CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



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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 l6 



A COMIC ENEMY 21 



A TLANT 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 SPIDERI.INGS 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 67 



