INDEX 



259 



219; saying Us prayers, 219; 

 lotus, 222. 

 Cobweb showers, 114; blinding 

 dogs interrupting sport, 1 14; Hakes 

 and rags of, 115 ; silken streamers, 

 ilC; shower in Prospect Tark, 

 Brooklyn, 120; on Brooklyn 

 Bridge, 121. 

 Cocoons: — curious, 145 ; solid to the 

 core, 147 ; ribs and vertebrae, 

 149; secret of the hollow, 151 ; 

 what the pellets were, 152 ; yield- 

 ing wasps, 242. 

 Colors of flowers, laws governing 

 colors and combinations. 44, 45 ; 

 natural exception to ; three pri- 

 mary colors in the hyacinth, Egyp- 

 tian lotus ; sky reflections destroy- 

 ing color, 45. 

 Columbine (^^?«7<?^/rt canadensis, A. 

 chrysantha, A. ccsrulea), puzzling 

 color classification, from white 

 through all shades of red, yellow, 

 and blue, 46. 

 "Comma." See Butterflies. 

 Coral, gray, 73. 

 Cow-spittle, 84, 86. 

 Crickets, 71. 

 Cross - fertilization of flowers, 30, 



167, 208, 211, 229. 

 Cuban belle's toilet, 21. 

 Culpepper, Dr., quoted, 154. 

 Cyanic, flowers with all shades of 



blue and red without yellow, 45. 

 Cynips seininator, Cyuips roscr, gall- 

 flies, 40. 



Dahlia, blue, 45. 



Daisy, pesky white weed, almost 



identical with the marguerite, 25 ; 



a marvel of a flower, 28, 205, 211. 



Dandelion. Seeds used for l)irds'- 

 nests, 173 ; mutilation of, 174 ; a 



week of retirement, 175 ; flight of 



the seed-bed, 176; the burglar 



discovered, 177, 211. 

 Darwin, 202, 209, 224. 

 Darwin flowers, 166, 167, 168. 

 De Candolle. Color limitations in 



flowers, 45, 202. 

 Deer-mouse, 151. 

 Desmodium, 223. 

 " Digger - wasps," sand - hornets, 



252. 

 Dungeons of death, 54. 



Egyptian history, 53. 



Egyptian yellow lotus, 45. 



Evening primrose {(Enothera bien- 

 nis), 85 ; luminous blossoms of, 

 163; daylight mystery; seeds, 

 pods, and caterpillars, 164; curious 

 secret; two buds, 165; primrose 

 blooms for moths, 168 ; blighted 

 buds, 169 ; a poor recompense, 

 170. 



Fairy sponges, the growth of ; rich 

 colors of sweetbrier sponge, 38, 

 42 ; contents of the sponge, 42. 



False scorpions {PeJipalpi'), iSr; 

 among old books and papers ; born 

 rovers, 182. 



Figwort {Scrophiilaria), tall and 

 spindling, purplish-olive blossoms ; 

 odor of; food for wasps, 28; fer- 

 tilized by wasps; bud open in tlie 

 morning; flowers change from day 

 to day, 30; growth of tlit ovaiv, 



32. 

 Flies: -gall. 40; lace-ving, 122; 

 gold - banded, 129 ; house, 178; 



