INDEX 



327 



Oilnut, 133. 



Opportunities, neglected or undevel- 

 oped, in American farming, '227. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, 158. 

 Osmunda Claytonia, 239. 

 Oxtrya Virginica, 132. 

 Our homes in fall, life about, 70. 

 Owl, great horned, 268. 

 Owls, hawks and, 206. 



Paper birch, 131, 142. 



Parus atricapillus, 264. 



Peat moss, 245. 



Pelargonium, 85. 



Petals, 16. 



Pickerel, 298. 



Pigeon grass, 194. 



Pine forests and forests of deciduous 



trees compared, 255. 

 Pine forests, importance of, for 



North America, 258. 

 Pine lumber, value and use of, 260. 

 Pineries, destruction of, 259. 

 Pines and pine forests, 252. 

 Pines in the economy of nature, 258. 

 Pine, white, 252. 

 Pinus Strobus, 252. 

 Pistil, 16. 

 Plant lice, 8. 

 Plants, house, 86. 

 Plants, how to preserve, 314. 

 Plants in their relation to inanimate 



nature and to animals, 311. 

 Plants, parts of, 90. 

 Plants, review of, 90. 

 Plants that have no flowers, 238. 

 Plants, the effect of, upon the earth, 



307. 



Poison ivy, 314, 316. 

 Poison oak, 314, 316. 

 Polytrichttm commune, 245. 

 Pond, lake, and stream. May to 



July, 17. 



Poplar, cottonwood, 21. 

 Poplars, 20, 127. 

 Populus balsamifera, 129. 

 Populus dilatata, 129, 



Populus monilifera, 129. 

 Populus tremuloides, 127. 

 Potato, 187. 

 Potato beetle, 212. 

 Poultry yard, 117. 

 Prairie chicken, 218. 

 Prairie flowers in August, 50. 

 Prairie hen, 218. 

 Preservation of insects, 317. 

 Preserve plants, how to, 314. 

 Pteris aquilina, 239. 

 Puffballs, 249. 

 Pumpkin seed, 295. 

 Putorius vison, 275. 



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Quail, 218. 

 Quaking asp, 127. 

 Quercus coccinea, 134. 

 Quercus macrocarpa, 134. 



Rabbit, gray, 174. 



Rabbits, 176, 177. 



Raccoon, 277. 



Ragweed, common, 58. 



Ragweed, giant, 58. 



Red deer, 278. 



Red-eyed vireo, 165. 



Red fox, 276. 



Red squirrel, 171. 



Red-tailed hawk, 266. 



Resident birds in our Northern 



States, 262. 

 Review and summary on about home, 



14. 

 Review and summary on lake and 



river in winter, 301. 

 Review and summary on roadsides 



and neglected corners, 68. 

 Review and summary on trees in 



their winter condition, 1H5. 

 Review and summary on woods in 



bloom, 151. 



Review of animal life, 302. 

 Review of life in and near the water, 



36. 

 Review of plants, 90, 



