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INDEX 



Orange (Citrus aurantium), 9 

 Otter (Lutra vulgaris), 87, 89, 90 



PHOTOGRAPHS, 1, 131 



Plane Tree (Platanus orientalis} in winter, 



131 



Plants^ hidden in winter, 105 

 Plants that grow in winter, 135 

 Plum (Prunus domestica\ 7, 7 

 Pole-cat (Putorius putorius), 87, 90 

 Pupae of butterflies and moths, 48 



BABBIT (Lepus cuniculus\ hybrid with hare, 



90 



domestic, shaking its paws, 101 

 Rambles to see effects of water, 125 

 Redwood, Miss Eva, 38 

 Relief Maps, the making of local, 128 

 Reptiles, British, 80 

 Reversions, 96 

 River, the windings of, 126 

 Robin redbreast (Lucinea rubicula), 18 

 Rock, 122, 122 



SALT-WATER aquarium, 35 



Sand, drying plants in, 14 



Saunders, Mr Sibert, 35 



Science course, suggestions for a, 141 



Sea-shore, living creatures of, 37 



Seed, 133 



Seedlings, capabilities of, 139 



and experiments with, 140 

 dwarf beans, 137, 137, 139 



Seed pod, 9, 10, 20, 23, 32, 41 

 of dwarf bean, 9, 10 



Seeds, dispersal of, 11 



Shadow, 22, 22, 25, 26 



Skeleton leaf, 135 



of Magnolia, 135 

 of India-rubber plant (Ficus 

 elastica\ 136 



Skeletons of man and horse compared, 93 



94 



Shrew (Sorex vulgaris), 88 

 Slime Fungi (Mycetozoa), 74 

 Snail, Edible (Helix pomatia\ 108, 108 

 Snake, the grass (Tropidonotus natrix\ 82 

 the smooth (Coronella austriaca), 81 



82 

 Specimens, 1, 13 



mounting of, in glass-topped 



boxes, 118, 120 

 mounting of, in spirit and 



glass jars, 120, 121 

 Spider, garden (Epeira diadema), 46 

 gossamer, 46 



house (Teyenaria domestica), 45 

 water (Argyroneta aquatica}, 44 

 Spiders' webs, 44 

 Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), 88, 89 

 Starch, 105 



Starfish, common (Asterias rubens), 37, 40 

 Stars, the study of, 31 

 Stem, Elder (Sambucus niger\ 111, 113 



Yew (Taxus baccata\ 114, 114 

 Stoat (Putorius erminea), 90 



hybrid with ferret, 87, 87 

 Struggle for existence, 18 

 Sugar, 105 

 Sun, observations upon its apparent position 



on a window, 20, 21, 32, 41, 68 

 Sun-dial, making of, 25, 27, 28 

 Swallows, barn (Hirundo rustica\ 15, 19 

 Sweeney, Miss Nellie, 25 

 Sycamore leaf, 51 



THRUSH (Turdus musica), 18 

 Tiffins' Boys' School, 27 

 Timber, characters of, 113 

 Trees in winter, 131 



method of drawing, 131, 132 



