CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 1AGE 



I. PLAN OF THE COURSE AS A WHOLE ...... 1 



II. EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, AND LIBRARY ..... 10 



III. THE INSECT PROBLEM 18 



IV. BIRDS. . . 23 



V. METHODS OF BIRD STUDY AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS . 35 



VI. TREE STUDY AND Civic FORESTRY 55 



VII. PLANT PROBLEMS : PRESERVATION OF WILD FLOWERS, 

 CONTROL OF WEEDS, MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS 



PLANTS ................ 67 



VIII. HOME PLANTING AND LANDSCAPE GARDENING ... 77 

 IX. PRACTICAL BIOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 



AND Civic UTILIZATION OF LAND ...;.. 91 



X. INSECT TYPE PROBLEMS: IMPORTANT FLIES. . . . 107 



XL INSECT TYPE PROBLEMS : MOSQUITOES ....... 123 



XII. INSECT TYPE PROBLEMS: CABBAGE BUTTERFLY . . 136 



XIII. INSECT TYPE PROBLEMS : ANTS ........ 141 



XIV. SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF INSECT CONTROL . ' . ... 148 

 XV. ARACHNIDS. PROBLEMS OF SPIDERS, MITES, AND TICKS 163 



XVI. AMERICAN MAMMAL PROBLEMS 169 



XVII. THE RAT PROBLEM 173 



XVIII. FUNGI: BACTERIA, YEASTS, MOLDS, MILDEWS, RUSTS, 



SMUTS, AND MUSHROOMS 186 



XIX. FUNGI CONTINUED: MUSHROOMS, POISONOUS AND 



EDIBLE . . . 1 200 



XX. FUNGOUS AND BACTERIAL DISEASES OF PLANTS . . 207 



XXL BACTERIA 218 



XXII. BACTERIA CONTINUED: LABORATORY METHODS . . 224 



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