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INDEX 



Horsetails, ferns and, 239. 

 House fly, 78. 

 House plants, 86. 

 House sparrow, 73. 



I 



Ice, the effect of, upon the earth, 306. 

 Ichneumon flies, 10. 

 Indian corn, 186. 



Influence of man upon animals, 119. 

 Insect in juries to foliage, 233. 

 Insects beneficial to man, 9. 

 Insects, injurious field, 210. 

 Insects, preservation of, 317. 

 Insects seen in fields, 199. 

 In the field, 181. 

 Iris versicolor, 33. 

 Iron wood, 132, 143. 

 Iva xanthiifolia, 58. 

 Ivy, English, 87. 

 Ivy, poison, 314, 316. 



Jay, blue, 265. 

 Juylans cinerea, 133. 



Kingbird, 217. 



K 



Ladybugs, 10. 



Lake and river in winter, 295. 



Larger blue flag, 33. 



Leaves, 91. 



Leaves of our trees and shrubs, 231. 



Lice, plant, 8. 



Lichens, 245-247. 



Lichens, mosses and, 244. 



Life, review of, in and near the 



water, 36. 

 Linden, .135, 150. 

 Literature, helpful, 318. 

 Locusts, 213. 

 Lombardy poplar, 129. 

 Lucius Indus, 298. 



M 



Maidenhair, 243, 

 Maize, 186, 



Mammals, a few common, 274. 

 Mammals in and about the woods, 



167. 



Mammals in the field, 219. 

 Mammals, review of the, 286. 

 Man, forests and, 293. 

 Man, influence of agriculture upon, 



228. 



Man, influence of, upon animals, 119. 

 Man in his relation to animate and 



inanimate nature, 311. 

 Maple, ash-leaved, 70. 

 Maple, flowering, 87. 

 Maple, rock, 130. 

 Maple, silver, 130, 139. 

 Maple, soft, 130, 139. 

 Maple, sugar, 130, 144. 

 Material, 313. 

 Material, alcoholic, 318. 

 Meadow, in the, 44. 

 Meliolotm alba, 58. 

 Merula inigratoria, 11. 

 Milkweed, 195. 

 Mink, 275. 



Monarch butterfly, 202. 

 Moose, 283. 

 Mosquito, 25. 

 Moss, bare-soil, 245. 

 Mosses and lichens, 244. 

 Moss, hair, 245. 

 Moss, peat, 245. 

 Mossy-cup oak, 134. 

 Moulds, 251. 

 Mushrooms, 248. 

 Mustard, wild, 193. 



N 



Neglected corners, 58. 

 North America, importance of pine 

 forests for, 258. 



O 



Oak, bur, 134, 148. 

 Oak, mossy-cup, 134. 

 Oak, poison, 314, 316. 

 Oak, scarlet, 134, 149. 

 Oats, 183. 

 Oats, wild, 195. 



