GENERAL INDEX 



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Common Avens, life history of, 

 iii. 166, 168, 214 ; illustra- 

 tion of, iii. 216, iv. 69. 



Common Bent Grass, v. 60 ; 

 brittle-star, ii. 156 ; buckie, 

 ii. 172 ; Butterwort, iv. 43 ; 

 Cinquefoil, iii. 61 ; Club- 

 moss, iv. 99 ; Crowberry, iv. 

 193 ; Earwig, i. 177 ; flower- 

 ing plants, iii. 85 ; Fungi, 

 iv. 128 ; gnat, ii. 116 ; 

 Gorse, iv. 192; Hair Moss, 

 illustrated, iv. 112, 113 ; 

 Wild Geranium, iii. 196 ; 

 Heather, iv. 191 ; Ivy, 

 iv. 30, 31 ; Lady's Mantle, 

 iv. 198 ; land, v. 215 ; 

 limpet, ii. 143 ; Ling, iv. 202 ; 

 Mallow, v. 14 ; winter moth, 

 life history of, v. 181 ; newt, 

 ii. 101, 102; Field Poppy, 

 v. 80 ; Polypody, iv. 86 ; 

 prawn, ii. 150; Red Poppy, 

 iv. i, 21, v. 76 ; Reed, v. 27, 

 29, 76 ; figure of, v. 37 ; Rush, 

 v. 36 ; scallop, ii. 139 ; 

 seal, colour of the young, 

 i. 66 ; shore-crab, ii. 128, 

 145, 176 ; spider-crab, ii. 

 146; starfish, ii. 155, 180 ; 

 trumpet-moss, iv. 138 ; 

 vapourer moth, figure with 

 caterpillar and wingless 

 female moth, v. 181. 



Commons of Surrey, iv. 188. 



Commons, vegetation of, iv. 188, 

 206. 



Comparative psychology, ii. 

 209. 



Composite, iii. 79, 80, iv. 69. 



Compound leaves, iii. 93. 



Condensation on windows, 

 cause of, vi. 18. 



Condyle of skull, i. 21. 



Coney, of the Bible, i. 25. 



Coniferae, iv. 70 ; bud scales 

 of, iii. 42, 43. 



Coniferous trees, iv. 145. 



Conifers, v. 215 ; characteristic 

 of dry soil, iii. 51, v. 215. 



Contour-feather, figures of, i. 

 69, 70, 71, 72. 



Convolvulaceae, iv. 69. 



Convolvulus, v. 7, 73, 178, 179 ; 

 hawkmoth, v. 38 ; Larger, 

 v. 38 ; Polygonum, v. 86 ; 

 twining stems of, iii. 58. 



Cooking apples, v. 150 ; 

 cherries, v. 151 ; goose- 

 berries, v. 151 ; pears, v. 

 150 ; plums, v. 151. 



Coot, ii. 190. 



Coppice, iv. 147, 148, 156. 



Copses, iv. 159. 



Coracoids, i. 74. 



Corals, i. 158. 



Coral- Root Orchids, iv. 181, 

 182. 



Cord-moss, iv. 100, 103, 104. 



Cord-mosses, capsules of, iv. 105. 



Corded poodles, i. 26. 



Coreopsis, v. 170, 179 ; Drum- 

 mondii, v. 169 ; lanceolata, 

 v. 171. 



Corixa, ii. 123. 



Corm of Crocus and Gladiolus, 

 v. 116. 



Corm, nature of, iii. 63. 



Cormlets, iii. 71. 



Corms, iii. 63, 69, 70, iv. 175. 



Corn, v. 78 ; bunting, ii. 203 ; 

 Buttercup, v. 84, 86 ; Cockle, 

 v. 76 ; crake, ii. 207 ; Grom- 

 well, figure of, v. 85 ; Mari- 

 gold, v. 81, 86, 216 ; reaping 

 of, v. 88 ; Spurrey, v. 81. 



Cornflower, v. 16, 80, 81, 86, 169. 



Coronella lavis, i. no, 114, 116. 



Cotton, f f 9m Africa and 

 America, iii. 81 ; grass, iii. 

 2, 80, iv. 183, 188, 196, 200, 

 208, v. 34, 36 ; grass, 

 highest altitude of, iv. 197 ; 

 grass bog, iv. 192 ; grass 

 moors, iv. 193 ; tail, ii. 202. 



Cottony filaments of leaves, iii. 

 77- 



Coitus bubalis, ii. 130, 170 ; 

 gobio, ii. 104 ; scorpius, ii. 

 130, 131, 183. 



Cotyledons, iii. 5, 33 ; differences 

 of, iii. 56. 



Couch-grass, iii. 61. 



Cowberry, figure of, iv. 191, 196. 



Cow grass, v. 58. 



Cow-parsnip, iv. i, 69, 71, 73, 

 77 ; flowers of, iv. 5 ; fruit 

 of, iv. 5 ; pollination of, iv. 

 5 ; shoot of, iv. 3 ; umbel 

 of, iv. 4. 



