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stitions regarding the insectvoice Great water-beetle its habits and 

 voracity Hair worm its object Nests of a solitary wasp Hornets 

 their abundance at times, and voracity kill each other Garden snail 

 its injuries generally secure from destruction faculties small banded 

 snails their numbers superstitions concerning them Earth-worms 

 numbers of the prey of all creatures utility of drain watery soils- 

 Inattention to the works of Providence Page 189 235 



Empiricism Apple-tree blight progress injury White moss rose Tes- 

 tacellus halotideus Cure of the American blight Effect of season on 

 the vegetation Destruction of grass roots Honey-dew Injury to foliage 

 by small moths Salt winds Leasing its profits an innocent occupa- 

 tion ordained by the Almighty Old customs wearing out May-poles 

 Christmassing Kitchen bushes young holly-trees Singular conceit- 

 Influence of electric atmosphere on vegetation Anecdote of the finding 

 of a guinea Hummings in the air Fairy rings Spring changes 

 Periodical winds Whirly pits Sinkings in the earth Lichen fascicu- 

 laris Salt winds destructive of vegetation Spellings on apples 

 spellings on slrawberry leaves curious agaric Curious analogy belween 

 plants and animated beings 235259 



The year 1825 ils peculiarilies and influences A speedy method of killing 

 insects Preserving of insects Pollarding of trees most injurious 

 Insects that destroy the ash The willow rarely seen as a tree a fine 

 one near Gloucester Foggy morning Reeking of the earth the cause 

 and utility Winter of the year Ice in pools Law of nature Winter 

 called a dull season Nature actively employed Exhausting powers ob- 

 served in the air A minute vegetable product 259 to the end. 



