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"Knitting to and fro in the Sun" . . . > .. _- A . 57 



Cast-off Clothes . >;,..-;;:> . . ; . 60 



"Clinging to some Plant over the Water" , . - 62 



"Teasel and Mullein, like Marks of Punctuation" . . 71 



"The Teasel wears a Crown of Purple" . . . ,, . 72 



Like "Ear-Bobs" . . ... ..... 84 



The "Little Game" . ' . . . - . . ; . . 85 



The Pop-gun . . . . ." .' . ... . '. 86 



Seedling Jewel -weeds . . . . . . . . 87 



The Triangle Web the Spider at her Task of "Hold- 

 ing on " .- . . . . . .' .''.< . . IOO 



Black-eyed Susans . ... . . . . . *. . 105 



Dewberry in Blossom . . . . ... . . 106 



Indian Pipe . . . ... ... . . 106 



Bedstraw . . . . . . . . : . . . 107 



Bird's-Nest Fungus . . . % . . . . . . 108 



A Salamander . . . .;..- ^ . . . 109 



Lichens Creeping over the Logs ., . ,. . . . no 



Water -Scorpion at leisure . -. . . . . . 117 



The Back -swimmer pulling a Stroke . . . '. . 128 



Water-tigers . . ...... . .. .' . 137 



The "Merry-go-round" . ly . . . -. . . 138 



A Willow Whistle . . v . . . . . . \ 144 



Pine-cone Willow -galls . . . . . . . . 147 



A Cage for studying Galls . . . . .. . . . 149 



An Ants' "Cow-shed" . . . V . . . V . 154 



Hermit Thrush in the Maple . . , . . . . 158 



Bunch-berry . . . . . ... . . - . 165 



The "Walking Fern," with its Long, Tapering Fronds . 167 



Brook Trout ",-.: . . . 171 



"The Whisk of a Finned Tail" . . . . a . . 174 



"A Life-sized Wooden Effigy of my First Brook Trout" . 177 



Forget-me-nots 182 



Tear-thumb . - .- >' 183 



Brookside Sedges 185 



The Witch-hazel Presents Many Surprises . . . .188 



The Winter Nursery of the Labyrinth Spider . . . 191 



