeth, 475, 477, 509

Allen, A. A., 115, 117, 122, 123

Aldebaran, 896, 897, 898, 912

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 62, 598

Allen, James Lane, 133

Altair, 904

Alfalfa, 654, 653, 654

Altenburger Cheese, 278

Alum, 826

Amanita phalloides, 707, 709

Ames, Mary Clemmer, 557

Amethyst, 830

Animal Life, 25

Anopheles, 402

Antares, 904, 901

Ants, 419, 420, 425, 426, 422

agricultural, 480

Ant-nest, 424, 425

Antennæ, 312, 314

of male mosquito, 402

Antenna-comb on ant’s leg, 426

on wasp, 434

Anther-tube, 631, 632

Antheridii, 704

Anthomyinæ, 354

Ant-lion, 395, 396

Anti-cyclone, 879, 880

Aphids, 392, 393, 394, 421

Aphid stable, 421

Aphis-lion, 397, 398, 399

Apple, 73, 779, 785, 787, 789

Apple, The, 778–788

Apples—basket of, 787

Apple—blossoms, 783

the core-lines, 787

just ready to spray, 350, 783

too late to spray, 351

the tree, 778–781

Aquarium, tadpole, 185

Aquarium, how to make

for insects, 380

Aquarius (the Water Carrier), 912

Arcturus, 902, 903, 904

Argon, 862

Arided, 904

Aries (the Ram), 912

Arnold, Edwin, 595

Ash, white, 774, 775, 776

Asters, 558, 559, 560

Atmosphere, 860

height of, 863

temperature of, 865

Atmosphere pressure, 860, 863

High, 868, 869, 879

Low, 869, 879, 885

Atkinson, Prof. Geo. F., 496, 697, 708, 715, 717, 718, 719, 720

Aurora Borealis, 839

Austin, Mary, 281

Averill—Anna Boynton, 550

Babcock Milk Tester, 300

Bachelor’s Button, 636

Bacteria, 723

Bailey Prof. L. H., 38, 180, 189, 246, 495, 496, 539, 602, 610, 640, 642, 725, 824

Bailey, Vernon, 255

Baker, W. C., 565, 768

Baker, Ida, 372, 652

Ball, Sir Robert, 889

Ballard, Julia P., 317, 323, 328, 334, 338, 343

Barb, (of feather), 27

Barbels, (of feather), 27, 154

Barker, Eugene, 170, 526

Barometer, 878

Baskett J. N., 64, 149, 167

Batrachian Study, 181

Bat, 245

Bear, Great (Ursa Major), 890, 891

Little (Ursa Minor), 891

Bee, 18, 20, 541, 679

Bumble, 21, 442, 444, 579, 580, 624, 626, 655

Carpenter, 439, 440

Carpenter nest of, 441

drone, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450

Honey, 445, 449

queen, 445, 446, 447, 448, 450

Leaf-cutter, 11, 436, 438, 437

Mining, 526

worker, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449

Beecher, H. W., 635

Bee larkspur, 623, 624, 625

Beetle, 61, 64, 310

Ground, 92

Colorado Potato, 409, 410, 411

Beet leaf-miners, 88

Belgian Hares, 216

Benefits of Nature-Study to Child, 1

to Teachers, 2

Bentley, W. J., 825, 828, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 860, 863, 866, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879

Big Dipper, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 900, 901, 902, 903

