GENERAL INDEX 



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Bisection of figure, vi. 78. 

 Bison, ii. 221. 

 Bites of snakes, i. 118. 

 Bithynia, eggs of, ii. 107 ; ten- 



taculata, ii. 106. 

 Bitter Cassava, v. 83 ; Cress, v. 



40. 

 Bitterling, economy of, ii. 68, 



192 ; young of, ii. 68. 

 Bivalves, ii. 105, 138, 158, 170, 



175, 176, 188. 

 Black-beetle, i. 171. 

 Blackberry, iii. 77, iv. 156, 



183, 195, v. 72, 73, 148, 161. 

 Blackbird, colour of young, i. 



82. 

 Black Bryony, iii. 57 ; twining 



stems of, iii. 57 ; growing in 



hedges, iii. 58 ; illustrations 



of, iii. 72, v. 72, 73 74- 

 Black-cock, ii. 214. 

 Black Currant mite, v. 151. 

 Black-fly, ii. 15. 

 Black frost, vi. 49 ; Bent Grass, 



v. 77, 86, 214; Grouse, figure 



of foot, i. 95 ; Goby, ii. 132 ; 



headed gull, ii. 190 ; heath, 



iv. 188 ; Mullein, iii. 79.; 



poplar, iii. 31, 42, 81 ; rat, i. 



30, 31 ; sheep, i. 64 ; thorn, 



iii. 82, iv. 173 ; Knapweed, 



v. 59, 62, 63 ; Knapweed, 



figured, v. 60, 61 ; Medick, 



figure of, v. 77 ; slug, ii. 54, 



210. 



Bladder Campion, v. 13, 84, 86. 

 Bladderwort, iii. 73 v. 31 ; 



species of, ii. 90, v. 32. 

 Bladder-wrack, ii. 82, 84, 151 ; 



Brown, v. 9. 

 Blade-bones, i. 22. 

 Blatta orientalis t i. 176. 

 Blea Tarn, v. 34. 

 Blennius pholis, ii. 132. 

 Blight, ii. 15. 

 Blood Geranium, v. 6, 160 ; 



hounds, i. 26, 28 ; worm, 



ii. 25, 27. 

 Bluebell, v. 17, 159, 208, 210 ; 



early flowering, iv. 157 ; 



propagation of, iii. 66. 

 Blue Garden Crocus, life history 



of, iii. 161 ; Moor Grass, v. 



69, 201, 204 ; mountain hare, 



ii. 216 ; sky, explanation of, 



vi. 55- 



Boar, wild, i. 39. 

 Bog-Asphodel, iv. 193, 203, 



209, v. 34 ; Cinquefoil, v. 



34, 35 ; Equisetum, v. 21 ; 



Malaxis, v. 35. 

 Bog-moss, ii. 217, iv. 41, 101, 



155, 188, 190, 193, 195, 203, 



v. 35 ; illustration of, iv. 101 ; 



leaf highly magnified, iv. 102. 

 Bog-Myrtle, iv. 192, 193, v. 34. 

 Bog Orchids, v. 34, 35. 

 Bog Pimpernel, v. 34, 35 ; 



figure of, v. 35. 



Bog plants, xerophytic char- 

 acter of, iv. 149, 199, v. 33. 

 Bog or Sphagnum, v. 21. 

 Boggy soils, v. 218. 

 Bogs and fens, plant of, v. 29. 

 Boletus edulis, iv. 126. 



Bombus, ii. 204, 205. 



Bones of birds, i. 73 ; of foot of 

 man, i. 34. 



Borage, iii. 83. 



Border, herbaceous, v. 175, 

 176. 



Borecole, v. 130, 131. 



Botanical surveys, iv. 184. 



Bottle brush coralline, ii. 178. 



Bottom grass, v. 58 ; growth, v. 

 64. 



Bougainvillea, purple bract of, 

 iii- 55- 



Boulder, glaciated, text-fig., vi. 

 115- 



Boulder-clay, text-fig., vi. 114. 



Box, iv. 164, 184, v. 216. 



Bracken, iii. 69, 70, iv. 80, 

 158, 159, 179, 207, v. 72, 

 86 ; pinnate leaf, iv. 81 ; 

 rhizome, iv. 208 ; spores of, 

 iv. 83 ; and sandy soils, v. 

 216. 



Bracket Fungi, iv. 130 ; fungus 

 on tree-trunk, iv. 127, 132, 

 141. 



Bract, iv. 148. 



Bracts in UmbelliferaD, iii. 55. 



Branched Bur-Reed, figured, v. 

 43- 



Branches, development of, iii. 

 45- 



Branching, tufted or rosette- 

 like, iii. 46. 



Brandling, i. 169. 



Brassica, varieties of, v. 115 ; 

 oleracea, y. 17, 115, 130, 131 ; 

 sinapis, iii. 209. 



Breast - bone of birds, i. 73, 

 86. 



