INDEX 



509 



Plums destrojed by brown rot, 464. 

 Plusia brassi(SE, 225, 

 Poison ash, log. 



elder, 109. 



grain for English sparrows, 315. 



hemlock, no, no, 489. 



ivy, 107-109,108, 110,114,479. 



laurel, 114. 



oak, 107. 



root, no. 



snakeweed, 1 10. 



sumac, 109, 109, 481. 



sumac, Calrfornian, no. 

 Poisonous plants, io6-ri8. 

 Pokeroot, 117. 

 Pokeweed, in, 495. 

 Polyphem.us, 480. 

 Polypori, 453, 453. 

 Poplars, 491. 

 Porcupine, 492. 

 Pore-bearing mushrooms, 452. 

 Portrait of a young bluebird, 349. 

 Potassium cyanide, 51. 

 Potato beetle, 222, 480. 

 Pout, 4S0. 



Primitive German home, 3. 

 Prionus imbricornis, 193. 



laticoUis, 192. 



tile-horned, 193. 

 Promethea, 272, 478. 



just emerged, 46. 

 Propagation of fruits, methods of, 



180. 

 Property of children, 125. 

 Proteans, 302. 

 Protective coloration, 288. 

 Proteid foods, circle of, 441, 442. 

 Prothalliurri, 437. 

 Pruning a j;rapevine, 167. 

 Prunus serdtina, n3. 



Psychology of ownership, 127, 128. 

 Puffballs, 444, 448, 448. 

 Pulex irritans, 79-81. 



serraticeps, 79-81, 80. 

 Pulse family, 495. 

 Pupa, 48. 

 Purple avens, 485. 



finch, 486. 



Gerardia, 4S9. 



larkspur, n7. 



martin, 486. 

 Pyrameis atalanta, 26S. 



cardui, 266. 



huntera, 266. 

 Pyrethrum powder, 81, 83. 

 Pyrola, 495. 

 Pyrus baccata, 158. 



malus, I ^6, 158. 



Quail, 490. 

 Quince, 495. 



curculios, 204, 486. 



Rabbit, 482. 



Ragwort, 491. 



Railroad worm, 202. 



Rain crow (cuckoo), 323, 342, 



348. 

 Rana catesbiana, 298. 



clamata, 298. 



palustris, 298. 



septentrionalis, 298. 



sylvatica, 299. 



virescens, 297. 

 Raspberry, 491. 



rust, 491. 

 Rats and mice, 409, 480. 

 Rat-tailed maggot, 252. 

 Rattlebox, n7. 

 Reaumur, 214. 



