INDEX 



Humanity a part of nature, 8 

 Humboldt, 6 



Humming-bird flowers, 76, 77 

 Humming-birds, 80, 150, 212, 247, 248 

 Hunt, Leigh, 7 

 Huxley, 71, 254 

 Hyacinth, 252; water, 105 

 Hybridizing of fruits, 263, 264; of 



flowering plants, 277, 278 

 Hybrids, 277, 278 

 Hydrangea, wild, 189 

 Hymenoptera, 160 

 Hyoscyamus niger, 84 



Ilex glabra, 115 



Impatiens biflora, 78, 80, 98, 232 



Indian corn, 30, 202 



Indian-pipe, 206 



Indian turnip, 167, 168 



Ingalls, 30 



Insects, pollinating, 4, 6, 46, 160, 224, 

 227, 262; color preferences of, 212: 

 difficulty of classifying, 17; value of 

 acquaintance with, 17-19; visiting 

 only one species of flowers, 124 



Inula Hetenium, 96, 132 



Iowa, honey production in, 115, 116 



Iris versicolor, 124, 134 



Irregular flowers, bee, 48-64; white, 

 222, 244; yellow, 232, 234 



Ivy, Boston, 228 



Jack-in-the-pulpit, 167, 168 

 Jamestown weed, 154 

 Jeffrey. 277, 278 

 Jessamine, 232 

 Jewelweed, 78, 80, 232 

 June-bugs, 190 

 Juniper-tree, 46 



Kalmia, 248; latifolia, 204 



I\t'(its 2 



Kerne'r, Anton, 17, 36, 114, 136, 144, 



148, 182, 208, 227, 246, 277 

 Kerria japonica, 232 

 Kingslev, Charles, 3, 4 

 Knuth, Paul, 16, 180, 182 

 Kronfeld, 74 



Labiaiae, 56. 64 



Laburnum, 102 



Lady-bugs, 188 



Lamium album, 56, 68 



Lantana, 223, 244 



Larch-tree, 38 



Larkspur, 48. 102. 132, 194. 222, 250, 



252; bee, 74; bumblebee-flower, 74; 



regular, 86; white variety of, 244 

 Lathyrus odoralus, 50 

 Laurent, 237 

 Leaf-beetles, 189 

 Leaf-cutting bee, 52, 122 

 Leaf-green, 226-228 

 Leaf-roller moth, 140 

 Leaf-yellow, 228 

 Leaves, green, 224; red, 246; white, 



237; yellow, 228 

 Lechea, 227 



Leguminosae, 196 



Lemon, 232 



Lepidoptera, 126, 159 



Lewis, 267 



Lily, 222; bee, 130, 131; butterfly, 130; 



hawk-moth, 131; moth-pollinated, 



154; varieties, 130, 131. 134, 154 

 Linaria vulgaris, 84, 86, 232 

 Linden, 189 

 Lindley, 252 

 Linnsea borcalis, 18, 174 

 Lobelia cardinalis, 248 

 Locust, 102 

 Loew, Ernst, 17, 106 

 Longfellow. 6 

 Lonicera. ccerulca, 84; ciliata, 84. 98; 



Pcriclinnenum, 148; Tartarica, 84 

 Loosestrife, 194, 196; bee of . 112 

 Loosewort, 56 

 Loquat, 264 

 Lucilia, 161 

 Lungwort, 84, 174, 250 

 Lupine, 199-201, 206 

 Lupinus, 199; subcarnosus, 200 

 Lycsena, 136 

 Lychnis, 128, 134; evening, 151; white. 



151 

 Lycopus europxus. 96 

 Lysirnachia vulgaris, 112, 196 



Mabie, Hamilton W., 7 



Macrodactylus suhspinosus, 190 



Macroglossa, 146, 148 



Macropis ciliata, 112, 196 



Magnolia, 178, 182, 242 



Maidenhair-tree, 46 



Maine, bees in, 119; Perdita bee in, 112 



Mallow family, red flowers of, 247, 248 



Malvidin, 247 



Mango, 264 



Marigold, marsh, 172, 185 



Maples, insect-pollination of, 21; red, 

 238; striped, 232 



Mason bees, 194 



Meadow-rue, 36 



Meadow-sweet, 180 



Measuring moth, 140 



Medina, Ohio, apiaries at, 72 



Megachi le campanulx 114; mela- 

 nophxa. 122: lalimanus, 52 



Megarrhinus, 161 



Melampyrum, 56 



Mclissodcs, 112, 120 



Meloidse, 192 



Melon. 272, 274 



Memnon, statue of, 32 



Alcsograpta germinata, 96 



Midges, 166 



Milkweeds, 254; pollinating mecha- 

 nism of. 1 l i 



Mint family, 48, 56, 60, 242, 253; 

 colors in, 64 



Misumena, asperata, 104; vatia, 104 



Mitchell, Donald G., 2 



Molucca balm. 84 



Moluccella Ixvis, 84 



Monarda, 134; media, 203; punctata, 

 121 



Monkey-flower, 56, 253 



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