Big and Little Dippers, 894

Bindweed, 535, 536

Birch, 73

Birds, 25

beaks of, 37

ears of, 36

eyes of, 36

feet of, 39

nostrils of, 37

Birds—Flight of, 33

Bird houses, 47, 60

Birds’ Nests, 147

Bird, parts named, 147

Bird Study, 25

Birthroot, 506, 508

Blackbirds, 130

red-winged, 122, 123

Blade (of leaf), 493, 687

Blanchan, Neltje, 131, 142, 146

Bleeding Heart, 611, 612, 613

Blights, 721

Bloodroot, 503, 504, 505, 506

Bloodstone, 830

Bluebird, 60, 61

Bluets, 523, 524

Blue Hill Observatory, 860

Blue Vitriol, 825, 826

Bole or Trunk of Tree, 726, 727

Boreas, 858

Box Elder, 738

Boulders, 844

Bracken, 689

Branch, 727

Bread mold, enlarged, 721

Breathing pores of insect, 314

Brook Study, 817

Brook, the, 818, 819, 844

Brown, Theron, 585, 591, 657, 816

Browning Robert, 515, 898

Bryant, W. C., 491

Buchanan, H. B. M., 294, 306

Buckeye, sweet, blossom, 761

Budding, 780

Buffalo, 18, 295

Bull, 295

Bullfrog, 193

Bullhead, 154, 155, 156

Burdock, 566, 567, 568, 569, 594, 633

Burkett, W. B., 280

Burroughs, John, 72, 74, 76, 79

Burr, Prof. Geo. L., 838

Butter-and-eggs, 594

Buttercup, 528, 529, 530

Butterfly—Black swallow-tail, 315, 318

changing to chrysalis, 317

scales on wing of, 321

Cabbage, 317

Monarch, 320, 324

Papilio troilus, 579

Viceroy, 321, 322, 768

Byron, 785

Caddis-fly, 387, 388, 389, 390

Caddis-worms cases of, 387, 389, 390, 391

spiral ribbon, 390, 391

with a grating of silk, 389

Cage, bird, 8

breeding, 8

for crickets, 375

Calcite, marble and limestone, 835, 836

Calla lily, 512

Callisto, 891

Calves, dehorned, 301

Camel, 18

Campanus, 920

Canada thistles, 566

Canary, 49

Cancer (the crab), 912

Tropic of, 910, 911

Canker-worms, 92

Capella, 901

and the Heavenly Twins, 900

Capricorn, Tropic of, 911

Capricornus, (the Goat), 912

Carapace (of turtle), 208

of crayfish, 466

Caraway worms, 319

Carbon dioxide, 861, 862, 864

Cardinal bird, 31, 133

Carlyle, 887

Carolina locusts, 367

poplar, 770

Carpenter, Edward, 391

Carpenter bee, 439, 440, 441

Carrot, wild, 590, 591, 592

Cassiopeias Chair, Cepheus and the Dragon, 893, 894

Castor, 900

Catastomus commersoni, 159

Cat-tail, 18, 551, 552, 553, 554

Cat, the, 56, 61, 268, 272

Catbird, 98

Caterpillars, 61, 64, 92, 308

Cabbage, 88

Cecropia, 331

cotton-boll, 96

external anatomy of, 314

Forest tent, 308

Milkweed or Monarch, 322, 324

Myron sphinx, 343

Myron sphinx parasitized, 345

pro-legs, prop legs and true legs of, 314

Promethea, 337

shedding skin, 308

skin of, 309

Caterpillars, swallow-tail, 316

Viceroy in winter home, 323

Woolly bear, 327

Catkins, 766, 767

Cattle, 295, 298

Original American wild, 295

Cayuga Basin, 170

Cayuga Lake, 158

Cecropia, caterpillar, molting, 331

weaving cocoon, 332

cocoon, cut open, 333

moth, 330, 334

Cedars, 19

Celandine, silver leaf, ladies’ eardrop, 580

Carnelian, 830

Chalk, 836

Chapman Frank, 51

Charles, Prof. Fred S., 254, 256, 260

Charts, use of, 10

Chart, of bright stars of summer, 901

of Polar Constellations, 893

of Winter Stars, 895

Cheese, Altenburger, 278

Roquefort, 278

Schweitzer, 278

Chestnut, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761

Chickadee, 63, 66

Chickaree, 233, 234, 236

Chick, the, 41

Chicken ways, 41

Chickweed, 594

Chinch bug, 82

Chipmunk, 240, 241, 242

Chlorophyll, 729

Chrysalis, 309

of Monarch, 322

Chrysanthemum, 561

Chub, 163

Circumpolar whirl, 873, 874

Civil War, 86

Claws of Cat, 269

(of insects), 313

Clay, 844, 845, 846, 847

Cleopatra’s Needle, 834

Clisodon terminalis, 627

Clitellum, (of earthworm), 463

Clouds, 851, 852, 855, 871

Clovers, the, 652, 653, 655

Alfalfa, 654

Buffalo, 653

Crimson, 652, 778

Rabbit-foot or pussy, 653

Red, 654

Spotted medic, 655

Sweet, 654, 655, 656, 657

White, 658, 659

Yellow or Hop, 653

Clute, Prof. W. N., 684, 689, 690

Cob-webs, 475, 476

Cockroach, 378, 379

laying case of eggs, 379

Cocoon, 309

of Cecropia, 333

of Luna, 309

of Promethea, 336

of woolly bear, 327

Codling Moth, 347, 349

larva of, 348

Collections of birds or insects, 8

Colorado Potato Beetle, 409, 410, 411, 412

larva of, 410

Colt, 289

Comet, 907, 908

Compass, Mariner’s, 839, 841

plant, 570

Compositæ, 554, 631, 633

Composite snow crystal, formed in high and medium clouds, 851

Composite flower, 554

Comstock, Prof. J. H., 45, 319, 833, 857

Cone-bearing trees, 789

Constellations, of the Chair, 893

The Archer, 912

The Bull, 897, 912

The Crown, 903

Cygnus, 904

Orion, 896

Pleiades, 897

Dippers, 890

The Virgin, 912

Coolbrith, Ina, 83

Coon, a pet, 254

tracks, 250

Copper sulphate, 825

Coral, 837

Corm (of crocus), 596

of Jack-in-pulpit, 512

Corn, 85, 131, 660, 665

anthers of, 663

an ear of, 662, 665

ears with braided husks, 663

husking for braiding by Seneca Indian women, 660

pollen-bearing flower of, 662

growth of, 663, 665

in the shock, 664

Corn-cracker, the red, 133

Cornwall, Barry, 515

Corona (of daffodils), 599

(of the sun), 905

Correlation of Nature Study with:

