INDEX. 



419 



Entomology, 277- 

 Evaporation from the earth, 

 effect of, 84. 



Fairfax, general, supposed 

 skeletons of some of his 

 foragers, 4. 



Fairy rings, 370. 



Fescue, spines of the hard, 

 bearing no floAvers, 105. 



Fieldfare, the, 265. 



Flea, the water, 316. 



Flowers of plants, 67 plea- 

 sures afforded by, 69 use 

 and application of, 70, 73 

 natural love of, 71 the 

 playthings of children, 72. 



Fly, the house, 219 the bit- 

 ing, ibid. the four spotted 

 dragon, 280. 



Flycatcher, the gray, 210. 



Foxglove, 89. 



Friendship between birds, in- 

 stance of, 211, 212. 



Frost, early, effect of on 

 flowering plants, 409. 



Fungi, beauties of, 118 va- 

 rieties of, 119 uncertain 

 appearance of, 120 muta- 

 tions of, 121 agents of de- 

 cay, 122 propagation of, 

 129. 



Fur of animals, 150. 



Gallinaceous birds, 250. 

 Gamma moth, the, 294. 

 Ghost moth, 281. 

 Glaucous birth wort, 83. 

 Gleaning, profits of, to the 



poor, 359 antiquity of the 



custom, 362. 

 Glowworm, the, 304, 



Gnat, the winter, 276. 



Goat moth, 295. 



Goldfinch, the, 241. 



Grass crops, nature of, in the 

 author's " village, 22 cer- 

 tain grasses attached to cer- 

 tain soils, 23 grass balls, 

 105. 



Guinea, anecdote of the find- 

 ing of one, 366- 



Hair of animals, 150. 



Hairworm, the clay, 332. 



Hawk, the sparrow, 207 the 

 kestrel, ibid. the hawk- 

 moth, 288. 



Hay, crops of, method of sav- 

 ing, 26. 



Hazel tree, how liable to de- 

 cay, 125. 



Hedgehog, the, 135. 



Hellebore, 67 its medicinal 

 uses, ibid. 



Helvella, the mitred, 120. 



Holly trees, 364. 



Hornet, the, 334. 



Horse, instance of the lon- 

 gevity of one, 181. 



Hummingbird hawkmoth, 

 the, 288. 



Hummings in the air, 369. 



Hydnum fungus, the beauti- 

 ful floriform, 120. 



Ice, cause of its swimming in- 

 stead of sinking, 401. 



Industry, profitable fruits of, 

 to an agricultural labourer, 

 17. 



Insects entrapped by the 

 snapdragon, 80 destroyed 

 by the sundew, 81 by the 

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