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Index 



Cinnamon, 271 



Citron, 351 



Clover, 142, 146, 218, 333, 341, 354-5 



,, roots, 56 

 Coco-nut, 54, 257, 356 

 Cockchafer, 325, 328-9 

 Colchicum, 192, 206 

 Colonists, 285, 296-7 

 Colours, meaning of, 224-5, 32 ^ 2 74 

 Composites, 196, 299 

 Convolvulus, 53, 233, 345 

 Coral-sand, 53 

 Cork, 91 

 Corn, 345 

 Cotton, 353 

 Crabs, 69 

 Cranesbill, 289 

 Cross- fertilization, 204, 206 

 Crowding, 250 

 Crown-imperial, 224 

 Cuckoo, 316 

 Cultivation, effects of, 338 



extent of, 3 

 Currant, 213, 344 

 Currents, 256-9 



DADDY LONGLEGS, 328 

 Dahlia, 197, 224 

 Dartmoor, 38 

 Date-palm, 210, 350 

 Decay, 154 

 Defences, 240 

 Delta, 43 



Desert, Kalahari, no, 112-14, I2 5. 12 & 

 ,, Nubia, 121, 187 



Sahara, 6, 118 

 Deserts, 2, 5, 6 



,, vegetation of, 112, 122 

 Djebel Attakah, 5 

 Dolomite Mountains, 5 

 Double flowers, 197 

 Down, 255 

 Downs, 39 



Drought, causes of, 118-121, 323 

 Dust, 47 



meteoric, 7 



, f on leaves, 176 



sirocco, 47 



,, volcanic, 48 



EGYPT, 41, 120-21 

 Enclosure, effect of, 271, 294, 339 

 Eucalyptus, 97, 112, 357 

 European plants, 285, 298, 354 

 Evaporation, 91 



prevented, 96 



Evergreens, 95, 186 



FALLOW FIELDS, 156 



Farm, meaning of word, 4 



Ferments, 154 



Fertilization by bees, 215-22 



by birds, 224, 234 

 by butterflies, 225, 2 

 by flies, 236 

 in bud, 205 

 by moths, 231-3 

 self, 204-206 

 by snails, 239 

 by wasps, 235 

 by water, 214 

 by wind, 208-13 



Fig, 247 



Fires, forest, 143, 293 

 ,, prairie, 61 



Fire-weed, 293 



Foliage, 98, 103 

 ,, desert, 97 



Food of plants, 15, 139, 157 



,,. ,, different values 

 158-60 



Forms, different, 222 



Foxglove, 7, 221, 245 



Frost, 25, 156, 293 



Fruit, 190, 212 

 -eaters, 273 

 ,, ripening of, 179-181, 185 



Fuchsia, 195, 198 



Fungi, 172 



GASES, 18, 164 



, , weight of, 164 

 Germs, 154 

 Gipsies, 341, 352 

 Glaciers, 27 

 Glass road, 26 

 Goats, 7, 119 

 Goose-wheat, 260 

 Gourds, in 

 Granites, 23, 37 

 Grasses, 4, 102, 142, 209, 301 

 Grasshoppers, 319, 323 

 Growth, rate of, 172, 193 

 Grubs, 310, 314-15, 319-20 



,, lawsuits against, 311 

 Gulf Stream, 184, 259 

 Gum-tree, 97 



HAIRS, 100, 305 

 Hawks, 270, 334 

 Hawthorn, 272 

 Heather, 142 

 Hedges, 47, 57, 31$ 

 Helena, St., 119 

 Holly, 217, 297 