Arithmetic, 19

Drawing, 17

English, 16

Geography, 18

History, 18

Language work, 16

Cotton, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670

Cotton-gin, 668

Cotton-tail rabbit, 213, 216

Cottonwood tree, 770, 771, 772, 773

Cotyledons or seed-leaves, 496

Country Life in America, 61

Coverts (of feathers), 44

Cow, 295, 296, 298, 300, 301

care of milch, 300

Cows as draft animals, 298

Cow’s stomach, 296

Cow-peas, 654

Coxa (of insect), 314

Coyote, pet, 256

Cray-fish, 466, 468, 470

where it lurks, 465

Crickets, 311, 373, 375

Black male and female, 372, 374

front leg of, 373

Snowy Tree, 377, 378

wing covers of, 374

Crocus, 596, 597, 598

Crosby, Prof. Cyrus, 190, 523, 538, 570, 594, 623, 629, 636, 773, 797, 798

Crosiers (of ferns), 692

Cross, Northern, 889, 904

Croton bug, 378

Crow the, 43, 46, 56, 129, 131

Crown, Northern, 902, 903

of bird, 44

of daffodil, 599

Crystal, growth of, 825

Crystals, 825, 851

Alum, 826

Calcite, 835

Feldspar, 831

Frost, 854

Quartz, 829

Rock, 830

Salt, 827

Cultivated-Plant Study, 596

Curculio of Plum, 347

Curtis, Ralph, 742, 743, 744, 746, 752, 775

Cutworm, 56, 82, 85, 92

Cyclone, 879

Cygnus, 904

Cynthia Moth, 337

Dace, 161

“Daddy Longlegs”, 472, 474

Daffodils, 599, 600, 601

Daisy, 18, 560, 561

Yellow, 562

Damsel-flies, 382, 383, 384

Dandelion, 19, 572, 573, 574, 575

Dandridge, Danske, 503

Davie, Oliver, 98

Dawson, Dr., 133

Day, longest, 913

shortest, 913

Definition of Nature-Study, 1

Deland, Mrs. Margaret, 530

Deneb, 904

Design for embroidery, 498, 502

Devil’s darning needle, 382

Dew, 479, 851, 853, 855, 862, 879

Dickinson, Emily, 200, 204

Dicksonia (fern), 695

Dippers, Big and Little, 889, 890, 891, 901

Disk-flowers, 554, 557, 558, 560, 562, 564, 567, 577, 632

Dodder, 538

Dogs, 261, 267

Dog Stars, Great, 898, 899

Dogtooth Spar, 835, 836

Dogwood, 803, 804, 805

Dolphin, or Job’s Coffin, 904

Dorr, Julia C., 494

Double Stars, 888

Dragon-flies, 311, 382, 386

Drake, J. R., 97

Drawing and Nature-Study, 13

Dryden, John, 48

Duck, Rouen, 31, 37, 39

Duggar, Prof., 677

Dugmore, A. R., 140, 147

Dutchman’s breeches, 509, 511

Eagle, the constellation of, 904

Ears (of insects), 314, 365, 369, 373

Earth and Sky, 818

Earthworms, 20, 56, 462, 464

Eft or newt, 197, 198, 199

Egg-shell Experiment farm, 495

Egyptian lotus flower, 546

Elkins, Prof., 909

Elm, American or White, 745, 746, 747

Electro-magnet, 839

Ell-yard, the, 896

Emerson, R. W., 442

Eohippus, 286

Equatorial Current, 866

Equipment for teaching Nature-Study, 8

Eschcholtzia californica, 616

Everlasting, early or Pussy-toes, 578

Pearly, 576, 577, 633

Evening Primrose, 530, 531

Excursions, field, 15

Eyelid, film, 36

Eyes, insects, compound, 312, 314

simple, 312, 314

Feathers, as clothing, 27

as ornament, 30

form of, 27

wing, coverts, 44

wing, primaries, 33, 44

wings, secondaries, 33, 44

Feelers—insects, 312

Feldspar, 831, 833, 834, 844

Femur, insect, 312, 313, 314

Ferns, 684–698

bladder, 697, 698

boulder, 695, 697

bracken or brake, 689, 690, 691, 697

chain, 695, 697

Christmas, 684, 685, 688, 694

cinnamon, 697

Dicksonia, 695

fiddle-heads or crosiers, 691

flowering, 695, 697

frond of, 687

fruiting of, 693, 694

indusia or spore-cases of, 686, 694, 695, 697

interrupted, 697

leaf-print of, with parts named, 687

Maiden-hair, 697

Osmunda, 695

Ostrich, 697

pinna of, 687

pinnule of, 691, 694, 687

polypody, common, 686

Polystichium acrostichoides, 687

prothallium, 693, 694

rachis of, 687

Sensitive, 695, 696, 698

