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WHITE POPLAR (FEMALE CATKIN) 61 



MALE FLOWERS OF YEW 62 



YEW BERRIES ........... 63 



SALLOW CATKINS 64 



ST. MARK'S FLY 70 



DEATH'S HEAD MOTH AND LARVA 72 



HUMBLE-BEE FLY .......... 75 



FLOWERS OF ASH 76 



BIRCH CATKIN 77 



SYCAMORE SEEDLINGS 78 



SHEPHERD'S PURSE ,80 



RHODODENDRON 83 



GLADIOLUS 84 



LARDER FLY 86 



BLUEBOTTLE 86 



CANARY GRASS 87 



THE TRINITY FLOWER 89 



LARCH BLOSSOM 91 



BEECH CATKINS 92 



IVY-LEAVED TOAD-FLAX 93 



LEAF-CUTTER BEE AND ROSE LEAF 100 



THE HOVERER-FLY 103 



RHYSSA PERSUASORIA 104 



FLAX 107 



SNAKE-FLY AND LARVA 109 



DIAGRAM OF GROWING BKOAD BEAN in 



PODOPHYLLUM BUD 112 



SANGUINARIA 112 



FLIES IN AMBER ' . 118 



POLISHED QUARTZITE PEBBLE 120 



CORNISH GRANITE 121 



TEASEL 123 



TEASEL HEAD . . . 124 



WILD SUCCORY 125 



DRAGON-FLY PUPA 128 



DYTISCUS MARGINALIS AND LARVA 129 



THE GREAT GREEN GRASSHOPPER 134 



BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL 135 



COPRINUS COMATUS 137 



COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLIES REPOSING ON GRASS. . . . 138 



RHODODENDRON 140 



EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH FOR REJQICING 140 



PALESTINE OAK 143 



YOUNG BLUE-TIT 148 



