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, 67-72 ; 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 ((Edipoda corallind), 



34- 



Corn in a bird's-nest, 232, 



Cotyledons in seed';, design of, 29. 



Cow-bird, 230. 



Cranesbill (Geranittin maculatum), flow- 

 ers at night, 126. 



Creeping mallow (Malva rotundi folia), 

 226. 



Cricket, white tree ((Ecanthus 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 (Hesperomys 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 (Cucullarid), 21. 



Dog-bane (Apocynum androsccrnifoli- 

 ttm) and milk-weed, resemblance be- 

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



Dog-wood, flowering (Cornus floridd), 

 49 ; expansion of bud to bloom, 50 ; 

 the " corn signal," 39. 



Dog - wood, poison. See Sumach (A*. 

 venenata.) 



Draba. See Whitlow-grass. 



Dutchman's -breeches (Dicentra cucul- 

 larid), 21. 



EGGS of apple-tree moth, 258. 



Elder, poison. See Sumach (R. venenata.) 



Elm, seed of, 284. 



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

 39 ; weeds, 280 ; Nature study, 246. 



Enchanter's nightshade (Circtza luteti- 

 and), pollen of, 114; clinging seeds 

 of, 154- 



English plantain. See Plantain. 



Equisetum, 107-111. See Scouring- 

 rush. 



Evening primrose (CEnothera Inennis'), 

 winter leaf rosettes of, 240, 241 ; pollen 

 of, 114; opening of; daylight moth 

 tenant of, 135. 



Everlasting, dwarf (Antennaria planta- 

 gini folia), 21, 22 ; Gnaphalium, cater- 

 pillar bower of, 168. 



Eye, the seeing, 176. 



"FAIRY-RING" mushroom, 177; snow 

 circles, 269. 



