INDEX 



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35 ; manner of disposing of its 

 nest-mates, 36. 

 Cypripedium acaule, moccasin-flow- 

 er ; ladies'- slipper ; Venus's-slip- 

 per, 205. 



Darwin : — Process of anatomical 

 evolution, 35; theory of cross-fer- 

 tilization, 105 ; inspired insight, 

 115; his disciples, 116; experi- 

 ments with pollen, 126; weakness 

 of self - fertilizing flowers, 144 ; 

 triumphant revelation, 171 ; re- 

 affirming Sprengel's theory, 178 ; 

 a chosen interpreter, 181 ; de- 

 pendence on insects, 183 ; reveal- 

 ing the hidden treasure, 185 ; fore- 

 telling the manner of cross-fertili- 

 zation, 189 ; description of the 

 cross - fertilization, 209 ; bees as 

 implied fertilizers, 212 ; truth of 

 his belief, 220. 



Darning-needle, dragon-fly (Libellu- 

 lidcr), 156 ; his dainty morsel, 160. 



Delpino, a follower of Darwin, 116. 



Desmodium, its hospitable welcome, 

 118. 



Devil's-bit (Chamtflirium luteum), 

 133. 



Digger wasp, its color and wire- 

 like waist, 72 ; manner of work- 

 ing, 74; covering its tracks; open- 

 ing the tomb, 76; living food for 

 the young grub, 77 ; its remark- 

 able carrying power, 7S. 



Dogbane (Apocyniwi), its fragrant, 

 bell-shaped flowers, 236; trapping 

 moths, 237. 



Dogwood, 5. 



Door-Step Neighbors : — Chronicle of 

 a day, 58 ; disappearing holes, 59 ; 

 16 



"ant-holes"; a danger signal; an 

 unhealthy court, 61; a transfor- 

 mation, 62 ; an experiment ; meth- 

 od of excavation, 63 ; a stalwart 

 worker, 64 ; an uncouth nonde- 

 script; spider-like legs, 66 ; crawls 

 on his back, 67 ; a tiny black wasp; 

 a spicier - catcher, 69 ; resting on 

 her wings; inspecting her burrow, 

 70; manner of burying her prey; 

 skilful workmanship, 71 ; a new- 

 comer; her wire-like waist; digging 

 her tunnel, 72 ; manner of work- 

 ing; sound of labor, 74 ; covering 

 her tracks; opening the tomb, 76 ; 

 fresh living food, 77 ; carrying sev- 

 en times its weight; peculiar feat- 

 ures of stone -piling, 78 ; color of 

 the wasp, 79 ; the spume-bearer, 

 81 ; nomadic blossoms ; a sack 

 bearer, S3 ; winter quarters, 84. 



Epeira, field spider, 8. 

 Epiphytes, air-plants, 1S1. 

 Evening primrose, its golden neck- 

 lace, Il8. 



"Fertilization of Flowers," 



116; wrong theory, 114. 

 Fertilization of orchids, 105, 183. 

 Flies : — Robber, 8 ; bluebottle, 8 ; 



harvest ichneumon, 45, 77, 96. 

 Foxes, wild gambols of, 6. 

 Froghopper. See Spume - bearer 



(Aprophora), 82. 



Gartner, recognizing the theory of 



cross-fertilization, 115. 

 Genesta, its reception of insects, 



118. 

 Geranium, \vild(C. sylvaticum), 112. 



