INDEX 



317 



Ivy, poison, or " three -leaved." See 

 Sumach (A*, toxicodendroit). 



JAYS as nest-hunters, 230. 



Jewel-weed (Impatiens), night attitude 



and beautiful dewy revelation of, 124. 

 June-berry or Shad-blow (Amelanchier 



Canadensis), 49. 



KENTUCKY warbler, nest material of, 



224. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned (Regulus calen- 



dtild), 215 

 Kirby, the naturalist, quoted, 128 



LACE in bird's-nest, 222. 



Lace-wing fly {Chrysopa Oculatd), 118. 



Lady-birds (Cocdnella), 119. 



Lark, meadow, 40. 



Laurel (Kalmia latifolia), jumping sta- 

 mens and pollen of, 114. 



Leaf-cutting bee, 119. 



Leaf - hoppers (Helochara) caught in 

 sweep-net, 1 18. 



Leaf-roller of the hazel and the alder, 

 104-106 ; the process described, 105. 



Leaf-rosettes under snow, 240-243. 



Leaves masquerading as flowers, 50-62; 

 night attitudes of, 123-127. 



Leguminous plants classified by butter- 

 fly, 84. 



Lettuce, wild. See Wild Lettuce. 



Linden ( Tilia Americana) opening buds 

 of, 49. 



Liverwort {Hepatica triloba). 22-24, 22 7' 

 Bryant on, 22, 23 ; under snow, 24. 



Lizard, See Salamander. 



Locust and grasshopper, 34 ; the right 

 and wrong of "locust," 139; coral- 

 winged ((Edipoda corallina), 34, 139 ; 

 green, 35; " riddling" of, 33, 139 (see 

 Cicada); " Locust," toy, 52. ' ". ' 



Locust (Robinia Pseudacacid), night at- 

 titudes of leaves, 96. 



Love-apples, 57. 



Lowell, J. R., quoted, on opening buds,. 

 48 ; dandelion, 38, 227, spring black- 

 birds, 41. 



Lupines, various night attitudes of leaves, 

 126 



Lycopodium, club-moss spores, inflam- 

 mable nature of, 146-149. 



McCooK, A. G., quoted, 298. 

 Magnifying-glass, pocket, 117. 

 Mallow, creeping (Ma/va rotundifolia), 



226. 

 Mandrake {Podophyllum peltatuni), 58, 



59- 



Maple ; Buds of, 48 , caterpillars of, 

 98; silver, blossoms of. 22 , sugar, and 

 bees, 2 ; maple-seed revels, 4, sprout- 

 ing samaras, 5 , masquerading seeds, 

 25-28 



Marigold, night aspect of flowers, 126. 



Mason-wasps. See Wasp, Mud-dauber, 

 and Vase-maker. 



May-apples, 57; of Azalea viscosa, 58; 

 of Podophylluui peltatum, 58, 59; Dr. 

 Gray's allusion to, 59 ; false May-ar> 

 pies, 58. 



May-flower. See Trailing Arbutus, 



May-weed (Maruta], seed of, 284. 



Meadow-lark, 40. 



Meadow-lily, pollen of, 114. 



Melilot clover, night aspect of leaves, 

 126. 



Melon flower, explosive pollen of, 115. 



Microscope, pocket, 117; interesting 

 specimens for; Equisetum spores, 108 ; 

 Equisetum skeleton, in; pollen, 114. 



Midnight, plants by, 121-127. 



Milk-weed (Asclepias cornuti] : Seed of, 

 172, 284 ; blossom of, entrapping in- 

 sects, 116; pompons made from seeds, 

 174 ; stalk fibres used in birds'-nests, 

 220; family, classified by butterfly, 85; 

 butterfly, see Butterfly (Archippus}. 



