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INDEX 



Fence, stump, ii, 12. 



Fences, 12, 16. 



Fern, walking, 166, 167. 



Ferns, acres of, 107. 



Ferns, Christmas, 226. 



Ferns, young, 227. 



Fife-bird, 159. 



Fish Story, Ellen's, 170-178. 



Forget-me-not, 121, 181. 



Frog's Eggs, 228. 



Fruits of spring flowers, 166. 



Fungus on honey-dew, 42. 



Galls, cage for, 149. 

 Geology of brooks, 231-237. 

 Gills, fringed, 75. 

 Ginger, wild, 29. 

 Glaciers and Brooks, 231. 

 Goldenrods in Indian Summer, 10. 

 Gorges, explanation of, 232. 

 Grasshoppers, young, 221. 



Hickory, 188. 

 Hog-peanut, 184. 

 Honey-dew, 42, 153. 

 Horsetail, 214. 

 Hydnum, no. 

 Hydrophilus, 123. 

 Hydropsyche, 52, 53. 



Icicles, 202. 



Indian pipe, 106, 107. 



Indian Spring, 105-112. 



Jack-in-the-Pulpit, 20, 165. 

 January, outdoors in, 194. 

 Jewel-weed, 83-87, 179, i8o. 

 Joint-weed, 214. 



Lagoon, life of, 179. 

 Leeches, 44. 

 Lichens, no, in. 



Mandrakes, 29, 30. 

 Maples, scarlet, 188. 



March, Along the Brook in, 213. 



Marsh marigold, 14. 



Marsh-treader, 123. 



May-apples, 29. 



Mayflies, 73-82. 



May-fly nymph, 53, 73-82. 



Milkweed, Swamp, 185, 186. 



Mitrewort, false, 48. 



Molting, 77-82. 



Monarda, 185. 



Morels, 31, 32. 



Mosquito larvEe, 58, 136. 



Mourning cloak, 216-217. 



Mulleins, 46. 



Mushrooms, 108. 



Muskrats, 44. 



Net-building caddice worm, 52-55. 

 Net-making insects, 33. 

 Nuts thoroughly eaten by squirrels, 

 218, 219. 



Oak-apples, 16. 

 Oak catkins, 16. 

 October, 188. 

 Orb-weaver, 88-98, 198. 

 Oriole, 19. 

 Oriole's nest, 202. 

 Oswego tea, 185. 



Partridge berry, 48. 



Pine-cone willow galls, 147. 



Pitchforks, two-tined, 9. 



Poison ivy, n, 180, 181. 



Pokeweed, 166. 



Polliwogs, 228-230. 



Poplars, 224. 



Poplars, young, 19. 



Pot-holes, 236. 



Prairie ponds, 43. 



Primrose, arctic, 48-50. 



Primula, 48-50. 



Protective form and coloring, 169. 



Punkies, 25. 



Pussy willows, 14. 



