INDEX 



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Butterflies: Antiopa (Vanessa Anti- 

 opa), 34, 270 ; rustling wing of, 32 ; 

 Hibernation of, 270 ; wing - music of, 

 30-33, 141; caterpillars of, 33; Ar- 

 chippus (Danais), 84 ; black swallow- 

 tail (Asterias), 80 ; caterpillar and 

 chrysalis of, 82; blue swallow-tail 

 ( Troilus), curious-eyed caterpillar of, 

 132-134 ; comma, 34, 84, 271 ; Hunt- 

 er's, petal bower of, 168 ; red admiral 

 (Pyrameis Atalan(a), 34, 270; semi- 

 colon (Grapta interrogationis), 34, 84, 

 271; yellow (Philodice), 84 ; ichneu- 

 mon parasites of, 200; Butterflies 

 as botany teachers, 80-86; tipsy, 271; 

 winter, 34, 184, 270; winter pets, 273. 



Butterfly-net as a companion to a walk, 

 117. 



Button-wood, leaf socket of, 45. 



CABBAGE, dew on leaf of, 122. 



Caddis, larva of, 299-304; fine mosaic 

 tenement of, 301 ; its water-proof ce- 

 ment, 302 ; enemies of, 303; caddis-fly, 

 303 ; foreign specimens, 304. 



Calico-bush. See Mountain-laurel. 



Calla (Calla Ethiopica), a relative of 

 skunk-cabbage, 3. 



Camberwell beauty. See Butterfly (Anti- 

 opa). 



Cape May warbler. See Warblers. 



Cardinal - flower (Lobelia cardittalis), 

 brilliancy of, 62. 



Carnivorous fly, 162, 179-182. 



Carrot (Daucus carota), seed of wild, 284. 



Cassia. See Partridge-pea. 



Catchfly (Silene nutans) flowers at night, 

 126. 



Caterpillars: Apple-tree web or tent, 

 258 ; Vanessa Antiopa, 33 ; skins of, 

 in bird's-nest, 221 ; basket-carrying 

 (Psvche ep/ieniera-formis), 292 298 ; 

 of black swallow-tail butterfly (Papilio 

 Asterias), 82; of blue swallow-tail 



(Papilio 7'roi/us), 132; bower-build- 

 ers, 168, 169 ; burrowing, 97 ; fungus 

 growing upon a, 191 ; ichneumon par- 

 asites of, 67-72, 199; oak (Dryo- 

 campa), 97 ; puss-moth, with whip- 

 lashes, 144; span-worm, 118. 



Cat - tail ( Typha lati folia), seed - down 

 of, 173- 



Cecropia (Platysamia), cocoon of, 253; 

 moth, 256; parasites of, 71. 



Cedar-apple, 57. 



Centaury, 226. 



Champignon. See Fairy-ring Fungus. 



Chemical experiment with scouring-rush, 

 ill. 



Cherry-pits in a bird's-nest, 225. 



Chestnut-burr, fungus growing upon, 188. 



Chickadee and willow-cone gall, 208. 



Chickaree, 276. 



Chickweed, 226 ; blossoms under snow, 

 210, 227. 



Chimney swift, nest materials of, 224. 



Chipping-sparrow, nest materials of, 224 ; 

 nest of, as a winter nursery, 231. 



Chrysalis (Dryocampa) emerging from 

 ground, 96 ; of Antiopa butterfly, 33 ; 

 of blue swallow-tail, 134; of Hunter's 

 butterfly, 169; of milk-weed butterfly 

 (Archippus),&^\ fungus growing upon, 

 190. 



Cicada, or harvest-fly (" locust "), drum 

 of, 33, 138 ; cicada and " locust" dis- 

 tinguished, 139. 



Cichory (Cichoriunt), seed of, 284; pollen 

 of, 115. 



Claytonia. See Spring Beauty. 



Cleavers (Galium), clinging seeds of, 154. 



Clematis (C. Virginiana), seed of, 172. 



Clotbur seeds, 155. 



Clover ( Tri folium), various niglit atti- 

 tudes of leaves, 125, 126; sprouting 

 seeds of, 29. 



Club mosses (l.ycopodiunt), explosive 

 spores of, 146-149. 



