CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGB 



THE COWS THAT ANTS MILK . ..... i 



A BRANCH OF THE FAMILY TREE 3 



WORN-OUT MOTHER 5 



BUDDING MOTHER 9 



WINGED FEMALE II 



UNNATURAL LODGER 12 



A TRAGIC ENEMY . . 14 



AN ANT MILKING A ROSE APHIS 1 6 



A COMIC ENEMY 21 



A PLANT THAT MELTS ICE . . . . . 25 



LEAVES OF SOLDANELLA ... . ... '. 33 



BUD BEGINNING TO MELT ITS WAY UP . , ... 34 



BUD ENCLOSED IN A GLOBE OF AIR 35 



FLOWER REACHING SURFACE OF ICE . ... 36 



FLOWER VISITED BY A BEE 37 



A GROUP OF FLOWERS PROTRUDING THROUGH ICE . 39 



A PAIR OF FLOWERS WHICH HAVE FAILED ... 4! 



A BEAST OF PREY ........ 47 



COCOON OF YOUNG SPIDERS 49 



YOUNG SPIDERLINGS CASTING FIRST THREADS . . 52 



BABY SPIDER IN ITS FIRST SNARE 53 



ROSALIND'S SPINNERETS 56 



FOOT, CLAWS, AND FACE OF SPIDER .... 57 



ROSALIND ON HER WAY TO BLOW- FLY .... 62 



ROSALIND TRUNDLING BLOW-FLY . .- . . . 63 



A SPIDER CHANGING ITS CLOTHES . ... . . 65 



ROSALIND AND HER SUITORS . . . . . . 6/ 



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