Handbook of Nature-Study 



Page 

 Pansies ........... '. ....... 607, 608, 609 



Partridge ....................... 3. 4 1 



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 



Phoebe-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 



of caddis fly ................... 388 



of Codling Moth ............... 349 



of firefly ...................... 417 



of Potato beetle ................ 41 1 



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 



Page 



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 6 1 



Rice, Prof. J.E 33 



Rich, John 295 



Rigel 896 



Riley, James Whitcomb . .70, 201, 521, 81 8 



Rob'in 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 



Saggittarius (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 'swing 421 



Screech Owl 104 



Seed germination 495 



Seed-leaves (cotyledons) 496 



Shakespeare 515, 61 1 



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, 33 2 , 333. 334, 336, 337, 33 8 , 34, 

 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 348, 349, 

 350, 35i, 3 62 > 374, 379, 392, 410, 411, 

 418, 421, 429, 430, 438, 443, 457, 4 8 9, 



Slingerland, M.V 488, 737, 741, 7^3 



Smuts 721 



Snake 194 



Garden 201, 202 



Garter 2OI.202 



Milk 204 



Rattle 203 



Spotted Adder 204 



Water . 206 