sori of, 687, 694

Spleenwort, 697

sporangia of, 686, 694, 697

stipe or stem of, 687

unfolding of, 691, 692

Walking, 693

Woodsia, 697

Festina Lente, 196

Fielde, Miss Adele, 420

Ant-nest, 424

Field lessons, 15

Field note-book, 13

Firefly, 416, 417

Fish Study, 149, 152

Fish bream, 161

Brook-trout, 164

Bullhead, 154, 155

Catostomus commersoni, 159

Chub, 163

Dace, 163

gills of, 156

Horned pout, 156

Johnny darter, 177

Minnows, 163

Shiner, 161, 162

Stickleback, 168, 170

Sucker common, 158, 160

Sunfish or Pumpkin seed, 172, 173, 174

Fiske, Geo., 78, 118, 119, 250

Fiske, John, Prof., 661

Fleur-de-lis, 626, 629

Flower head, 554

Flower and insect partners, 494

wild, 21, 496

with parts named, 492

Flowerless Plant Study, 684

Fly, House, 405, 406, 407

Fog, 850, 852, 853, 855

Forestry, Practical, 849

Forest Service, 255, 771

Forsyth, Mary Isabella, 84

Foster, O. L., 509, 731, 761, 764

Fox, 257, 259, 260, 267

Franklin, 858, 859

Frog, 193, 195

tree, or Pickering’s Hyla, 190, 191

Frost, 853, 854, 855

Fudge, C.F., 592

Fuertes, Louis A., 45, 70, 73, 75, 80, 81, 94

Fungi, 706–725

Fungus, bears head, 718

Bracket, 714

Earth star, 713

Hedgehog, 717

Sarcocypha coccinea or scarlet saucer, 718, 719

Shelf, 714

stink-horn, 720

Furry, 238

Gage, Prof. S. H., 187, 192

Gage, Mrs. S. H., 198

Galaxy the, (of stars), 889

Galileo, 858, 865

Gallager, W. S., 135

Gall-dwellers, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 768

Galls, 360, 364, 767

Garden, window, 8

Gardening and Nature-Study, 20

Geese, 136–142

Canada or wild, 139, 140

Gelechia pinifoliella, 353

Gemini, (the Heavenly Twins), 900, 912

Geography, 18, 299, 545, 548, 552, 818, 822

Geranium, 643, 644, 645, 646

Gilbert, Grove Karl, 142, 726, 793, 794, 850

Glass, 830

Glow-worms, 417

Gnomon, the, 915

Goat, The, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279

Goldfinch, or Thistle bird, 31, 49, 50

Goldfish with parts named, 150

Golden Osier, 765

Goldenrod, 555, 556, 557

Goodale, Elaine, 525

Grades, bird study in primary, 25

Grafting, cleft, 779

Grandfather Greybeard, 472, 473

Granite, 833

Obelisk, 833

Grasshoppers, 8, 18, 61, 82, 85, 92, 311, 312, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369

Grasshopper, with external parts named, 365

Short-horned, 367–369

Gravel, 844

Green Bay-tree, 813

Greene, Robert, 32

Grosbeak, the Cardinal, 133

Ground-hog, 229, 230

Gulf Stream, 866

Hail, 853

Hardpan, 844

Hardy, Irene, 243, 619

Hares, 216

Harte, Bret, 203, 224, 256

Hawks, 36, 43, 46, 108, 109

Hay, John, 132

Health value of Nature-Study, 2

Helium, 862, 864

Hemlock, 800, 801, 802

Hen, 25, 27, 30, 33, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43

Henry, Prof. Joseph, 859

Hepatica, 496, 497, 498

Herford, Oliver, 213, 419

Hickory, the shagbark, 755

H. H., 558, 622, 652

Higginson, Ella, 659

Hill, Mary E., 17

Hives—observation, 453, 455

Hoar-frost, 851, 853, 855, 879

Hog, the, 304, 305, 306

Homer, 899

Honey, honeycomb, 451, 452, 453

Hornblende, 383

Horne, R. H., 325

Horse-chestnut, 761, 762, 763, 764

Horse, the, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292

Horsetail or Equisetum, 699, 700

Howells, W. D., 125

Howitt, Mary, 103

How an apple grows, 782

a brook drops its load, 822

to begin study of plants and flowers, 489

to begin study of stars, 889

to make an aquarium, 380

to make a sun-dial, 915

to read weather maps, 879

to keep daily weather maps, 883

to find the general direction and average rate of motion of high and low areas, 883

