317 



Ivy, poison, or " three -leaved." 

 Sumach (A", toxicodetulrori). 



See 



JAYS as nest-hunters, 230. 

 Jewel-weed (Impatient), night attitude 

 and beautiful dewy revelation of, 124. 



Love-apples, 57. 



Lowell, J. R., quoted, on opening buds, 

 48 ; dandelion, 38, 227 ; spring black- 

 birds, 41. 



Lupines, various night attitudes of leaves, 

 126. 



June-berry or Shad-blow (Amelanchier Lycopodium, club-moss spores, inflam- 



Canadensis), 49. 



KENTUCKY warbler, nest material of, 

 224. 



Kinglet, ruby-crowned (Regulus calen- 

 dula), 215. 



Kirby, the naturalist, quoted, 128 



LACE in bird's-nest, 222. 



Lace-wing fly (Ckrysopa Oculata), 118. 



Lady-birds (Coccinella), 119. 



Lark, meadow, 40. 



Laurel (Kalmia lati folia), jumping sta- 

 mens and pollen of, 114. 



Leaf-cutting bee, 119. 



Leaf - hoppers (Helochara) caught in 

 sweep-net, 1 18. 



Leaf-roller of the hazel and the alder, 

 104-106 ; the process described, 105. 



Leaf-rosettes under snow, 240-243. 



Leaves masquerading as flowers, 50-62; 

 night attitudes of, 123-127. 



Leguminous plants classified by butter- 

 fly, 84. 



Lettuce, wild. See Wild Lettuce. 



Linden ( Tilia Americana), opening buds 

 of, 49. 



Liverwort (Hepatica triloba\ 22-24, 227; 

 Bryant on, 22, 23 ; under snow, 24. 



Lizard. See Salamander. 



Locust and grasshopper, 34 ; the right 

 and wrong of "locust," 139; coial- 

 winged (CEdipoda corallina), 34, 139 ; 

 green, 35 ; "fiddling "of, 33, 139 (see 

 Cicada); "Locust," toy, 52. 



Locust (Robinia Pseudacacia), night at- 

 titudes of leaves, 96. 



mable nature of, 146-149. 



McCooK, A. G., quoted, 298. 

 Magnifying-glass, pocket, 117. 

 Mallow, creeping (Malva rotundifolia"), 



226. 

 Mandrake (Podophyllum peltatuni), 58, 



59- 



Maple : Buds of, 48 j caterpillars of, 

 98; silver, blossoms of, 22 ; sugar, and 

 bees, 2 ; maple-seed revels, 4; sprout- 

 ing samaras, 5 ; masquerading seeds, 

 25-28 



Marigold, night aspect of flowers, 126. 



Mason-wasps. See Wasp, Mud-dauber, 

 and Vase-maker. 



May-apples, 57; of Azalea -viscosa, 58; 

 of Podophyllum peltatuni, 58, 59 ; Dr. 

 Gray's allusion to, 59 ; false May-ap- 

 ples, 58. 



May-flower. See Trailing Arbutus. 



May-weed (Maruta), seed of, 284. 



Meadow-lark, 40. 



Meadow-lily, pollen of, 114. 



Melilot clover, night aspect of leaves, 

 126. 



Melon flower, explosive pollen of, 115. 



Microscope, pocket, 117; interesting 

 specimens for; Equisetum spores, 108 ; 

 Equisetum skeleton, in; pollen, 114. 



Midnight, plants by, 121-127. 



Milk-weed (Asclepias cornuti) : Seed of, 

 172, 284; blossom of, entrapping in- 

 sects, 116; pompons made from seeds, 

 174; stalk fibres used in birds'-nests, 

 220; family, classified by butterfly, 85; 

 butterfly, see Butterfly (Archippus). 