Cowslip Orchis, v. 63. 



Cowslips, iii. 130, iv. 186, v. 

 63, 210. 



Cow-wheat, ii. 209, 211, iv. 

 155, 162, 180. 



Crab apple, v. 73 ; cocoanut, 

 ii. 200 ; species of, ii. 128, 

 145, 146, 147 ; hermit, iii. 186. 



Crab stock, v. 150, 160, ii. 186. 



Crab, young of, ii. 145. 



Crabs, ii. 170. 



Cranberry, iv. 195. 



Crayfish, ii. 108. 



Creeping Buttercup, iii. 90, 

 114, v. 62 ; illustration of, 

 iii. 96. 



Creeping Crowsfoot, v. 117 ; 

 Plume Thistle, iii. 61 ; rhiz- 

 omes, v. 8 ; Scirpus, v. 29 ; 

 stems, above ground, iii. 69 ; 

 willow, v. 8. 



Crepis biensis, iii. 76 ; fcetida, 

 iii. 76 ; hairy leaf of, iii. 51. 



Crescent moon, vi. 85 ; never 

 seen to rise, vi. 88. 



Cress, cultivation of, v. 144. 



Cresses, v. 42. 



Crested Dogstail Grass, v. 217. 



Crested Newt, ii. 101, 102. 



Crickets, i. 176. 



Crithmum maritimum, v. 12, 13. 



Crocodilians, i. 109. 



Crocus, iii. 30, 114, 115, 160, 

 iv. 69, y. 116, 172, 175 ; 

 aureus, iii. 161 ; contrac- 

 tile roots of, iii. 70 ; corm, 

 stages of development in, 

 figured, iii. 64, v. 116 ; life 

 history of, iii. 63, 64, 65 ; 

 species of, iii. 161. 



Crocus verni, v. 116. 



Crop of birds, i. 76. 



Crops, rotation of, v. 87, 125. 



Crossbill, ii. 210 ; type of 

 beak, i. 92, figure 5. 



Cross-fertilisation, ii. 204. 



Cross-leaved Heath, iv. 192, 195. 



Cross pollination, iii. 78, iv. 

 7i- 



Crosswort, iii. 77, v. 86. 



Crowberry, iv. 193, 196, 197. 



Crowsfoot, creeping, v. 117. 



Crucifer, iv. 185, v. 14. 



Cruciferae, iv. 68, 182, v. 3, 42. 



Crumb-of -bread sponge, ii. 178, 

 179. 



Crust -lichens on granite rocks 

 at Dartmoor, iv. 136, 140. 



Crustacea, ii. 108, 145, 150, 181. 



Crustacean parasite, ii. 181. 



Crustaceans, i. 158, ii. 170, 

 171, 184, 186, 188, ii. 212. 



Cryptogamic plants, v. 23. 



Cryptogams, fresh-water, v. 21. 



Crystals of ice, suspended in 

 the air, vi. 55. 



Crystals, six-sided, vi. 41. 



Ctenophores, ii. 186. 



Cuckoo Flower, ii. 203, iii. 83, 

 120, 166, iv. 69, v. 27, 42, 48 ; 

 life history of, iii. 188. 



Cuckoo-spit, ii. 15, 203, 208. 



Cucumber, v. 148 ; seedling of, 

 iii. 10. 



Cud-chewing animals, i. 41. 



Cudweed, iii. 76, iv. 158. 



Culex, ii. 19 ; diagram of egg- 

 raft, ii. 20 ; diagram of 

 larvae, ii. 22 ; diagram 

 of pupa, ii. 23 ; diagram of 

 respiratory tube, ii. 23 ; 

 imago emerging from pupa, 

 ii. 24, figure 13 ; pipiens, ii. 

 116. 



Cultivated crops, vi. 32. 



Cultivation, practical observa- 

 tions, v. 86 ; principles of, v. 

 218-224 ; weeds of, v. 75. 



Culture, vegetable, v. 125-129. 



Cultures of soil organisms, v. 

 204, 206. 



Cup fungi, iv. 127, 128, 134, 

 141, 178. 



Cup-lichens on bark, iv. 133, 



134- 



Cup-moss lichen, growing on 

 hedge-bank, iv. 140. 



Cup-mosses, iv. 138. 



Curlew, ii. 203, 214. 



Currant, cultivation, propaga- 

 tion of, v. 162 ; varieties of, v. 

 148, 149, 151 ; gall mite, life 

 history and habits of, v. 185 ; 

 gall mite, preventive treat- 

 ment of, v. 185. 



Currant-galls, ii. 212. 



Cuttings, v. 117, 1 18; potting 

 of, v. 121. 



Cuttle, colour change, ii. 137. 



Cuttle fish, i. 158, ii. 105, 157, 

 170, 184; habits of, ii. 173; 

 suckers of, ii. 138. 



Cycloptents lumpus, ii. 131, 183. 



Cyclostomes or round-mouths, 

 i. 151. 157- 



