CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 1AOE 



I. PLAN OF. THE COURSE AS A WHOLE 1 



II. EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, AND LIBRARY 10 



III. THE INSECT PROBLEM 18 



IV. BIRDS 23 



V. METHODS OF BIRD STUDY AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS . 35 



VI. TREE STUDY AND Civic FORESTRY 55 



VII. PLANT PROBLEMS : PRESERVATION OF WILD FLOWERS, 

 CONTROL OF WEEDS, MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS 



PLANTS 67 



VIII. HOME PLANTING AND LANDSCAPE GARDENING . . . 77 

 IX. PRACTICAL BIOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 



AND Civic UTILIZATION OF LAND 91 



X. INSECT TYPE PROBLEMS : IMPORTANT FLIES .... 107 



XI. INSECT TYPE PROBLEMS : MOSQUITOES 123 



XI I. INSECT TYPE PROBLEMS : CABBAGE BUTTERFLY . . 136 



XIII. INSECT TYPE PROBLEMS: ANTS 141 



XLV. SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF INSECT CONTROL 148 



XV. ARACHNIDS. PROBLEMS OF SPIDERS, MITES, AND TICKS 163 



XVI. AMERICAN MAMMAL PROBLEMS 169 



XVII. THE RAT PROBLEM 173 



XVIII. FUNGI : BACTERIA, YEASTS, MOLDS, MILDEWS, RUSTS, 



SMUTS, AND MUSHROOMS 186 



XIX. FUNGI CONTINUED : MUSHROOMS, POISONOUS AND 



EDIBLE 200 



XX. FUNGOUS AND BACTEKIAL DISEASES OF PLANTS . . 207 



XXI. BACTERIA 218 



XXII. BACTERIA CONTINUED: LABORATORY METHODS . . 224 



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