INDEX. 



425 



Mariotte, the botanist, his theory of the 

 rise of sap, 135. 



Marmot, the, described, 53 ; its habits, 53, 

 54 ; the various species of, 55. 



Mars, the planet, referred to, 301, 302. 



Marsupialia, the, distribution of, 358. 



Martins, M., the naturalist, his examina- 

 tion and description of the Arctic vole, 

 5i, 52. 



Marvell, Andrew, the poet, quoted, 217. 



Matter, forms of living, 388, 389. 



Mercurialis annua. See DOG MERCURY. 



Metamorphosis, the function of, in nature, 

 401, 402. 



Milton, his allusion to the daisy, quoted, 



151* *5 2 - 



Mole, the, peculiar movements of, 265, 266 ; 

 described, 267 ; Aristotle and Pliny on 

 its want of sight, 267 ; its hands and 

 fingers, 268 ; its favourite haunts, 269 ; 

 marvellous properties ascribed to, 270, 

 271. 



Mole-cricket, the, its form and habits de- 

 scribed, 273-278. 



Mollusca, the, number of species of, 362. 



Moon, influence of, on the weather, 30, 

 31- 



Moore, Thomas, the poet, his characterisa- 

 tion of the dragon-fly, 174 ; his allusion 

 to the water-lily of the East, 246. 



Mountain pink, the, described, 374, 375. 



Mushroom, the, how to be distinguished, 

 327, 328 ; some varieties of, described, 



329-337. 



Mutability, the lesson of, 316. 

 Myosoiis palustris. See FORGET-ME-NOT. 



NATURE, beauty and suggestiveness of, 

 339 ; our imperfect knowledge of, 341, 

 342 ; the infinite diversity of, 365. 



Nebria escheri described, 72 ; chevrierii, 

 72. 



Newman Mr, author of " History of 

 British Insects," quoted, 285. 



Newton, Sir Isaac, his theories as to the 

 form of the earth, in, 112. 



Miphar httea, the, described, 245. 



Nutation of the earth, the, explained, 120, 

 121, 123 ; its discovery, 121, 122. 



OBSERVER, the, of nature, 4, 5. 

 (Enothera biennis, described, 216, 218, 219. 



Orion, the occultation of, its position in the 

 heavens, 14 ; its place in the old mytho- 

 logy, 15. 



PACHYDERMATA, the, distribution of, 359. 

 Parry, Captain, on the nature of red snow, 



41. 



Perianth, the, of flowers, 208. 

 Perrault, the botanist, his theory of the 



rise of sap, 135. 

 Petals, the, of flowers, described, 109, 224- 



227. 

 Phoenicians, the, their knowledge of the 



Great and Little Bears, 20, 21. 

 Physalis alkekengi, described, 222. 

 Pilgran, the meteorologist, his researches 



into the nature of climate, 31. 

 Pimpernel, the, all about, 260-264. 

 Pinks, the various kinds of, described, 



374- 



Planets, the, whether inhabited, 395. 



Plants, discovery of the sex of, 207; ap- 

 propriate to certain soils, 320, 321 ; 

 diffusion of, 321-325 ; classification of, 



343-345- 

 Plato, the philosopher, his notion of the 



form of the globe, 105, 106. 

 Pliny, the naturalist, on numbering the 



stars, 25 ; his reference to red snow, 39 ; 



and to the mercurialis, 80, 81 ; on the 



gramen, 94, 95 ; his reference to the 



daisy, 146 ; on the mole, 270, 271. 

 Plutarch, the historian, on the probability 



of the existence of the antipodes, 108. 

 Podura plumbea, the, described, 74, 75. 

 Polar Star, the, its position in the heavens, 



18. 



Poles, day at the, 200, 201. 

 Polygala vulgaris, the, described, 213. 

 Pointers, constellation of the, referred to, 



22. 



Pratt, Miss, on the forget-me-not, 238. 



Proctor, R. A., on solar phenomena, 410, 

 411. 



Protococcus nivalis, the plant described, 

 42-44. 



Prunella, the, or "self-heal," described, 

 230-233. 



Ptolemseus, his enumeration of the con- 

 stellations, 24; his acquaintance with 

 the so-called Copernican theory, 119; 

 astronomical theories of, 297, 298. 



