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RUSHES, THE. By Maud U. Clarke. Willi Photographs by Henry Irving . 715 



SEASHORE, THE LIFE OF THE. Anemones, Sponges, Etc. By P. 



INIartin Duncan, F.R.P.S. With Photographs by the Author . . 379 



SEDGES, THE. By IMaud U. Clarke. With Photographs by Henry Irving 657, 666 



SNAIL, THE GARDEN. By John J. Ward. With Photographs by the Author . 735 



SNOWBOUND ANLMALS. By Walter M. Gallichan 461 



SNOWFLAKE, THE STORY OF A. By J. Lomas, F.G.S., A.R.C.S. . .556 



STONE-TURNING. By R. A. Staig. With Photographs by John A. Ballantyne 519, 571 



THUNDERSTORMS, CONCERNING. By William J. S. Lockyer, M.A., Ph.D., 



P.R.A.S. With Photographs by the Author . . . . .618, 639 



TREES GROWING IN BRITAIN, HOW TO KNOW THE. By Henry 

 Irving. With Photographs by the Author. 



The Willows . . . t^SS, 412 



The Elms .... 464 



The Ash ..... 487 

 The Maples .... 523 

 The Horse Chestnut, The Lime 559 

 The Plum and Cherry Group . 587 



The Apple and Pear Group 614, 634 

 The Elder, The Holly, The La- 

 burnum, and The Acacia . 681 

 The Conifers — Firs and Pines . 709 

 The Conifers — Larch, Cedars, 



Cypresses and Yew . . 729 



VALLEYS, AND HOW THEY ARE FORMED. By J. Lomas, F.G.S., A.R.C.S. 405 



VERNAL DAYS. By R. A. Staig 725 



WILD FLOWERS, HOW TO KNOW THE. By The Rev. H. Purefoy Fitz- 

 Gerald, F.L.S. With Photographs by Henry Irving. 



The Flowers of the Hedge- 

 Climbers . . . 434, 533 



The Flowers of the Chalk Downs 



and Pastures . . . 622 



The Flowers of the Hedgerows 698 



WILD GARDEN, THE. By H. H. Thomas 661 



WINTER IN EXCELSIS. By Arthur Scammell ...... 509 



LIST OF PLATES 



Evening. From the Painting by Karl Heffner in the Victoria and Albert 



Altiseum .......... Frontispiece 



Stormy Weather. From the Water-Colour Drawing by Leopold Rivers in Facing p. 



the National Gallery of British Art . . . . . . . . 405 



Birches at Faircrop. From the Water-Colour Drawing by Mrs. Rawnsley . 437 



The Beach at Ramsgate. From the Water-Colour Drawing by J. Buxton 



Knight in the Victoria and Albert Mviseum ...... 469 



Winter. From the Painting by R. W. Arthur Rouse ..... 501 



The Garden, St. Anne's, Dublin. From the Water-Colour Drawing by E. A. 



RowE 533 



Cottage at Roundhurst. From the Water-Colour Drawing by Sutton Palmer 565 



The South Downs. From the Water-Colour Drawing by Copley Fielding in the 



Victoria and Albert Museum ......... 597 



A Warwickshire Cottage. From the Painting by A. C. Wyatt . . . 629 



The Clock Tower, St. Anne's, Dublin. From the Water-Colour Drawing by 



E. A. RowE ............ 661 



Springtime. From the Painting by A. C. Wyatt ...... 693 



The Cliffs in June, Cornwall. From the Painting by Arthur J. Black . . 725 



