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INDEX 



Cobweb, botany lesson from, 171 ; in 

 dew, 124; in birds'-nests, 221. 



Cockle-seeds, 155. 



Cocoons, Platysamia Cecropia and Pro- 

 metheus, 253 ; winter harvest of, Ce- 

 cropia, Polyphemus and Prometheus, 

 parasitic broods from, 67-72 ; ailantus 

 (Cynthia), 256; of bag-worm, 292; 

 of tussock-moth in bird's nest, 221 ; 

 cocoon clusters on grass-stems, 199. 



Colt's-foot. See Wild-ginger. 



Comma butterfly. See Butterfly. 



Composite, winged seeds of, 171; cling- 

 ing barbed seeds of, 153. 



Cone-gall of willow, 207. 



Cones, 207 ; pine (see Pine-cones), spu- 

 rious, 207. 



Convolvulus. See Morning-glory and 

 Bind-weed. 



Coon-hair in bird's-nest, 224. 



Coral- winged locust (CEdipoda corallind], 



34- 



Corn in a bird's-nest, 232. 



Cotyledons in seeds, design of, 29. 



Cow-bird, 230. 



Cranesbill (Geranium maculatuni), flow- 

 ers at night, 126. 



Creeping mallow (Malva rottmdi folia), 

 226. 



Cricket, white tree (CEcanthus niveus), 

 119. 



Crow in autumn, 212. 



Cuckoo, yellow-billed, nest material of, 

 224. 



Cucumber, star (Sicyos angulatus), pol- 

 len of, 115. 



Custard-apple. See Papaw. 



DAISIES, 226. 



Dandelion, 38, 202, 226 ; in autumn and 

 winter, 227 ; feathered seed-balls of, 

 170; seed, 171 ; seeds in bird's-nest, 

 221; dwarf (Krigia), beautiful seed 

 of, 172. 



Darwin, allusion to, 282. 



Deer-hair in bird's-nest, 224. 



Deer-mouse (Hesperomys leucopus), nest 

 of, 248. 



Desmodium, various species, flowers, and 

 clinging seeds of, 153. 



" Devil's coach-horse," 77. 



Dew, singular freaks of, on various plants, 

 122, 124. 



Dicentra (Cucullaria), 21. 



Dog - bane (Apocynum androsccmifoli-- 

 itm} and milk-weed, resemblance be- 

 tween, 85 ; brilliant beetle of, 102, 119. 



Dog-wood, flowering (Cornus florida) r 

 49 ; expansion of bud to bloom, 50 \. 

 the "corn signal," 39. 



Dog -wood, poison. See Sumach (R. 

 venenata.) 



Draba. See Whitlow-grass. 



Dutchman's -breeches (Dicentra cticul- 

 I art a), 21. 



EGGS of apple-tree moth, 258. 



Elder, poison. See Sumach (A 5 , venenata^y 



Elm, seed of, 284. 



Emerson, R. W T . , quoted. April's bird, 



39 ; weeds, 280 ; Nature study, 246. 

 Enchanter's nightshade (Ciraza luteti- 



ana), pollen of, 114; clinging seeds- 



of, 154. 



English plantain. See Plantain. 

 Equisetum, 107-111. See Scouring- 



rush. 

 Evening primrose (CEnothera biennis), 



winter leaf rosettes of, 240, 241 ; pollen 



of, 114; opening of; daylight moth. 



tenant of, 135. 

 Everlasting, dwarf (Antennaria planta- 



gini folia), 21, 22 ; Gnaphalium, cater- 



pillar bower of, 168. 

 Eye, the seeing, 176. 



"FAIRY-RING" mushroom, 177; snow/ 

 circles, 269. 