to make leaf prints, 734

to make plants comfortable, 490

to produce good milk, 299

to study minerals, 828

to teach names of parts of plants and flowers, 492

Humidity, absolute and relative, 862

Hummingbird, 120

Huxley, Thomas, 837

Hyades, 897

Ice, 853, 854, 856

Iceland spar, 835

Imago, or adult stage of insect, 310

Imagination, training of, 1

Impatiens or Touch-me-not, 578

Indians, North American, 503, 660, 676, 810

Indian turnip, 512

Indusia of ferns, 686, 687, 694, 695, 697

Insect Study, 308

Insects, breathing of, 313

biting and sucking, 313

brownies, 311

eggs of, 308

Ingersoll, Ernest, 249

Invertebrate-Animal Study, 458

Iris, or blue flag, 626, 627, 628, 629

Irvine, J. P., 111

Isaiah, 765

Isobar, 870, 879

Isotherm, 879

Jack-in-the-pulpit, 512, 513, 514

Japan Current, 866

Jasper, 830

Javelins (hogs), 304

Jeffries, Richard, 593, 849

Jewelweed or touch-me-not, 578

Jimson or Jamestown weed, 640

Job’s Coffin, 904

Johnny darter, 177, 178

Jonquils, 599, 602

Jordan, David Starr, 149, 157, 166, 167, 168, 176, 177, 179, 217

Jug-building wasp, 431

Junior Naturalist Clubs, 23

Jupiter, 906

Kaolin, 831, 844

Katydid, 369, 370, 371

Keats, John, 53, 163, 648

Kentucky Cardinal, 133

King, Harriet, 598

Kingfisher, Belted, 101

Labium, 313, 314

Labrum, 313, 314

Labradorite, 831

Lace-wing, 397, 398

Ladybird, 413, 414, 415

Lady in the Moon, 919

Lady’s Slipper, 525, 526

Lanier, Sydney, 96

Lapham, Dr. Increase, 860

Larcom, Lucy, 90, 93, 582

Larkspur, 623, 624, 625

Laurel, 813, 814, 815

Laurence, Ray, 524, 540, 578, 620

Larvæ, 308, 311

Leaf, with parts named, 493

Leaf-factories, 491, 729, 730

Leaf-miners, 352, 353, 354

Leaf-print, how to make, 734

of fern with parts named, 687

Leaf-rollers, 357, 358, 359

Leaves, their use, 491, 728

Leigh, Florence, 267

Lens, 9

Leo, (the Lion), 902, 909, 912

Lesson, the nature-study, 10

always new, 7

length of, 7

time for, 6

object lesson method, 7

Lichens, growing on rocks, 843

Lily, calla, 512

pond or water, white, 545, 546, 547

Lime, 835, 836, 837, 849

Light-year, 888

Limestone, 835, 836, 837

Lippincott, R. A., 603

Lips, 858

Little Dipper, 892

Dog Star, 896, 899

Living material in schoolroom, 8

Loam, 844, 845, 846, 847

Lodestone, 838, 841

Longfellow, Henry W., 2, 493, 626

Lowell, James Russell, 7, 128, 153, 196, 382, 418, 503, 572, 763, 777

Lloyd, J. T., 114, 211, 387, 388, 389, 390

Lubbock, Sir John, 423, 433

Lyra, 889, 903

Maggots, 308

Magnets, 838, 839, 840

Maize or Indian corn, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664

Mammal Study, 212

Mandibles—insects, 313, 314

Mandrake or May apple, 519, 520

Maple, the, 732, 735, 736

Mountain, 732, 742

Norway, 738

Red, 732, 744

seedlings, 741

Silver, 738, 741, 742

Striped or goosefoot, 738, 743, 744

Sugar or hard, 732, 739, 740, 741

Sycamore, 735, 738

Maple-sugar, making, 738

Marble, 835

Mars, 906

Matheson, Robert, 82, 98

Maxillæ, insect, 313, 314

May beetle, 131, 418

Meadow lark, 77, 80, 81, 82

Mercator, 920

Mercury, 906

Merriam Dr. C. Hart, 248

Mesothorax, 313, 314

Metathorax, 313, 314

Meteorites, 908, 921

Meteoroids, 908

