xiv ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PACE. 



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 by Pruning 258 



The Parts of a Flower 262 



Orange Bud and Blossoms 263 



Orange Flower 264 



Nearly Mature 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 276 



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-eating 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-ptitictata, Say 318 



Ladybug and Larvae Preying Upon Scale Insects Infest- 

 ing a Pear 319 



Epilachna corrupta 319 



Chrysopa Species 320 



