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INDEX (PART II) 



Tuber, Potato (Solan ton tiiberosn.m), 2, 2, 3, 5, 



20, 20, 35, 53, 72, 88 

 Turf, a piece of, 124 

 Twigs, Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippo- 



castanum), 30, 35 

 Twitch Grass (Agropyrain repens), 5 



VALISNERIA (Valisneria spircdis), 16 



Vanilla, fertilization of, 71 



Vegetable Marrow (Cucurbita pepo, var. ovali- 



fera), letters on, 102 

 Vegetation, moorland, 128, 130 

 Virginia Creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), 



tendrils of, 111 



WALNUT (Juglans regia), section through 

 branch of, 116 



Water Buttercup or Water Crow-foot (Ra- 

 nunculus aquatilis), two kinds of leaves, 57 



Water Snails, 17 



Water Spiders (Argyroneta aquatica), the, 49 



Webs, Spiders', 45 



Whelks, fresh- water (Vwipa/rus viviparus or 

 contectus), 17 



"Whirligig" (Gyrinus natator) Beetle, 17 



Wild Flowers, Seeds of British, 56 

 ,, Rose (Rosa canina), 96 

 prickles of, 97 

 Robin's Cushion on (made by 



Rhodites rosae), 121, 122 

 Windsor Forest, 106 

 Witches' Brooms (Exoascus), 123 

 Wood-lice changing their skin, 46 

 the food of, 46 

 ,, preserving, 52 

 Wood-louse, a, 43, 53 



the blind (Platyarthrus lioff- 



mannseggii), 75, 77 

 inhabiting Ants' nests, 47 



,, Pill (Armadillidium vulgare), 44 



Worm, decaying vegetable matter pulled 



into the ground by a, 39 

 Worms, Tree, 41 

 Worm-eating Slug (TestaceUa haliotidea), 92, 



92 



eggs of, 92, 93, 93 

 newly -hatched, 93 



Wound in Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) branch, 



103 

 Wounds, how plants heal their, 102 



