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bug the caddis fly how to keep water insects at home insect 

 oddities the galls: weird homemakers remarkable types of galls 

 the interestingly named ant lions the doodlebug's ambush 

 technique the strange praying mantis walking sticks: masters 

 of camouflage the misunderstood spiders remote-control traps- 

 how the spider spins an orb web how to watch spiders at work- 

 spider mothers are resourceful cannibal spiders "flying" spiders 

 the spider's homemade parachute daddy longlegs "thousand- 

 leggers" the lowly worms how earthworms enrich the soil. 



10. THE FASCINATION OF FLOWERS . . rfc; 2 8g 



Plants move too how plants feed themselves the leaf: nature's 

 great chemical laboratory how chlorophyll makes food for plants 

 plants turn toward the sun some "dew" doesn't fall what 

 flowers are for the parts of a flower and what they do how the 

 seed starts nuts and tomatoes are "fruit" how flowers attract 

 insects how pollen is carried from plant to plant breeding 

 flowers how seeds are scattered a garden of his own trees, 

 shrubs, and herbs favorite flowers flowers for a beginner plan 

 your color scheme pansies: perfect for children tulips: the 

 national passion of Holland bachelor's buttons garden gerani- 

 ums: butterflies' favorite nasturtiums petunias and their inter- 

 national background poppies: they fascinate bees irises: large 

 and showy roses: the world's most popular flowers roses and 

 strawberries are relatives chrysanthemums: Japanese favorite- 

 dahlias: they grow even on ash heaps indoor gardening- 

 narcissus bulbs are easy to grow hyacinth, tulip, and crocus bulbs 

 other easy indoor gardening techniques how to propagate 

 plants African violets begonias and snake plants growing 

 flowers indoors vegetables: for decoration and food sweet 

 potato working with seeds growing dandelion greens growing 

 rhubarb young dirt farmers radishes: a fast crop corn: a some- 

 what puzzling plant pumpkins: source of delicious pies weeds: 

 pests that may be beautiful wildflowers to look for in springtime 

 hepaticas close for the night adder's tongues are lilies violets: 

 not always shy trillium for threefold jack-in-the-pulpit cactus: 

 not just a desert plant dandelions from "day's eye" to daisy- 

 buttercups lucky clover collecting clovers is fun milkweed and 

 its strange secretion murder by milkweed Queen Anne's lace: 

 beautiful yet troublesome goldenrod asters some sunflowers 

 are twelve feet high wildflower bouquets and gardens what 

 flowers to choose growing a wildflower garden how to press 

 and mount plants some plants have no green parts what fungi 



