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William Hamilton Gibson Frontispiece 



Initial . xi 



Initial. Buttercup Leaves i 



Three Views of a Helpless Beetle 2 



Down Among the Buttercup Leaves 3 



An Adventurous Baby 6 



The Adopted Home 9 



Initial. Fox-fire and Fungus n 



A Luminous Fragment 13 



Three Specimens by Day ij 



Three Specimens by Night 15 



A Fox-fire Bugaboo // 



The Bugaboo by Daylight 21 



Initial. The Figwort 24 



A Flower with Three Welcomes 29 



Sipping the Nectar. Fig. i 31 



In Flight with Pollen. Fig. 2 ' 31 



Transferring the Pollen to Stigma. Fig. 3 32 



Fifth Day Pod Enlarging 32 



Singular Method of Branching and Flowering 33 



Initial 34 



