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Index 



Cinnamon, 271 



Citron, 351 



Clover, 142, 146, 218, 333, 341, 354-5 



,, roots, 56 

 Coco-nut, 54, 257, 356 

 Cockchafer, 325, 328-9 

 Colchicum, 192, 206 

 Colonists, 2B5, 2967 

 Colours, meaning of, 224-5, 228, 274 

 Composites, 196, 299 

 Convolvulus, S3. 233. 34S 

 Coral-sand, 53 

 Cork, 91 

 Corn, 345 

 Cotton, 353 

 Crabs, 69 

 Cranesbill, 289 

 Cross-fertilization, 204, 206 

 Crowding, 250 

 Crown-imperial, 224 

 Cuckoo, 316 

 Cultivation, effects of, 338 



„ extent of, 3 



Currant, 2t3, 344 

 Currents, 256-9 



Daddy Longlegs, 328 

 Dahlia, 197, 224 

 Dartmoor, 38 

 Date-palm, 210, 350 

 Decay, 154 

 Defences, 240 

 Delta, 43 



Desert, Kalahari, no, 112 14, 125, 128 

 ,, Nubia, 121, 187 

 ,, Sahara, 6, 118 

 Deserts, 2, 5, 6 



,, vegetation of, 112, 122 

 ^ Djebel Attakah, 5 

 Dolomite Mountains, 5 

 Double flowers, 197 

 Down, 255 

 Downs, 39 



Drought, causes of, 118-121, 323 

 Dust, 47 



,, meteoric, 7 



,, on leaves, 176 



„ sirocco, 47 



,, volcanic, 48 



Egypt, 41, 120-21 

 Enclosure, effect of, 271, 294, 339 

 Eucalyptus, 97, 112, 357 

 Eurot^ean plants, 285, 298, 354 

 Evaporation, 91 



,, prevented, 96 



Evergreens, 95. 186 



Fallow fields, 156 

 Farm, mearing of word, 4 

 Ferments, 154 

 Fertilization by bees, 215-22 



,, by birds, 224, 234 



,, by butterflies 225, 228 



,, by flies, 236 



,, in bud, 205 



,, by moths, 231-2 



,, self, 204-206 



,, by snails, 239 



„ by wasps, 235 



,, by water,_2i4 



,, by wind, 208-13 



Fig, 247 

 Fires, forest, 143, 293 



,, prairie, 61 

 Fire-w«ed, 293 

 Foliage, 98, 103 



,, desert, 97 

 Food of plants, 15, 139, 157 



,, ,, different values of« 

 158-60 

 Forms, different, 222 

 Foxglove. 7, 221, 245 

 Frost, 25, 156, 293 

 Fruit, 190, 212 

 ,, -eaters, 273 

 ,, ripening of, 179-181, 185 

 Fuchsia, 195, igS 

 Fungi, 172 



Gases, 18, 164 



,, weight of, 164 

 Germs, 154 

 Gipsies, 341, 352 

 Glaciers, 27 

 Glass road 26 

 Goats, 7, 119 

 Goose-wheat, 260 

 Gourds, III 

 Granites, 23 37 

 Grasses, 4, 102, 142, 209, 301 

 Grasshoppers, 319, 323 

 Growth, rale of, 172, 193 

 Grubs, 310, 314-15. 319-20 



,, lawsuits against, 31X 

 Gulf Stream, 184, 259 

 Gum-tree, 97 



Hairs, 100, 305 

 Hawks, 270, 334 

 Hawthorn, 272 

 Heather, 142 

 Hfdges, 47, 57, 313 

 Helena, Sl, 119 

 Holly, 217, 297 



