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Arum, iii. 30 ; anthers of, iii. 

 78 ; carpels of, iii. 78 ; con- 

 spicuous bract of, iii. 55, 78. 



Ascidia, i. 151. 



Ascidian, structure of, ii. 182 ; 

 larva of, i. 156 ; mouth of, 

 ii. 182. 



Ascidians, habits of, i. 156. 



Asellus, ii. 151 ; aquaticus, ii. 

 108. 



Ash, iii. 35, iv. i, 55, 69, 71, 

 76, 147, I59> 162, 163, 172, 

 173, 180, 184, v. 73; age 

 of, iv. 59 ; apical buds of, 

 iii. 39 ; bark of, iv. 172 ; 

 compound leaves of, iii. 44 ; 

 illustrations of, iv. 57 ; pol- 

 lination of, iv. 57 ; uses of, 

 iv. 166 ; winter buds, iii. 

 39, 40, 43. 



Asia, arid plains, temperature 

 of, vi. 12. 



Aspidium, iv. 179. 



Asptdium Thelypteris, v. 21. 



Aspleniunt, species of, iv. 90, 

 91, 98. 



Asses, callosities of, i. 34. 



Aster, species of, v. 2, 171. 



Asterias rubens, ii. 155, 180. 



Astrantia, bracts of, iii. 55. 



Astronomers, in relation to 

 Mars, vi. 6. 



Astronomy, literature of, vi. 



90, 91- 



Atlantic in relation to rain, 



vi. 26; sea-board of Great 



Britain, vi. 23. 

 Atlas of the world's commerce, 



vi. 38. 



Atmosphere, study of, vi. 51. 

 Aubrietia, v. 169, 176, 179. 

 Aurelia, ii. 185. 

 Auricula, v. 179. 

 Autumn and spring plumages, 



i. 87, 88 ; Gentian, iv. 198 ; 



seed-time, vi. 5 ; sky, vi. 55. 

 Autumnal anticyclones, vi. 54 ; 



Lady's Tresses, v. 69 ; rainy 



period, vi. 26. 

 Avens, species of, iv. 69, 77, 



iii. 80. 

 Avocet, method of feeding, i. 



91, 92. 



Awlwort, v. 23, 24, 29, 50. 

 Awns, iii. 80. 



Axillary buds, section of, iii. 57. 

 Azalea, Trailing, iv. 196. 



Bacteria, minute plants, iv. 142 ; 

 uses, 142 ; blood-red, purple, 

 etc., iv. 141. 



Badger, i. 32, 67. 



" Badlands," vi. 35. 



Balanoglossus, i. 157. 



Balanus, ii. 170, 175. 



Baleen, i. 49. 



Bamboos, v. 167. 



Barberry plant, iii. 82 ; pro- 

 pagation of, v. 1 1 8. 



Bark beetles, iv. 154. 



Barley, iii. 25, v. 78, 79 ; and 

 sandy soil, v. 215, iii. 4; 

 development of the seed, 

 iii' 7 9 12 ; grown on 

 blotting-paper, iii. 16. 



Barn owl, young (Illustration), 

 showing first traces of wing 

 and tail feathers, i. 80. 



Barnacles, ii. 166, 175. 



Barometer and thermometer, 

 vi. 8, 9 ; reading of, vi. 23. 



Bartsia, iv. 180. 



Bat, fore-limb of, i. 44 ; 

 hibernation of, i. 45 ; species 

 of, i. 44, 45 ; ears of, 45. 



Bats, ii. 218 ; mode of feeding, 

 i. 46 ; mode of resting, i. 45 ; 

 wings of, i. 43. 



Beach, raised, figure of, vi. 117. 



Beadlet, ii. 176, 179. 



Beaked parsley, v. 60, 61. 



Beaks of birds, structure of, 

 i. 90. 



Beam tree, v. 216. 



Bean, iii. 13, 14, 36 ; varieties 

 of, v. 130, 145, 146 ; plant, 

 iii. 4, 5, 34 ; development 

 of the seed, iii. 7 ; exal- 

 buminous seeds of, iii. 12. 



Beans, v. 78, 84 ; cultivation of, 

 v. 144,214. 



Bear, polar, ii. 219. 



Beard-Moss, iv. 137, 178; with 

 fruits, iv. 137. 



Bears in Britain, ii. 221. 



Beaver, ii. 221. 



Bed-bug, ii. 15. 



Bedeguar gall, ii. 208 ; rose-gall, 

 ii. 204, 205. 



Bedstraws, iv. 202, v. 9, 36, 



Bee, brood of, ii. 6 ; diagram 

 of comb, ii. 6 ; diagram of 

 hind leg, ii. 4 ; eggs of, ii. 

