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Steps in Stem-grafting 236 



Mound Layering 239 



Variation in Grains of Corn 246 



Improvement of Corn by Selection 251 



Plant Rosettes 255 



Potato Plant 257 



Modification of Cosmos b}- Pruning 258 



The Parts of a Flower 262 



Orange Bud and Blossoms 263 



Orange Flower 264 



Nearly ]\Iature Hybrid Orange 264 



Cosmos Flowers 266 



Diagram Showing Method of Selecting and Improving Seed 267 

 Diagrammatic Cross-Section of a Basswood Stem Two 



Years Old 273 



Improper and Proper Pruning 273 



Grass Growing in Cavity — ^Result of Improper Pruning . 275 



Same Tree After Cavity Has Been Repaired 275 



The Way to Remove a Large Limb 2-j(i 



Where to Cut the New Growth 277 



Apple-tree Headed Low 280 



Trees Growing Close Together for Timber 281 



Norway Maple 283 



Net for Collecting Insects 291 



Cyanide Bottle 292 



Breeding-jar for Rearing Insects 292 



Collecting Insects 294 



A Bucket Spray 304 



The Bordeaux Nozzle 305 



Hand Spray 305 



Meadow-lark 308 



House Wren 309 



Four Common Seed-eatmg Birds 311 



Four Common Weeds, the Seeds of which are Eaten by Birds 313 



Weed Seeds Commonly Eaten by Birds 314 



'"Look out!" 316 



Anatis ij-punctuta. Say 318 



Ladybug and Larvae Preying Upon Scale Insects Infest- 

 ing a Pear 319 



Epilachna corrupta 319 



Chrysopa Species 320 



