GENERAL INDEX 



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Liveries and their meaning, i. 



59, 65, 89. 

 Liverwort, iv. 100, 102, 117, 



118, 125, 132, 134, 140, 177, 



179, 180, 189, v. 38 ; water- 

 pitchers of, iv. 123 ; fruits 



of, iv. 117 ; sperm -pockets, iv. 



118 ; pocket-like cavity, iv. 



117 ; air-chambers of, iv. 118 ; 



lobes of, iv. 1 1 8 ; species of, iv. 



I2i, 122, 124. 



Living fish, first study, i. 136. 

 Lizard, i. 109, in, ii. 214; species 



of, i. in, 217. 

 Lizard, sand, i. no. 

 Loach, ii. 197. 

 Loam, v. 79. 

 Lobelia, v. 25, 120, 170. 

 Lobster, ii. 145, 146. 

 Locusts, i. 176. 

 Loganberries, v. 148, 161. 

 Loligo, ii. 137. 

 London Pride, iii. 166, iv. 69 ; 



life-history of, illustration of, 



iii. 192. 

 London, length of days at 



equinoxes, vi. 65. 

 Long-leaved Sundew, v. 32. 

 Long shadows, vi. 72. 

 Long twilight of summer, vi. 68. 

 Looper, i. 186, v. 184. 

 Loosestrife, Yellow, v. 45. 

 Lords and Ladies, iii. 55, 78. 

 Lotus, sleep movements, iii. 56. 

 Lotus, species of, iii. 170, v. 115. 

 Louse wort, iv. 181. 

 Love-in-a-mist, v. 169. 

 Lower greensand, v. 188. 

 Lower vertebrates, i. 151-159. 

 Lowland oak woods, iv. 159 ; 



plants above 2000 feet, v. 70 ; 



of Scotland, culture of, vi. 



32 ; of Scotland, marshes of, 



vi. 35- 



Low-lying alluvial soils, v. 217. 

 Lucerne, v. 79, 216. 

 Lucky Proach, ii. 130. 

 Lumpsucker, ii. 131, 132 ; 



Sectoral and pelvic fins of, 

 . 183 ; young of, ii. 132. 

 Lunar calendar, vi. 89. 

 Lung-breathers, ii. 191. 

 Lungs of amphibians, i. 120; 



of birds, i. 77 ; of mammals, i. 



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Lupin, v. 80, 169, 179. 

 Lupines, sleep movements of, 



iii. 56. 



Lupinus, species of, v. 115. 

 Lurid Boletus, iv. 130. 

 Lychnis, species of, iii. 188, 190, 



v. 26, 84. 



Lycoperdon, iv. 141. 

 Lycopodium clavalum, iv. 98, 



99, 100, 197, 202. 

 Lycopodium powder, iv. 98. 

 Lycopods, iv. 94, 98. 

 Lyme grass, v. 5. 



Machinery and methods of, vi. 



38. 



Mackerel, i. 145 ; sky, vi. 6. 

 Madonna lily, v. 171. 

 Madrepore of starfish, ii. 180. 

 Magnetic declination, vi. 78. 



Magpie, ii. 210. 



Maize, iii. 4, 29, 32 ; starch of, 



iii. 50 ; development of seed, 



iii. 7, 9, 12. 

 Mallow, v. 6. 

 Maltese terrier, i. 26. 

 Malva, species of, v. 170, 171. 

 Mammal skeleton, i. 20. 

 Mammalia, i. 55 ; flight in, i. 



45. 53. 54- 

 Mammals, i. 158, 159, ii. 200, 



220 ; coloration of young, i. 



59, 65 ; clothing of , 1. 55 ; of 



the moor, ii. 213. 

 Mammoth, hair-clad, i. 66. 

 Mammoths in Britain, ii. 221. 

 Man, environment of, vi. 39 ; 



skeleton of, i. 33, 34, 35, 44 ; 



foot of, i. 35. 

 Manetti stock, v. 172. 

 Mangel Wurzel, v. 17. 

 Mangolds, v. 84 ; typical crop of, 



v. 214. 



Man-of-war, Portuguese, ii. 185. 

 Mantle of cloud, vi. 4. 

 Manure for vegetable culture, 



v. 127, 128, 129 ; for cuttings, 



v. 120. 

 Manures on grassland, effect of, 



v. 58. 



Manuring, v. 87. 

 Manx-shearwater, i. 84. 

 Maple, distinguished from 



sycamore, iii. 39. 

 Maps, Geological, vi. 159 : 



Ordnance, illustration of, vi. 



139 ; how to make them, vi. 