Meteors, 864, 908

Mica, 832, 833, 834, 844

Mice, 224, 225, 226, 227

Mildews, 721

Milk, 299

Milk-dipper, the, 912

Milky Way, the, 889

Milkweed, 540, 541, 543

Minnows, 163

Mist, 852

Mitchell, Evelyn, 401, 402, 498, 502, 514

Metamorphosis, insect, 311, 367

Moccasin flower or Lady’s Slipper, 525, 527

Mockingbird, 94

Molds, 720, 721

Molting insects, 308, 309

Montgomery, 635

Moon, the, 906, 918, 919, 920

shadows on, 920

Moonstone, 831

Moore, Dr. Willis L., 879

Morgan, G. F., 652, 747, 759, 774, 776, 791, 792, 796, 812

Morton, Verne—Photos by, Frontispiece, 164, 230, 242, 247, 271, 274, 501, 505, 506, 508, 515, 516, 517, 520, 525, 529, 533, 545, 551, 553, 560, 561, 562, 563, 566, 576, 577, 583, 586, 588, 590, 609, 611, 627, 664, 672, 676, 678, 681, 682, 685, 686, 689, 692, 694, 698, 702, 713, 714, 737, 757, 760, 762, 766, 767, 769, 784, 807, 815, 817, 843

Mosquito, 309, 400, 401, 402, 403

Moss, hair cap or pigeon wheat, 702, 703

Moth, Cecropia, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334

Codling, 347, 349

Cynthia, 337

Isabella tiger, 326, 327, 328

Luna, 309, 310, 330

Promethea, 330, 336, 337, 338

Polyphemus, 330

Sphinx, 313, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346

Mouse, deer, or whitefooted, 223, 226

house, 224, 225

Mulch, 847

Mullein, 18, 582, 583, 584

Mulock, Miss, 602

Muskrat, 218, 220, 221

Museum specimens, 8

Mushrooms, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712

Nape, (of bird), 44

Narcissus, 599, 601

Nasturtium, 620, 621

Natos, 858

Natural Bridge in Virginia, 835

Nature-study clubs, 22

Naylor, 134

Nebula, 888

Needham, Dr. James G., 382, 383, 384, 385, 626, 627, 641

Neptune, 906

Newcomb, Dr. Simon, 906

Newt, red-spotted, 197, 198, 199

Nitrogen, 653, 861, 864

North pole, 839, 889, 890

Northern Lights, 839

North Star, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 902

Nuthatch, white-breasted, 63, 64

Nymph, 311

of damsel-fly, 384, 385

of dragon-fly, 384

of red-legged grasshopper, 366

Oaks, the, 748

Black, 749, 753

Burr, 754

Chestnut, 751

Live, 726

Red, 752, 753

Scarlet, 754

White, 748, 749, 750

Oak-apple, 361

Ocelli (of insects), 312, 314

Oligoclase, 831

Onyx, 830

Oriole, Baltimore, 125, 126, 127

Ovipositor (of insect), 314

Owl, screech, 104

Oxen, 298

Oxygen, 730, 861, 864

Orion, 888, 895, 896, 897, 899

Palpi, insect, 313, 314

Pansies, 607, 608, 609

Partridge, 30, 41

Pattee, 801

Peacock, 30, 31, 32

Pears and apples, ready to spray, 350

Peccaries, 304

Pelargonium, 643

Perianth, 599

Perseus, 909

Petrified forest of Arizona, 830

Pets, 15

Petunia, 640, 641

Phœbe-bird, 67

Pig, the, 303, 305, 306

Pigeons, 45, 46, 47

Pigeon houses, 45, 47

Pigeon-grass or pigeon wheat, 702, 703

Pine, the, 73, 789

Austrian, 791

Pitch, 791, 800

White, 19, 790, 792, 793, 795, 800

Yellow, 793

Mountain, of Sierras, 794

upturned roots, 728

Pisces (the Fishes), 912

Planisphere, 891

Plant-lice, 92, 392, 393, 421

Plant Life, 489

Plant Physiology, 20, 491

Pleiad, the lost, 898

Pleiades, the, 888, 889, 897

Polaris—Pole-star, 888, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 901, 902, 904, 906

