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William Hamilton Gibson Frontispiece 



Initial .... . . xi 



Initial. Buttercup Leaves / 



Three Views of a Helpless Beetle 2 



Down Among the Buttercup Leaves . j 



An Adventurous Baby 6 



The Adopted Home '-. g 



Initial. Fox-fire and Fungus ........ t '"." . 11 



A Luminous Fragment ' ".' \ ij 



Three Specimens by Day . 75 



Three Specimens by Night Jj 



A Fox-fire Bugaboo . . ' -. 17 



The Bugaboo by Daylight . . 2/ 



Initial. The Figwort ; 24 



A Flower with Three Welcomes 2g 



Sipping the Nectar. Fig. i 31 



In Flight with Pollen. Fig. 2 31 



Transferring the Pollen to Stigma. Fig. 3 J 2 



Fifth Day — Pod Enlarging 32 



Singular Method of Branching and Flowering 33 



Initial 34 



