Index 



363 



Horse-chestnut, 350 

 Humnting-birds, 234 

 Hungary, dust-storms, 50 



„ floods in, 46 



„ saltworts in, 144 



„ sparrows banished from, 

 326 



Ice-plant, no 



Insects, numbers of, 9, 318, 319-22 

 Iodine, 140 

 Iron, 20, 169 



Italy, birds destroyed in, 316 

 ,, plants introduced into, 346 



Jamaica, 267, 271, 323 



Kalahari Desert, 112, 114, 128 

 Krakatoa, eruption of, 48 



Lake-dwellers, 345 



Landes, 57 



Larks, 317 



Lava, breaking up of, 31 



„ lichens on, 31 

 Leaf-green, 169, 172 

 ,, pores. 93-s, 171 

 Leaves, altered, 157, 196 



,, number of, 103 



,, office of, 169 



,, size of, 103 

 Lichens, 4, 6, 30, 340-41 

 Locusts, 27s, 31011, 324 

 Locust-tree, 293 

 Lupin, 147 



Mangroves, 54 



Manitoba, 61 



Manuring, 61, 14S 



Maple, 109, 294 



Melon, 12, 112, 113, 185, 197, 282, 



290, 348 

 Mesquite, in 

 Mice, 333 



Mineral matter in plants, 17, 61, 140 

 Mississippi, 44 

 Mistletoe, 272-3 

 Mole, 66, 33S 

 Mongoose, 323 

 Monkeys, 264 

 Moss, 32, 140 

 Moths, 231-2 

 Mud, river, 42, 46, 53 

 Mummy-wheat, 282 



Names, caution as to, 344 

 Nettle, 223, 247, 305, 348 



Nile, 42-44, 134 

 Nitrates, 151-6 

 Nitrogen, 148-52 



,, compounds of, 153, 158, 160 

 Nortli, vegetation of, 188 

 Nubia, desert of, 121, 187 

 Nuthatch, 264 



Oak-forests, 262 

 Ohio, crops in, 133 

 Oleander, 224, 347 

 Olives, 346 

 Orange, 220, 308, 351 

 Orchids, 228, 231, 283-5, 3°7 

 Organic matter in soil, 61 



,, ,, required by plants, r48 



Ovary, 195 



,, development of, 213 

 Ovules, 195, 199, 206, 212-13, ^4^ 

 Owls, 333 

 Oxalis, 222 

 Oxygen, 19 



Palms, 193, 210 



Pampas, 3, 4, 64, 146 

 Para, vegetation at, 8 

 Passion-flower, 204, 224, 307 

 Peru, rainless zone of, 5 

 Phoenicians, 347 

 Pigs as planters, 276, 292, 355 

 Pimento walks, 271 

 Pines, 57, 95, 100, 209, 339 

 Pistil, 19s, 212, 25s 

 Pitcher-plants, 151, 235 

 Plantain, 342 

 Poisonous plants, 302 

 Pollen grains, 197, 200 



,, poisonous, 204, 221 



,, tubes, 200, 205, 213 



,, masses, 231 

 Potato, 344, 355 - 

 Prickly pear, 35, 36, in, 353, 358 

 Primrose, 142, 194, 222, 228 

 Protection against enemies, 240, 243, 

 300 

 ,, ,, evaporation, 95-100 



Rafflesia Arnoldi, 194 



Rainfall, 115-23 



Raspberry, fertilization of, 219 



,, seeds, 283 



Rats, 65, 291 

 Redstart, 320 

 Red snow, 7, 185 

 Rh6ne, 45 



Ripening of fruit, 179-81, 185 

 Riverina, 292 