Pollen, 494

Pollux, 900

Pond-weed, 548, 549

Poplar, Carolina, 770, 771, 772

Poppy, the, 613, 614

California, 616, 617

Potassium bichromate, 825

Potash, bichromate of, 825

Prickly Lettuce, 570

Procyon, 898

Pruning, principles of, 780

Pumpkin, the, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681

seed (sunfish), 172

Pupæ, 309, 311

of caddis fly, 388

of Codling Moth, 349

of firefly, 417

of Potato beetle, 411

of Ladybird, 415

of Mosquito, 402

(jug handle) Tomato sphinx, 342

Purslane, 594

Quail, 41

Quartz, 829, 844

Queen Anne’s Lace, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593

Rabbit, 213, 215, 216

Raccoon, 250, 253, 254

Rain, 852, 874, 880

Rattlesnake, The, 203

Redbird, 133

Red-winged blackbird, 122, 123

Regulus, 902, 909, 912

Reighard, Professor, 174, 175

Reptile Study, 200

Resin, 794

Rexford, Eben, 61

Rice, Prof. J. E., 33

Rich, John, 295

Rigel, 896

Riley, James Whitcomb, 70, 201, 521, 818

Robin, 54, 55, 57

Root, A. I. Co., 456

Root tubercles, 653

Rosin, 794

Rossetti, Christina, 326

Rotch, Prof. Laurence, 860

Rowe, Mrs. F. W., 95

Rusts, 721

Sagittarius (the Archer), 912

Salamander, 197, 198, 199

Salt, 827, 828

Salvia or Scarlet Sage, 637, 638

Sand, 834, 844, 845, 847

Sand-stones, 834

Sap movements of, 739

poem, 736

Sard, 830

Saturn, 906

Scales, on butterfly’s wing, 421

Screech Owl, 104

Seed germination, 495

Seed-leaves (cotyledons), 496

Shakespeare, 515, 611

Shadow-stick, A, 914

Sheep, 281, 283, 284, 285

Sheldon, S. L., 644

Shelley, 850

Shepherd, a Sicilian, 281

Shiner, 161, 162

Sickle, the (constellation), 902

Silk-worm, 312

American, 330

Skunk, 43, 247, 248

Sleet, 853

Slingerland, M. V., 308, 309, 313, 315, 316, 317, 318, 322, 323, 327, 328, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 336, 337, 338, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 362, 374, 379, 392, 410, 411, 418, 421, 429, 430, 438, 443, 457, 489, 488, 741, 783

Smuts, 721

Snake, 194

Garden, 201, 202

Garter, 201, 202

Milk, 204

Rattle, 203

Spotted Adder, 204

Water, 206

Snakedoctor, 382

Snail, garden, 458, 459

Snow, 851

Snow-crystals, 825, 828, 851, 852, 856, 858, 860, 863, 866, 874, 875, 876

Soil, the, 842

Solar System, 906

Song of Solomon, 778

Spadix, 512, 513

Sparrow-chipping, 88, 89

English, 54, 61, 84

Song, 91

Spathe, 512, 513

Spectroscope, 887, 888

Spencer, John W., 16, 23, 842, 909

Spiders, 475

Ballooning, 484

White Crab, 485

care of eggs, 487, 488

Spider-webs, cobwebs, 475

Filmy Dome, 482, 483

funnel, 477

Orb, 478, 479, 481

Spiracles, (of insects), 313, 314

Spores, 686, 693, 699, 704, 708, 713, 715, 721

Spore-prints, (of mushrooms), 710

Spray of tree, 727, 728

Spruce, Douglas, 796

Norway, 796, 797, 798

Squash, 680

Squirrel, 56, 61, 233, 234, 236

Squirrel corn, 509, 511, 611

Stalactites, 835, 837

Stalagmites, 835

Starch, 491, 729

Star Study, 887

Stars, “the Friendly”, 891

the Story of, 889

of Summer, 901

of Winter, 895

shooting, 898

Stetson, Charlotte Perkins, 286, 726

Stickleback, 168

Stigma, 492

Storms, 874

Storm and Hurricane warnings, 881

Strawberry, 672, 673, 674, 675

Street. A. B., 585

Stryke, Anna—Drawings by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 24, 136, 161, 181, 190, 193, 197, 199, 200, 204, 223, 233, 247, 250, 255, 261, 288, 315, 320, 326, 336, 340, 347, 352, 357, 360, 365, 370, 373, 377, 378, 387, 392, 395, 397, 400, 405, 409, 413, 416, 429, 430, 432, 436, 439, 442, 451, 453, 458, 462, 468, 472, 475, 483, 484, 485, 487, 494, 495, 535, 540, 607, 613, 614, 616, 617, 630, 640, 684, 707, 727, 736, 745, 748, 755, 757, 761, 765, 770, 771, 774, 785, 789, 796, 801, 806, 810, 813

