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Cobweb, botany lesson from, 171 ; in 

 dew, 124; in birds'-nests, 221. 



Cockle-seeds, 155. 



Cocoons, Platysamia Cecropia and Pro- 

 metheus, 253 ; winter harvest of, Ce- 

 cropia, Polyphemus and Prometheus, 

 parasitic broods from, 6772 ; ailantus 

 (Cynthia), 256; of bag-worm, 292; 

 of tussock-moth in bird's-nest, 221 ; 

 cocoon clusters on grass-stems, 199. 



Colt's-foot. See Wild-ginger. 



Comma butterfly. See Butterfly. 



Composite, winged seeds of, 171; cling- 

 ing barbed seeds of, 153. 



Cone-gall of willow, 207. 



Cones, 207 ; pine (see Pine-cones), spu- 

 rious, 207. 



Convolvulus. See Morning-glory and 

 Bind-weed. 



Coon-hair in bird's-nest, 224. 



Coral-winged locust (CEdipoda corallind), 



34- 



Corn in a bird's-nest, 232. 



Cotyledons in seeds, design of, 29. 



Cow-bird, 230. 



Cranesbill (Geranium maculatum), flow- 

 ers at night, 126. 



Creeping mallow (Malva rotundi folia), 

 226. 



Cricket, white tree (CEcanthus niveus), 

 119. 



Crow in autumn, 212. 



Cuckoo, yellow-billed, nest material of, 

 224. 



Cucumber, star (Sicyos angulatus*), pol- 

 len of, 115. 



Custard-apple. See Papaw. 



DAISIES, 226. 



Dandelion, 38, 202, 226 ; in autumn and 

 winter, 227 ; feathered seed-balls of, 

 170; seed, 171 ; seeds in bird's-nest, 

 221; dwarf (Krigia), beautiful seed 

 of, 172. 



Darwin, allusion to, 282. 



Deer-hair in bird's-nest, 224. 



Deer-mouse (ffesperomys leucopus), nest 

 of, 248. 



Desmodium, various species, flowers, and 

 clinging seeds of, 153. 



" Devil's coach-horse," 77. 



Dew, singular freaks of, on various plants, 

 122, 124. 



Dicentra {Cucullaria), 21. 



Dog-bane (Apocynum andros ami foli- 

 um) and milk-weed, resemblance be- 

 tween, 85; brilliant beetle of, 102, 119. 



Dog-wood, flowering (Cornus florida), 

 49; expansion of bud to bloom, 50; 

 the " corn signal," 39. 



Dog -wood, poison. See Sumach {R. 

 venenata.} 



Draba. See Whitlow-grass. 



Dutchman's -breeches {Dicentra cucul- 

 laria), 21. 



EGGS of apple-tree moth, 258. 



Elder, poison. See Sumach (A 3 , venenata.) 



Elm, seed of, 284. 



Emerson, R. W., quoted. April's bird, 

 39 ; weeds, 280 ; Nature study, 246. 



Enchanter's nightshade (Circcea luteti- 

 ana), pollen of, 114; clinging seeds 

 of, 154- 



English plantain. See Plantain. 



Equisetum, 107-111. See Scouring- 

 rush. 



Evening primrose (CEnothera biennis), 

 winter leaf rosettes of, 240, 241 ; pollen 

 of, 1 14 ; opening of ; daylight moth 

 tenant of, 135. 



Everlasting, dwarf (Antennaria planta- 

 ginifolia), 21,22; Gnaphalium, cater- 

 pillar bower of, 168. 



Eye, the seeing, 176. 



"FAIRY-RING" mushroom, 177; snow 

 circles, 269. 