Bristle-footed worms, ii. 161, 

 179, 1 88 ; Mosses, capsules 

 of, iv. in. 



Bristles on fruit, iii. 73. 



Britain, growth of, vi. 23, 208. 



British amphibians, i. 122 ; 

 birds, i. 79 ; cicadid, ii. 203 ; 

 oak, its uses, iv. 150 ; rain- 

 fall, vi. 26, 28 ; reptiles, i 

 no. 



Brittle-star, ii. 156, 180, 181 ; 

 distinctions between arms 

 and disc, ii. 156 ; lost parts 

 of, ii. 156. 



Brittle-stars, i. 158, ii. 153. 



Broad bean, iii. 9, 12, 21, v. 

 35, 130, 145, 146; seed of, 

 v. 113. 



Broad clover, v. 58. 



Broccoli, v. 17, 130, 131. 



Brome grass, v. 58. 



Brooding, i. 100. 



Brook-lime, v. 39, 54 ; weed, 

 v. 52. 



Broom, iv. 76, v. 167 ; fork- 

 mosses, iv. 108, 158 ; rape, 

 iii. 46, iv. 41, 151, 1 80. 



Brown Bladderwrack, v. 9 ; 

 rat, i. 30, ii. 189, 190, 196 ; 

 seaweed, v. 10 ; seaweeds, 

 uses of, iv. 9. 



Brussels sprouts, buds of, iii. 

 45, v. 130, 131. 



Bryony, black and white, il- 

 lustration of, iii. 72. 



Bryopsis plumosa, ii. 82, 84* 

 85- 



Bryozoa, ii. 179. 



Buccinum undatum, ii. 166. 



Buckbean, ii. 88, v. 34, 35. 



Buckie, egg-capsules of, ii. 176. 



Buckwheat, seeds of, iii. 4, 5, 6, 

 12 ; germination of, iii. 5. 



Bud, growth of, iii. 33 ; of the 

 beech with stipules removed 

 (Illustration), iii. 42 ; scales, 

 iii. 39, 43, 74, iv. 72. 



Budding, v. 117. 



Buds, structures of, iii. 44 ; 

 of flowering plants, iii. 92. 



Buffalo-grass, iv. 205. 



Bugle, iii. 166, 217 ; life 

 history of and plant figured, 

 iii. 218 ; flower figured, iii. 

 219, iv. 69, 74. 



Bulb, v. 116. 



Bulbils, iii. 63, iv. 99. 



Bulbous buttercup, iii. 90 ; 

 plants, place of origin of, 

 vi. 37 ; flowering in winter, 

 vi. 37. 



Bulbs, iii. 62, 69, iv. 175 

 contractile roots of, iii. 65 

 cultivation of, v. 171, 172 

 178 ; of hyacinths, iii. 67 

 of tulips, iii. 67. 



Bull-dogs, i. 26. 



Bull-head, ii. 104, 131, 183. 



Bulrush, v. 43, 44, 45. 



Bunting, Snow, ii. 217. 



Burdock, iii. 80. 



Burnet, v. 59, 60, 61, 62, 216. 



Bur -reed, v. 43, 44, 45, 76 ; 

 dispersal of seed, v. 51 ; 

 illustration of, v. 34. 



Burrowing beetles, ii. 216 ; 

 molluscs, ii. 128. 



Butcher's Broom, v. 167. 



Butter-Bur, v. 46. 



Buttercup, iii. 60, 86, 89, 90, 

 98, 115, 116, 119, 122, 169, 

 iv. 68, 69, 73, 74, v. 16, 61, 

 62, 63, 64, 74, 214 ; flower 

 of, iii. 99 ; nectar of, 100 ; 

 carpels of, 101, 107 ; cross- 

 pollination, 1 02 ; diagram 

 of whorl, 103 ; diagram of 

 fruit, 107 ; fruitlet of, 107 ; 

 embryo plant, 107 ; plant 

 figured, iii. 89 ; water, iv. 199. 



Butter-fish, ii. 133, 184. 



Butterflies, ii. 204, 217, iv. 74. 



Butterfly, abdomen of, i. 184 ; 

 claspers of, i. 185 ; eggs of, 

 i. 184 ; false-legs of, i. 185 ; 

 full-grown larva of, i. 184 ; 

 head of, i. 181 ; large 

 cabbage-white, i. 181, 184 ; 

 life history of, i. 184 ; male 

 and female organ, i. 188 ; 

 pupa of, i. 184, 186 ; wing 

 scales of, i. 183 ; Small 

 Tortoiseshell, ii. 204 ; ter- 

 minal segments of male, i. 

 188 ; thorax of, i. 182. 



Butterwort, iii. 73, 74, iv. i, 

 41, 69, v. 31, 33, 36; 

 branch figured, v. 32 ; 

 common, iv. 43, 44 ; in 

 flower, illustrated, iv. 44. 



