INDEX 



245 



Thevenot, concerning the thrift of 



insects, 152. 

 Tiger-beetle (jCicindeld), 68. 

 Toads, 6. 

 Toad-spit, 80. 

 Tree-hopper, 93. 



Venus's - SUPPER ( Cypripedium 



acaule), 205. 

 Vireo, abandons its nest, 45. 



Wasps: — Wren, 10; microscopic, 

 45 ; tiny blacli, 6g ; digger, 72, 

 162; orange-spotted, 79; brown; 

 mud, i6i. 



" Waxworli" bittersweet (Celastrus 

 scandens), 88. 



Welcome of the flowers : — The func- 

 tion of the stamen, 106; difference 

 in cells, 107 ; condition of the 

 flower, 108 ; physiological feat- 

 ures; recognition of sex in flowers, 

 109 ; exchange of courtesies ; each 

 flower a law unto itself, 117 ; 

 action of "jack -in -the -pulpit "; 

 cypripedium and aristolochias ; 

 peculiarity of the sage, 119; queer 

 stamens ; nature's arrangement, 

 121; cross - fertilization insured, 

 122 ; showers of laurel pollen ; 

 curious construction of flower. 



124 ; singular greeting to the bee, 

 125; remarkable interior arrange- 

 ment of the Andromeda, 128 ; 

 hidden anthers of the blue ■ flag, 

 129; intercommunication and re- 

 ciprocity, 135. 



Wild geranium ( G. sylvaticum ), 

 112. 



Wild volapiik, 4. 



Wilson, cow-bird's eggs, 33. 



Wind as a fertilizing agent, 154. 



White, Gilbert, cuckoo's eggs, 32 ; 

 rich localities, 58. 



Wood, Alphonso : — On tubercles, 

 203 ; on embarrassed bees, 235. 



Woodchucks, 5. 



Wren-wasp (Odynerus flavipes): — 

 A cumbersome prize, 10 ; select- 

 ing a home ; way stations ; a sec- 

 ond instalment, 11 ; very familiar, 

 12 ; a well-stocked home, 13 ; im- 

 potent ansesthetic, 14 ; manner of 

 catching her prey ; a hypodermic 

 injection, 15 ; food on storage ; 

 closing the cell after depositing 

 egg, 16 ; living food ; preference 

 for ready - made houses ; resem- 

 blance to the yellow-jacket, 17. 



Zenakchus, concerning the cicada, 

 96. 



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