CONTENTS, 



CHAPTER. PAGE. 



I. FORESTS AND THEIR USES 5 



II. TIMBER TREES 18 



III. SMALL TREES, SHRUBS, &c 43 



IV. FLOWERS AND GRASSES 60 



V. FERNS, MOSSES, AND LIVERWORTS 80 



VI. FUNGI AND LICHENS 102 



VII. QUADRUPEDS 127 



VIII. BIRDS 141 



IX. BEETLES 162 



X. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 181 



XL ANTS, WASPS, AND BEES 202 



XII. Two- WINGED FLIES 222 



XIII. PLANT.BUGS, ASPHIDES, AND SCALE 231 



XIV. DRAGON-FLIES AND OTHER INSECTS 241 



XV. SPIDERS 248 



XVI. SLUGS AND SNAILS .. 267 



XVII. GALLS AND PARASITES 276 



