GENERAL INDEX 



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Wavy-hair grass, v. 213 ; moss, 

 illustrated, iv. 115. 



Wayfaring tree, iii. 43, v. 216 ; 

 naked buds of, iii. 43. 



Wayside-grasses, iv. 186. 



Weald, lessons of, vi. 169, 172, 

 182. 



Weasel, ii. 202, 207, 216. 



Weather and climate, vi. 8. 



Weather changes, effect on 

 plants and animals, vi. 7. 



Weather; observations on, vi. i, 

 6, 17- 



Weeds characteristic of certain 

 soils, v. 60, 79 ; of cultiva- 

 tion, v. 75. 



West coast of Ireland, in 

 relation to rainfall, vi. 26. 



West Indian bean, distribution 

 of seeds, v. 50. 



West winds in England, vi. 4. 



Whalebone, i.'49- 



Whales, 1.48,53, 159; paddles 

 of, i. 49 ; skeleton of, i. 

 48. 



Wheat, iii. 21, 32, v. 79, 84; 

 an indicator plant, v. 76 ; 

 starch of, iii. 50 ; cultivation, 

 v. 85 ; deterioration of, v. 210 ; 

 development of the seed, 

 iii. 4, 7, 9, 10 ; growing, 

 v. 75, 76, vi. 32 ; remarkable 

 cultivation of. v. 210 ; of the 

 New World, vi. 38, plots, 

 experiments of, v. 87 ; pro- 

 duction in the east of England, 

 vi. 31 ; ripening of, v. 88 ; 

 typical crop of, v. 214 ; zone, 

 v. 76, 85, 87. 



Wheatear, nest and eggs of, ii. 

 202. 



Wheats, v. 86. 



Whelk, common, ii. 166 ; great, 

 ii. 172 ; number of eggs of, 

 ii. 141 ; young of, ii. 142. 



Whin, iv. 76. 



Whinchat, note of, ii. 208. 



Whirligig beetles, eggs and 

 larvae of, ii. 122 ; description 

 of, ii. 194. 



White beam tree, iii. 76, iv. 

 i73- 



White bryony, iii. 58 ; illustra- 

 tion of, iii. 72. 



White clover, v. 58 ; currants, 

 v. 151 ; campion, v. 84. 



White dead-nettle, iii. 115; 

 description of, iii. 139 ; 

 plant figured, 140 ; flower 

 figured, 141 ; pollination of, 

 143- 



White-leaved fork - moss, iv. 

 108. 



White meadow saxifrage, iii. 

 166, iv. 69; life-history of, 

 iii. 192 ; flower figured, iii. 

 193 ; bulbils figured, iii. 

 195. 



White poplar, v. 46. 



White-spored species, iv. 178. 



White thorn, propagation of, v. 

 118. 



White turnip, v. 139. 



Whorled milfoil, v. 23, 28. 



Whortleberry, red, iv. 196. 



Wild anemone, downy fruits of, 

 iii. 80 ; angelica, iv. 158, v. 

 46, 70 ; apple, iv. 49 ; bees, 

 ii. 204 ; beet, v. 17 ; boars in 

 Chartley Forest, i. 42 ; boar, 

 colour of young of, i. 66 ; 

 boars, final extermination of, 

 i. 42 ; cabbage, v. 130 ; carrot, 

 iv. 162, v. 86, 135, 215 ; carrot, 

 bracts of, iii. 55 ; cat, i. 32 ; 

 cherry, v. 160, 216 ; crab, 

 v. 153 ; cleavers, iii. 77 ; 

 currant, v. 162 ; dog, ii. 196 ; 

 duck, ii. 190 ; garlic, iv. 159 ; 

 hyacinth, iii. 104 ; hyacinth, 

 diagram of, iii. 105 ; pansy, 

 iii. 124, 128, iv. 76; parsnip, 

 v. 216 ; pig of India, i. 40 ; 

 poppy, v. 86; radish, v. 17, 

 76 ; roses, iv. 156, v. 72, 

 172 ; squill, v. 15. 



Wild strawberry, life - history 

 of, iii. 1 66 ; illustration of, 

 iii. 1 68 ; flower figured, iii. 

 168 ; fruit figured, iii. 170. 



Wild strawberries, iv. 69, 73, 

 161, v. 163 ; thyme, v. 9, 67. 



Willow, iv. 69, 71, 184, v. 55, 

 72 ; creeping, v. 8 ; goat, iv. 

 i ; grouse, ii. 214, 217 ; stami- 

 nate flower, pistillate flower, 

 iv. 161 ; uses of, iv. 167. 



Willow-herb, iii. 81, iv. 77, 161, 

 i73 177, y. 40, 46, 55. 72 ; 

 illustrated in detail, iv. 19 ; 

 petals of, iv. 18 ; rose bay. 

 iv. 17, 20, 21 ; self -fertilisa- 

 tion, iv. 20. 