Sucker, common, 158, 160

Sumac, velvet or Staghorn, 806, 807, 808

Sumac, smooth, 808

Poison, 808

Sun, the, 905

Sun-spots, 905

Sundial, 915, 916

Sunfish, 172, 173, 174

Sunflower, 554, 630, 632

Swallows, the, 112

Swan, the (constellation), 904

Sweet Peas, 648, 649, 650

Swett, S. H., 476

Swift, chimney, 112

Tabb, John B., 29, 545, 729, 736

Tadpoles, 182, 183, 186

of frog, 194

of toad, 187

of tree-frog, 191

aquarium for, 185

Talus, 843

Tanager, scarlet, 31

Taurus, (the Bull), 897, 912

Taylor, Bayard, 376, 799

Teasel, 586, 587, 588

Telescope, 887

Temple of Winds at Athens, 857, 858

Tennyson, 659

Thaxter, Celia, 132, 142, 849

Thermometer scales in use, 865

Thistles, 563, 564, 566, 633

Thomas, Edith, 100

Thompson, Maurice, 63, 95, 133, 279

Thoreau, H. D., 91, 129, 161, 205, 207, 232, 249, 758, 765, 856

Thornapples, 781

Thrush family, 57, 60

Titmouse, black-capped, 66, 67, 68

Toad, common, 181, 182, 183, 187

development of a season, 187

eggs of, 182, 186

tree, 190, 191

Todd, Professor, 864, 912

Tornado, 880

Torrecelli, 858

Treadwell, Prof., 56

Tree Study, 726

how to begin, 731

Tree, anatomy of, 727

how it grows, 733

head or crown of, 777, 789

to measure, 734

Tree-stump, showing rings of growth, 730

Tree-trunk or bole, 727

Trilliums, The, 506, 507, 508

Trowbridge, J. T., 471

Trout, 164, 167

Tulips, 603, 604, 605

Turkey, the, 41, 143

Turtles, 208, 209, 211

Tyndall, Prof. John 837, 867

“Uncle John”, 16, 23, 490, 842, 843, 909

U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 185, 221, 276, 278, 279, 301, 352, 411

Uranus, 906

Ursa Major, 891

Valley of Cashmere, 279

Vampires, 244

Van Dyke, Henry, 80, 91

Vapor, water, 852, 853, 862, 864

Vega, 903, 904, 906

Velvet Plant, American, 584

Venus, 906

Vetches, the, 654

Violet, The, 515

Canada white, 517

Common blue, 516

Long-spurred, 515

Virgil, 48, 748

Virgin, the (constellation), 912

Vitriol, blue, 825, 826

Wadsworth, 267, 750

Wait, M. C., 671

Wake-robin, 506, 508, 509

Walton, Isaac, 149, 154

Wasp, 429, 437

Jug-builder and nest, 431

Mud-dauber, 429, 430

Yellow Jacket, 432, 434

Wasp-nest, with side removed, 457

nest of carpenter, 440

nest of mud-dauber, 429

Yellow-jackets, 432, 435

Water, crystallizing of, 853

forms of, 850, 854

Water-glass, 830

Water-lily, 545, 546, 547

Water-vapor, 852, 853, 862, 864

Weasel, 43

Weather, the, 857

U. S. Bureau, 875

value of service, 876

Weather-maps:

How to read, 879

where published and how obtained, 875, 876

Weather-maps, forecasts based on, 875

showing eastward progress, 884

Weather-forecasting, principles of, 875

Weather signals, explanation of, 881

Weeds, 594

outline for study of, 595

Wheat, 85

cause of winter-killing, 853

White, Gilbert, 48

Whitman, Walt, 484

Whittier, J. G., 164, 683

Whitney, Eli, 667

Wildflower Study, 496

Willow, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769

cone-gall, 362, 767

Wilson, Wilford M., 857

Wilson, Robert B., 856

Winds of the World, 866, 867

Trade, 871

Trade northeast, 866

Temple of, at Athens, 857, 858

Window-pane in winter, 851, 852, 854

Winter Rosettes, evening primrose, 533

Mullein, 584

Teasel, 588

Wister, Owen, 277

Witch-hazel, 356, 810, 811, 812, 813

Wolf, gray, 255

Woodchuck or groundhog, 229, 230

Wood grain, 729, 730

Woodpeckers, carpenter, 75

Downy, 69, 70

Hairy, 69

Flicker, yellow hammer or golden-shafted, 77, 80

Red-headed, 75

Sapsucker, 73

Woolly-bear, 326, 327, 328

Wordsworth, 329, 515, 602, 647, 659

Worms, 308

Army, 82

Canker, 92

Caraway, 319

Cut, 82, 92

Earth, 462

Glow, 417

Wire, 82, 417

Xenon, 862

Yard-ell, 896

Yellow bird, 49

Yellow-jacket, 432, 433

Zephros, 858

Zodiac and its signs, 911, 912

Zone of twilight in mid-winter, 864