INDEX 
259 
219 ; saying its prayers, 219 ; 
lotus, 222. 
Cobweb showers, 114; blinding 
dogs interrupting sport, 114 ; flakes 
and rags of, 1 1 5 ; silken streamers, 
116; shower in Prospect Park, 
Brooklyn, 120; on Brooklyn 
Bridge, 121. 
Cocoons: curious, 145 ; solid to the 
core, 147 ; ribs and vertebrae, 
149 ; secret of the hollow, 151 ; 
what the pellets were, 152 ; yield- 
ing wasps, 242. 
Colors of flowers, laws governing 
colors and combinations, 44, 45 ; 
natural exception to ; three pri- 
mary colors in the hyacinth, Egyp- 
tian lotus ; sky reflections destroy- 
ing color, 45. 
Columbine (Aqtiilegia canadensis, A. 
chrysantha, A. caruleci), puzzling 
color classification, from white 
through all shades of red, yellow, 
and blue, 46. 
"Comma." See Butterflies. 
Coral, gray, 73. 
Cow-spittle, 84, 86. 
Crickets, 71. 
Cross - fertilization of flowers, 30, 
167, 208, 211, 229. 
Cuban belle's toilet, 21. 
Culpepper, Dr., quoted, 154. 
Cyanic, flowers with all shades of 
blue and red without yellow, 45. 
Cynips seminator, Cynips roses, gall- 
flies, 40. 
DAHLIA, blue, 45. 
Daisy, pesky white weed, almost 
identical with the marguerite, 25 ; 
a marvel of a flower, 28, 205, 211. 
Dandelion. Seeds used for birds'- 
nests, 173 ; mutilation of, 174 ; a 
week of retirement, 175 ; flight of 
the seed-bed, 176; the burglar 
discovered, 177, 211. 
Darwin, 202, 209, 224. 
Darwin flowers, 166, 167, 168. 
De Candolle. Color limitations in 
flowers, 45, 202. 
Deer-mouse, 151. 
Desmodium, 223. 
" Digger - wasps," sand - hornets, 
252. 
Dungeons of death, 54. 
EGYPTIAN history, 53. 
Egyptian yellow lotus, 45. 
Evening primrose (CEnothera bien- 
nis), 85 ; luminous blossoms of, 
163 ; daylight mystery ; seeds, 
pods, and caterpillars, 164; curious 
secret; two buds, 165; primrose 
blooms for moths, 168 ; blighted 
buds, 169 ; a poor recompense, 
170. 
FAIRY sponges, the growth of ; rich 
colors of sweetbrier sponge, 38, 
42 ; contents of the sponge, 42. 
False scorpions (Pedipalpi}, 181 ; 
among old books and papers ; born 
rovers, 182. 
Figwort (Scrophtilaria), tall and 
spindling, purplish-olive blossoms ; 
odor of; food for wasps, 28; fer- 
tilized by wasps ; bud open in the 
morning ; flowers change from day 
to day, 30; growth of the ovary, 
32. 
Flies : gall, 40 ; lace- wing, 122 ; 
gold -banded, 129; house, 178; 
