39* 



Index 



Blade of leaf, 64*. 



Blossoms, 69-70*, 81*, 86*. 



Bluebird, 27^-273, PI. IV. 



Boats, birch bark, 34; cypress, 120; 

 tulip wood, 82. 



Bobolink, 305, 336*, 340-341*, PI. XI. 



Bobwhite, 379-380, PI. XV. 



Books, birds, 270, 396; stars, 264; 

 trees, 156. 



"Boone tree," 10*. 



Bootes, the Herdsman, 200. 



Borers in trees, 362. 



Botany, 64. 



Bowls, birch, 35. 



Box elder, 30-31*, 71. 



Boxes, birch, 34; basswood, 58; syca- 

 more, 63 ; for birds, 390, 392, 393. 



Branches, size, 35; function, 36; 

 growth, 71-72. 



Breathing pores, 36, 40. 



Buckets, birch bark, 34. 



Buckeye, 46, 67*. 



Buds, 67-69*. 



Buffalo bird, 338. 



Bugs, 267. 



Bull bat, 358*. 



Bunting, 329*~33O*, PI. IX. 



Butcher bird, 310311*. 



Butcher's blocks, maple, 28. 



Butternut, 91, 153. 



Buttonwood, 62-63. 



Cabinets, walnut, 90. 



Calendar, 161. 



Calyx, 70*. 



Cambium, 17*. 



Canals on Mars, 244. 



Canary, 328. 



Canis Major, the Big Dog, 205*. 



Canis Minor, the Little Dog, 206. 



Cankerworms, 285, 309, 312, 363. 



Canoes, birch bark, 34; cedar, 115; 



tulip, 82. 

 Capella, 199-200. 

 Carbon dioxid, 26, 65. 

 Cardinal, 332-333*, PI- H. 

 Carriages, 59, 82, 90. 

 Cars, 28, 54. 

 Casks for fish, birch, 35. 

 Cassiopeia, 193*. 

 Castor, 207. 

 Cat, 391 ; guard to prevent climbing 



tree, 297*. 



Catalpa, 86*-87, 149. 

 Catbird, 296-297, PL VI. 

 Catkin, 71*, 74*. 

 Cavities in trees, filling, 141-142*, 143 ; 



furnishing a home or shelter, 39, 62, 



63*, 1 1 8. 



Cecropia moths, 362. 

 Cedar, 46, 111-115, 366; chests, 112; 



harboring parasitic fungus, 114; 



juvenile form, 114; useful for birds, 



113, 114, 312; wood, 44, 46, 112, 



114, 115. 

 Cedar bird, 312. 



Celestial equator, 173*, 174, 202. 



Celestial sphere, 172, 173*. 



Cells, ii, 12*, 45. 



Cell sap, 1 6. 



Chairs, birch, 35. 



Charcoal, birch, 35 ; linden, 60. 



Charioteer, 199. 



Chat, 302*. 



Checking of wood, 49, 50*. 



Cherries, 297, 312, 336, 346, 348, 363. 



Cherry, lenticels, 36; wood, 43*, 46, 

 99, 153. 



Chestnut, 98, 120, 336; wood, 43*, 151. 



Chests, cedar, 112. 



Chewink, 333~334, PI- HI. 



Chickadee, 284*-28s*, 290*, PL V. 



Chickens, 346, 347, 367, 374, 377, 379. 



Chinch bugs, 309, 379. 



Chinese edible birds' nests, 355. 



Chippy, 323-324. 



Christmas trees, 122, 290*. 



Chuck-will's-widow, 360*. 



Classes of vertebrates, 283. 



Classification,. 279-283, 307. 



Clean trunk, 81. 



Click beetles, 342". 



Clover weevils, 383. 



Coal, 214. 



Codling moths, 343, 363. 



Coffeetree, wood, 150. 



Collections, of fruit, 6; leaves, 3-8; 

 wood, 8 ; arrangement of, 7 ; mount- 

 ing, 5-6. 



Columns formed by each year's growth, 

 18*. 101. 



Comet, 259, 260-263. 



Condor, 377. 



Cones, 108*, 328. 



Conifer, 44, 108-110. 



Constellation, 175-176; zodiacal, 210. 



Coot, 386. 



Cork, 19, 94. 



Corn, 336, 347, 363, 383, 384. 



Corolla, 70*. 



Cotton-boll weevil, 294*, 298, 340, .351, 



357, 383- 



Cotton-plant pests, 333, 338, 383, 384. 

 Cottontail, 371. 



