INDEX 
A 
ACONITE, poisonous, 30 
Acorn, dispersal, 73; cotyledons, 
81 
Adherent, meaning, 47 
Adhesiveness, seeds, 67-9. See 
Mucilage 
Aim and objects of Nature- 
study, 3 
Anchorage, 81-2. See _ Self- 
anchorage 
Anemone, Wood, function of 
cotyledons, 81; fungus, 107 
Animals, dispersers, 71—5 
Annual, Cranesbills, 110, 
155; Storksbill, 146 
Anther, 46; Herb Robert, 116; 
Storksbill, 149 
Ants, dispersers, 74—5, 83-4, 126 
Ash, wing of fruit, 66 
Avens, Yellow, dispersal, 71-2 
150, 
B 
Barberry, rust, 107 
Bark, protection by, 24, 26 
Bean, French, function of cotyle- 
dons, 81 
Bee, pollination agent, 50; at 
Herb Robert, 115 
Bee Orchis. See Orchis 
Beech, dispersal, 73-4, 
galls, 106 
Beetle, pollination agent, 50; 
larva feeding on Herb Robert, 
108 
Belladonna, poisonous, 30 
76; 
165 

Bellflower, closing of fruit, 67 
Biennial, Herb Robert, 110 
Storksbill, 146 
Bindweed, twining, 38, 79; 
adherent stamens, 47 
Birch, dispersal, 65 
Birds, dispersers, 73 ; 
Robert, 125-6 
Birds-eye, dispersal, 68, 76 
Black Bryony. See Bryony 
Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium 
sanguineum). See Cranesbill 
Blue-butterfly, pollinating Herb 
Robert, 115 
Bluebell, rest, 40 
Borage, rough hairs, 27 
Box, dispersal, 76—7 
Bramble, aggressiveness, 38; 
rooting stems, 38; pistil, 46 
Briar Rose. See Rose 
Breathing. See Respiration 
Brooklime, dispersal, 70, 71, 76 
Bryony, Black, twining, 38; 
White, tendrils, 38, one-sexed 
flowers, 47 
Budding, Greenfly and Hdyra, 
43 
Buds, 
43 
Bugloss, Viper’s, rough hairs, 27 
Bulbils, under and above ground, 
44 
Burial, seeds, Ivy-leaved Toad- 
flax (self), 82-4 ; Herb Robert 
(worms), 128-9; shingle va- 
riety of Herb Robert (rain), 
135. See Anchorage 
Buttercup, maturity of sexual 
organs, 53; self-pollination, 54 
of Herb 
vegetative propagation, 