131, 150 ; use of, vi. 130. 

 Marble gall, ii. 18, 212. 

 Marbled angler, i. 148. 

 Marchantia, with fruits, iv. 116, 



120 ; with gemma cups, iv. 



116. 



Marestail, ii. 92. 

 Marigold, Corn, v. 81, 179; 



marsh, iv. 199. 

 Marine aquarium, ii. 78 ; 



animals of, ii. 128-168 ; 



plankton, ii. 188 ; worms, ii. 



158-161. 

 Market of London, supplies of, 



vi. 15. 

 Marl, v. 79. 

 Marram grass, v. 4, 5, 6, 7 ; 



modifications of structure, 



v. 8. 



Mars, snow-caps, vi. 6. 

 Marsh Fern, v. 21. 

 Marsh-hen, ii. 190. 

 Marsh Horsetail, iv. 97 ; 



Marigold, iii. 104 ; diagram 



of, iii. 105, iv. 199, v. 38 ; 



Pea, v. 38 ; Pennywort, iv. 



203, v. 35 ; plants, iv. 193, 



v. 28 ; seeds conveyed by 



cattle, v. 52 ; Samphire, iii. 



5i v. 9. 



Marshes, draining of, vi. 35. 

 Marshwort, v. 39 ; branch 



figured, v. 39. 

 Marsupials, ii. 220. 

 Martins, ii. 207. 

 Mastiffs, i. 26. 

 Mat Grass, iv. 204. 

 Matches, iv. 138. 



Materials for collecting plants, 



iii. no. 

 Matterhorn, characteristics of, 



vi. 44. 



May-flies, ii. 109, 195. 

 May Hill Common, iv. 207. 

 Meadow Buttercups, propaga- 

 tion of, iii. 6 1 ; Clovers, v. 28 ; 



coloured illustration of, v. 64 ; 



Foxtail, v. 59 ; Grass, v. 57, 



58, 64; land, ii. 200, 203; moor, 



v. 70 ; Pipit, ii. 203, 207 ; 



Saxifrage, iv. 198 ; figured, 



v. 62 ; Sweet, iii. 76, 83, iv. 



158, 161, v. 40, 41, 54. 

 Meadows and pastures, vegeta- 

 tion of, v. 56. 

 Mealy-bugs, ii. 15. 

 Mealy Guelder Rose, y. 216. 

 Measurements of rainfall, vi. 



23 25- 



Measures of time, vi. 75, 79. 

 Mechanical transport, vi. 38, 



v. 77, 115. 

 Mediterranean, rainfall of, vi. 



38. 



Medlars, v. 148. 



Medusoids, i. 158, ii. 185, 186. 

 Melilot, sleep movements, iii. 56. 

 Merganser, i. 91, 92. 

 Mermaid's hair, ii. 84 ; purses, ii. 



176, 177- 



Mersey, estuary of, vi. 15. 

 Mesophytes, iv. 182, 183. 

 Metamorphosis, i. 188 ? of 



dragon-fly, ii. 114. 

 Meteorology, observations on, 



vi. 51. 

 Meteorological instruments, vi. 



25 ; observations, exactness 



of, vi. 23. 

 Mice and trees, iv. 146 ; and 



acorns, 146. 



Michaelmas Daisy, v. 171. 

 Midges, small, ii. 217. 

 Midriff, i. 23. 

 Mignonette, v. 169, 179. 

 Migration of birds, i. 104, 105, 



106, 107 ; of fishes, i. 136 ; 



of plants, v. 20. 

 Milchdieb (milk thief), iv. 181. 

 Mildews, iv. 125. 

 Milk-teeth, i. 21 ; wort, iv. 207, 



v. 66. 



Miller's Thumb, ii. 104, 197. 

 Millipede, ii. 14, 35 ; breeding 



of, ii. 37 ; stink-glands of, 



ii- 37; 



Mimic icebergs, vi. 47. 

 Mimosa, iii. 55, 56 ; sleep 



movements, iii. 55. 

 Miniature icebergs, vi. 48. 

 Minnow, i. 136, ii. 104, 197, 198. 

 Mire-hen, ii. 190. 

 Missel-thrush, i. 83. 

 Mist, formation of, vi. 2. 

 Mist-laden atmosphere in rela- 

 tion to the sun, vi. 55. 

 Mistle-thrush, ii. 210. 

 Mistletoe, iv. i, 35, 39, 40, 69, 



78 ; parasitism of, iii. 31 ; 



dispersal of berries of, iii. 31 ; 



illustrated, iv. 40, 44 ; and 



dodder, iv. 38 ; seedling of, 



iii. 31- 



