INDEX 



325 



Fall, life about our homes in, 70. 

 False sunflower, 59. 

 Farmers' bulletins, list of, 319. 

 Farming, American, neglected or 



undeveloped opportunities in, 227. 

 Fennel, dog, GO. 

 Fern, Clayton's, 239. 

 Ferns and horsetails, 239. 

 Field and garden soil, 224. 

 Field, birds seen in the, 216. 

 Field, in the, 181. 

 Field lessons, 31.". 

 Field, mammals in the, 219. 

 Field work, 313. 

 Fields, insects seen in, 199. 

 Firs, 255. 



Flag, larger blue, 33. 

 Flies, 78. 



Flies, ichneumon, 10. 

 Flies, tachina, 10. 

 Flowering maple, 87. 

 Flowers, 91. 



Flowers of early spring, 153. 

 Flowers, plants that have none, 238. 

 Flowers, window, 85. 

 Flowers, prairie, in August, 50. 

 Fly, house, 78. 

 Flying squirrel, 171. 

 Foliage, insect injuries to, 233. 

 Forest fires, 259, 260. 

 Forests and man, 293. 

 Forests in the economy of nature, 



291. 



Forests, pine, and pines, 252. 

 Fox, red, 276. 

 Fox squirrel, 171. 

 Foxtail, yellow, 194. 

 Fraxinus Americana, 131. 

 Fresh- water crab, 298. 

 Frog, 21. 

 Fruit, 92. 



Fruit of trees, shrubs, and vines, 235. 

 Fruit trees, 4. 

 Fuchsias, 86. 



Funaria hygrometrica, 245. 

 Fungi, 248. 

 Fungi, about a few other, 250. 



G 



Game, American big, 278. 

 Garden rose, 12. 

 Garden vegetables, 3. 

 Gardens, window, 87. 

 Geese, 118. 



Geological action of water, 38. 

 Geraniums, 85. 

 Giant ragweed, 58. 

 Gnawers, 177. 

 Goldfinch, American, 162. 

 Gopher, striped, 220. 

 Grasses, economy of, in nature, 48. 

 Grasses, their usefulness to man, 



47. 



Grasshoppers, 213. 

 Grass, pigeon, 194. 

 Gray rabbit, 174. 

 Gray squirrel, 171. 

 Great blue heron, 32- 

 Great horned owl, 268. 

 Grosbeak, rose-breasted, 160. 



H 



Hackberry, 135, 150. 



Hairbird, 162. 



Hair moss, 245. 



Hairy woodpecker, 262. 



Hares, 176, 177. 



Hawk, red-tailed, 266. 



Hawks and owls, 266. 



Hazelnut, wild, 132, 144. 



Heat, the effect of, upon the earth, 



308. 



Hedera Helix, 87. 

 Helianthus annus, 53. 

 Helpful literature, 318. 

 Hen, prairie, 218. 

 Heron, great blue, 32. 

 Hickory, swamp, 134, 147. 

 Hog, 109. 



Home, about. March to June, 1. 

 Honeybee, 204. 

 Hop-hornbeam, 132. 

 Hornbeam, hop-, 132. 

 Horse, 113. 

 Horsetails, 243. 



