INDEX. 



435 



Day's eye, the, 99. 

 Death's-head moth, 325. 

 Digestion, power of, in birds, 



2(57. 

 Dog, usefulness of, to man, 



218. 

 Dogsbane cruelly destructive 



to insects, 78 the flower 



of, ibid. 



Dry-rot, the, 119. 

 Dyers, capricious in their art, 



73. 

 Dyers' broom, 72 gathering 



of, 73 uses of, 74 dyers' 



weed, 96. 



Earthworm,the common,343. 



Elm tree, the wych, a singu- 

 larly beautiful one, 55 

 value of, 56 uses of, ibid. 

 soon decays, 58 leaves 

 of the elm marked with 

 plague spots, 120. 



Empiricism, 348. 



Entomology, a difficult study, 

 274. 



Ermine moth, 366. 



Evaporation from the earth, 

 effect of, 83. 



Fairfax, General, supposed 



skeletons of some of his 



foragers, 4. 

 Fairy rings, 378. 

 Fescue, spines of the hard, 



bearing no flowers, 102. 

 Fieldfare, the, 259. 

 Flax and silk, difference in 



the fibre of, 74. 

 Flea, the water, 317. 

 Flowers of plants, 64 what 



most abundant, ibid. plea- 

 sures afforded by, 65 use 

 and application of, 66, 69 

 natural love of, 67 the 

 natural playthings of chil- 

 dren, 72. 



Fly, the house, 215 the bit- 

 ing, ibid. the four.spotted 

 dragon, 277. 



Flycatcher, the gray, 206. 



Foliage of trees and plants, 

 its great utility, 61, 366. 



Foxglove, 88. 



Friendship between birds, 

 instance of, 208, 209. 



Frost, early, effect of, on 

 flowering plants, 422. 



Fungi, beauties of, 114 va- 

 rieties of, 115 uncertain 

 appearance of, 116 muta- 

 tions of, 117 agents of 

 decay, 119 propagation of, 

 126. 



Fur of animals, 145. 



Gallinaceous birds, 245. 

 Gamma moth, the, 290. 

 Ghost moth, 27?. 

 Glauber, obtained gold from 



common sand, 19. 

 Glaucous birthwort, 79. 

 Gleaning, profits of, to the 



poor, 367 antiquity of the 



custom, 369. 

 Glowworm, the, 301 curious 



contrivance about its eyes ? 



ibid its light, 302. 



Gnat, the winter, 273. 

 Goat moth, 294. 

 Goldfinch, the, 237. 

 Grass crops, nature of, in the 

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