INDEX 



271 



Poplar buds, 173, 174. 



Popple, 206, 209. 



Portulacca, 230. 



Potato beetle, 49. 



Preparation for winter, animal, 99- 



101 ; plant, 94-98 ; literature for, 



9S, 101. 

 Protective color, 22, 23, 34. 

 Pudding stone, 255. 

 Pupa, 47, 48, 59, 60. 

 Pusley, 230. 



Quaker lady, 230, 233. 

 Quartz, 179, 180, 182, 197, 198. 

 Quince, 248. 



Rabbit, cage for, 100. 



Rain, 14, 17, 154, 156; gauge, 130: 



literature for, 14, 15, 17, 18. 

 Raspberry, 245. 

 Ray flower, 27, 31. 

 Reading, 8, 24. 

 Receptacle, 31. 

 Records, weather, 16, 70, 71, 90, 92, 



107, lOS, 12t)-131. 

 Relative work, 8. 

 Rhododendron, 231. 

 Rind tents, 205. 

 Robin, 187. 

 Rock crystal, 180. 

 Root, 23, 24; as storehouse, 97, 98. 

 Root cap, 98. 

 Rose family, 245. 

 Round Table, 214. 

 Royal Oak Day, 212. 



Sand, 178. 



Sandstone, 255, 256. 



Saturn, 103. 



Scale of hardness, 180. 



Scott, Sir Walter, 209. 



Seeds, 19, 175, 261, 262 ; food supply 



in, 162, 163 ; germination of, 133- 



143, 176. 

 Sepals, 18, 19, 34. 

 September, literature for, 10. 

 Setting board, 43. 



Shadbush, 245. 



Shales, 256. 



Shepherd's purse, 248. 



Sheep's sorrel, 249. 



Skeleton, bird, 149. 



Skunk cabbage, 247. 



Slate, 256. 



Sleep movements, cotyledons, 138; 



leaves, 30. 

 Slugs, 127. 

 Smartweed, 249. 

 Suails, 118, 124, 127. 

 Snake, cages for, 101. 

 Snow, 130, 154, 157, l(i5 ; literature 



for, 109 ; measure for, 130. 

 Snowbird, 165. 

 Snowflakes, 108. 

 Soil, 172-183. 

 Sorrel, sheep's, 249. 

 Spadix, 248. • 



Sparrow, English, 80-83. 

 Spathe, 248. 

 Spring beauty, 229, 230. 

 Spring, literature for, 194, 195. 

 Spruce, 114. 



Squash, germination of, 138. 

 Squirrel, cage for, 100, 101. 

 Stamens, 18, 19, 33, 34. 

 Starch in seeds and fruits, 162, 163 ; 

 test for, 161; change to sugar, 

 176. 

 Stars, 103-105 ; literature for, 106. 



Stem, 23, 24. 



Stick-me-tight, 77. 



Stigma, 19, 31. 



Stones, 178-183, 19(5-199, 254-256: 

 literature for, 184. 



Stork, 149. 



Stramonium, 19-24. 



Strawberry. 244, 245. 



Style, 19, 31. 



Sugar, maple, 221. 



Sun, 6:5-69; literature for, 63, 69. 



Sunflower, 18, 29, 31, 37, 38. 



Sunshine chart, 68, 69. 



Susan, black-eyed, 18, 31, 32. 



Sycamore, 216-218. 



