INDEX 



NOTE. As the Latin names of animals and plants mentioned, are not given in the body 

 of the book, they are inserted in this Index. 



Numbers in heavy type refer to figures. 



ACCLIMATIZATION, 101 



Anemone, Sea (Actinia mesembryanthemiim), 



32-33 



Aquarium, salt water, 35-38 

 Ash, branch, 111 

 Autumn leaves, collection of, 



BADGER (Meles taxus\ 90 

 Bark, of Oak (Quercus robur), 111, 111 

 of Spanish Chestnut (Castanea sativa], 



112, 112 



of trees, 112 

 Bats, 88 

 Bean (Paseolus vulgaris), dwarf flower, 33, 



23, 24 ; seed, 133, 133, 134 

 dwarf, seedling, 137, 137, 139 

 dwarf, seed-pod, 9, 10, 20, 23, 32, 41 

 Bee (Bombus terrestris), Hibernation of 



Humble, 106 



Beech (Fagus sylvatica], branch, 111 

 Birch (Betula alba}, twig, 52 

 Bird calendar, 16, 17 

 Birds, migration of, 15 

 Blindworm (Anguis fragilis), 78, 78, 83 



hatching of eggs, 78, 79 



Box (Buxus sempervivens), leaf, 138 

 Boxes, glass- topped, 14, 14 

 Branch, A, 123, 123 

 Branches, Ash (Fraxinus excelsior], 111 



Branches, Beech (Fagus sylvatica\ 111 



Willow (Salix alba}, 111 

 Brightwen, F.E.S., Mrs, 136 

 Broom, twig (Spartium scoparium), 52 

 Brown, Mr Edgar W., 128 

 Bryony, White (Bnjonia dioica), 105 

 Bud, a growing, 129 



Bulb, Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis), 103, 

 103, 110, 116, 123 



CABBAGE (Brassica oleacea), 129, 130 

 stem cut across, 129, 129 



Calendar, Bird, 16, 17 



Cat, Wild (Felis catus], Frontispiece, 86, 87 



Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastaneum}, 123, 



123 



bark of Spanish (Castanea sativa), 

 112, 112 



Chiltern Hills, 127 



Chrysalis hunting, 48 



Clouds, observation on, 29, 29, 30 



Cocks, Mr Alfred Heneage, 87, 90, 91 



Cole, Mr William, 109 



Collections, 5 



Cook, Dr M. C., 73 



Cormorant (Ualieus carbo}, 40 



Coronella (Coronella austriaca), 81, 82, 83 



Cotswold Hills, 127 



Crab (Cancer pagurus), edible, 41, 42, 43 



151 