Wimbledon Common, iv. 188. 



Wind, vi. 13 ; in connection 

 with rain, vi. 17 ; direction 

 of, vi. 8, 26 ; eroding action 

 of, vi. 103 ; hover, v. 87 ; 

 in relation to temperature, 

 vi. 5 ; in relation to the sun, 

 vi. 5 ; local changes of, vi. 

 17 ; movement of, vi. 2 ; 

 observations on, vi. 13 ; pres- 

 sure of, vi. 1 6 ; relations of 

 temperature and pressure to, 

 vi. 14 ; transporting agency 

 of, vi. 103 ; inconstancy of, 

 vi. 17. 



Window gardening, v. 176, 

 178. 



Wing-bars, i. 81. 



Wing of bird, figured, i. 74. 



Wingless insects, ii. 176. 



Winter days, length of, vi. 66 : 

 flowering bulbs, vi. 37 ; moth, 

 caterpillars of, v. 184 ; moth, 

 habits of, v. 184; moth, life- 

 history of, v. 184 ; moth, 

 method of destruction, v. 

 184 ; resting time, vi. 5 ; 

 snowstorm, observations of, 

 vi. 43, 45 ; solstice, vi. 71, 83, 

 84 ; wash, v. 182 ; wash, con- 

 stituents of, v. 183 ; white 

 brocoli, v. 131. 



Wirral, pensinula of, vi. 14. 



Witches broom on birch, ii. 

 18. 



Woburri Experimental Fruit 

 Station, v. 152. 



Wolf spiders, ii. 38. 



Wood anemone, v. 210; ane- 

 mone, early flowering, iv. 157 ; 

 beetles, ii. 210 ; betony, iv. 

 158. 



Woodbine, iv. 32. 



Woodcock, ii. 210 ; difference of 

 the young, i. 66 ; method of 

 feeding, i. 91, 92. 



Wood garlic, iv. 159 ; grasses, 

 iv. 186 ; horsetail, iv. 96. 



Woodland, ii. 200, 209 ; birds, 

 ii. 210; ferns, iv. 88; vege- 

 tation, iv. 144. 



Wood-lice, ii. 108, 109, 202, 212, 

 iv. 154 ; air-passages of, ii. 

 200. 



Woodpecker, dissection of head, 

 i- 93 ; species of, ii. 210 ; 

 method of feeding, i. 93. 



Wood-pigeon, notes of, ii. 210. 



Woodruff, iv. 158, 159, 161. 



Woodrush, iii, 159, iv. 70, 72, 

 v. 66 ; field, iii. 152, v. 67. 



Wood sage, iv. 74, 75, 158 ; 

 sanicle, iv. 158, 161 ; snail, 

 ii. 210 ; sorrel, iv. 159, y. 70 ; 

 sorrel, movements of, iii. 55, 

 56 ; spurge, iv. 158 ; violets, 

 iv. 161. 



Woods, iv. 155; mixed, iv. 

 151 ; suggestions for practi- 

 cal work, iv. 165, 175. 



Woody night-shade, v. 73. 



Woody plants, propagation of, 

 v. 118. 



Woolly fringe moss, iv. 109. 



Work of leaves, iii. 46 ; of the 

 soil, v. 188. 



Worm, breeding habits, i. 162 ; 

 casts, i. 1 60 ; cingulum of, 

 i. 163 ; cocoons of, i. 163 ; 

 leaf-like, ii. 179; shape of , i. 

 162. 



Worms, i. 160, ii. 170, 171, 

 198, see also Earthworms ; 

 free-living, ii. 158 ; fresh- 

 water, ii. 199 ; marine, ii. 

 158 ; segmented, i. 158 ; 

 tube-inhabiting, ii. 158, 159 ; 

 unsegmented, i. 158. 



Wracks, v. 9. 



Wren, i. 86. 



Wriggler, ii. 27. 



Wych elm, iii. 75, iv. 174. 



Xerophilous, iv. 90. 

 Xerophytes, vi. 36, 182, 183, 



v. 70. 

 Xerophytic vegetation, iv. i, 



199. 



Yaffle, ii. 210. 



Yarrow, iv. 162, v. 60, 61, 63. 



Yeast, iv. 141 ; use in brewing 

 and bread-making, iv. 142 ; 

 produces spores, 142. 



Yeasts, iv. 125, 142. 



Yellow flag, v. 43 ; garden 

 crocus, iii. 161 ; corn figured, 

 iii. 162 ; horned poppy, v. 

 ii, 210 ; horned poppy, 

 illustration of, v. 12 ; iris, 

 iii. 166, iv. 70, v. 43 ; iris, 

 life-history of, iii. 221 ; illus- 