 6,7- 



Beech, iii. 3, iv. 144, 147, 156, 

 160, 164, 171, 172, 173 ; 

 bark of, iv. 172 ; branching 

 of, iii. 46 ; buds of, iii. 38, 

 40 ; bud scales and stipules, 

 iii. 43 ; exalbuminous seeds 

 of, iii. 12 ; exposed roots of, 

 iii. 1 8 ; fruit of, iv. 153 ; 

 illustration of, iv. 153 ; in 

 winter, iii. 41 ; uses of, iv. 

 166 ; seedling of, iii. 12, 36 ; 

 shape of leaf, iii. 37 ; flowers 

 of, iv. 153 ; on calcareous 

 soil, v. 216 ; ferns, iv. 179. 



Beech-nut, iii. 36. 



Bees, ii. i, iv. 73 ; drone, 

 queen, and worker, ii. 14 ; 

 drones, ii. 6 ; nuptial flight, 

 ii. 8 ; queens, ii. 7 ; royal 

 jelly, ii. 7 ; solitary, ii. 204 ; 

 swarming of, ii. 7 ; wild, ii. 

 204. 



Beet, v. 17, 130 ; varieties of, 

 v. 139 ; constituents of, v. 

 126 ; history of cultivation, 

 v. 138. 



Beetles, ii. 29, 208, v. 33 ; 

 ground, ii. 217 ; injurious, v. 

 182 ; whirligig, ii. 121. 



Beetroot, iii. 28, 29, 32. 



Begonia, iii. 60. 



Begonias, iii. 71, 72, v. 117. 



Bell-animalcules, ii. 198. 



Bell Heather, iv. 192, 204. 



Bellis perennis, iii. 175, v. 62. 



Ben Lawers, Alpine plants of, 

 iii. 2. 



Ben Nevis, rainfall of, vi. 26. 



Bent, common, v. 59 ; grass, 

 v. 60, 77, 214. 



Berthelot, his description of a 

 sunset, vi. 56, 57. 



Beta, species of, v. 17, 115, 138 ; 

 vulgaris, v. 115. 



Betony, iv. 162. 



Bibliography of British am- 

 phibians, i. 135 ; of bees, ii. 

 9 ; of British birds, i. 107 ; 

 of British reptiles, i. 119 ; of 

 butterflies, i. 190 ; of centi- 

 pedes and millipedes, ii. 37 ; 

 of cockroach, i. 176 ; of 

 earthworms, i. 170 ; of ear- 

 wig, i. 1 80 ; of ferns, iv. 99 ; 

 of fresh-water animals, ii. 

 126, 168 ; of gall-flies and 

 plant-lice, ii. 18 ; of garden- 

 ing, etc., v. 186, 187 ; of 

 gnats, ii. 28 ; of mammals, 

 i. 67 ; of mammals and 

 birds, i. 108 ; of mussels, ii. 

 69 ; of plants, etc., iii. 84, 

 iv. 187, v. 55 ; of spiders, 

 ii. 47 ; of The Soil, v. 88 ; 

 of trees, iv. 176 ; of vegeta- 

 tion, etc., iv. 210, v. 20 ; of 

 wasps, i. 212 ; of water- 

 beetles, ii. 34. 



Bicycle, analogy of, vi. 16 ; tyre, 

 illustrating compressed air, 

 vi. 19. 



Biennial plants, iii. 95. 



Biennials, v. 169. 



Big bud, v. 185. 



Bilberry, iii. 2, iv. 188, 191, 

 196, 197, 201, 202, 210 ; 

 fruit of, iv. 195, 196. 



Bindweed, v. 38. 



Birch, iv. 147, 154, 157, 165, 

 172, 173, 207 ; bark of, iv. 

 172 ; absence of hard wood in, 

 iv. 150 ; illustration, iv. 162 ; 

 trees, iv. 178 ; Polypore, 

 hoof-shaped fruit of, iv. 130. 



Birch-wood, iv. 193. 



Birch-woods, iv. 177. 



Birds, i. 55, 158, 159, 200, 218 ; 

 anatomy of, i. 68 ; desert- 

 dwelling, i. 79 ; eggs, i. 100, 

 ii. 196 ; essential characters 

 of, i. 68 ; fore-limb of, i. 44 ; 

 feathers of, 70-72 ; insect - 

 eating, i. 83 ; nest, iv. 181, 

 182 ; nests, descriptions of, 

 i. 98, 99 ; of the meadow, 

 ii. 207 ; of the moor, ii. 

 213 ; of the pond, ii. 190 ; 

 of the woods, ii. 210 ; shapes 

 of, i. 83 ; singing in mid- 

 winter, vi. 5 ; food and feed- 

 ing, i. 90. 



Bird's-Eye Primrose, iv. 203. 



Bird's-Foot Trefoil, iii. 166, 

 170 ; life-history and figure 

 of, iii. 172; seeds of, iii. 174, 

 iv. 25, 26, 76, 206, v. 6, 59, 

 60, 61, 62, 63, 74. 



Bird's Nest Orchis, iii. 46, iv. 



157- 

 Birgus latro, ii. 200. 



