INDEX. 



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Curved petals .... 297 



Cutter . . . . .361 



Cuttle-fish .... 349 



Cuttle-fish eggs . . . .350 



Cyclops, the ... 309 



Cydippe, the .... 354 



Cymes . . . . .296 



Cymbiform leaves .... 297 



Cypress . . . . .326 



Cypress tree .... 228 



Dahlias . . . . .318 



Dandelion . . . . .326 



Darter, the . . . .120 



Day-fly . . . . .367 



Decurrent leaves .... 299 



Defiles ..... 9 



Degrees ..... 47 



Deltas ..... 13 



Deserts . . . . .11 



DeSman, the . . . 1 70 



Dichotomous dictyola . . . 342 

 Discord flowers .... 296 



Dissepiment .... 323 



Distichous flowers and leaves . . 296 

 Diving birds . . . ,128 



Dodo, the . . . .120 



Dog-wood shrubs . . . 264 



Dolphins ..... 7 



Domestic illumination . . .68 

 Dormouse, the .... 254 



Dragon-flies . . . .40 



Drilling . . . . . .274 



Druidical altar .... 235 



Duke of Burgundy butterfly . . 330 



Eagles, flight of . . . .106 

 Eagle, white-headed sea . . 118 



Ear-podded mustard . . . 324 

 Earth described . . . .43 



Earth, its form and size ... 1 

 Earth's surface described . . 2 



Earthquakes affect the land . . 17 

 Earthquakes affect the sea . . 4 

 Earthquakes alter rivers . . 4 



Earthquakes, effect upon cities . . 17 

 Earthquakes explained . . .17 

 Eclipses . . . . .43 



Ecliptic ..... 49 

 Edentata . . . . .179 

 Egg urchins .... 352 



Egypt 156 



Elder, the . . . .267 



Electricity . . . .30 



Elegant medick .... 325 

 Elephant . . . . .13 



Elephant, form of the . . .166 

 Elephant hawk moth . . .332 



Elephant hunting . . .146 



Elephant kneeling . . .184 



Elephants, travelling • . . 152 

 Elephant's trunk:, uses of tue . .183 

 Elm tree . . • . .219 

 Emarginate leaves and petals . . 296 

 Embossed leaves .... 298 

 Embryo . . . .327 



Endocarp . . . . .322 



Endogenous plants . . . 200 



Ephemera ..... 367 

 Epicarp . . . . .322 



Equinoctial line . . . .49 

 Eruption of Mount Roa . . .66 

 Esquimaux . . . .51 



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Estuaries . . . .22 



Euripedes, whirlpool ... 3 

 Exogenous plants .... 198 



Falkland Islands . . . .57 

 Fan-like fronds .... 299 

 Fata morgana • . • .29 

 Father- John, the . . .130 



Feathers . . . . .105 

 Feather-like flowers . . . 297 

 Feather ptilota .... 345 

 Fens ..... 26 



Ferns .... 196, 236 

 Fern trees . . . .63 



Fields, the .... 259 



Figs . . . . .324 



Fingal's cave . . . . 1* 

 Finger orange .... 32. v 

 Firs ' . . . .326 



Fir tree ..... 226 

 Fish, uses and value of . . 94 



Fishes, anatomy of ... 82 



Fishes, breathing of . .83 



Fishes, classification of . . 81 



Fishes' eggs . . . .94 



Fishes fighting . . .86 



Fishes, numbers of 95 

 Fishes, teeth of . . .84 



Flatfish . . . . .86 



Fleas ..... 35 

 Flies walk on ceilings . . .34 

 Florets ..... 296 

 Flowers, colours of . . .271 



Flowers, their characteristics . . 290 

 Flowers, whence derived . . 320 



Flying fish .... 7 



Flying gurnard, the . . .85 



Foliaceous hoods . . . 297 



Foliaceous parts of flowers . . 296 



Follicles . . . 324 



Fords . . . . .25 



Forget-me-not . . . .291 

 Forths ..... 22 

 Fox, the . . . . 256 



Fox-gloves . . , f 309 



Frigid zones . . . .49 

 Frog, the ..... 252 

 Fruit _ . . . . 321 



Fruit, various forms of . . 323 



Fuchsias . . . . .316 

 Fungi . . . . 196, 239 



Funnel-shaped corolla . . .291 



Funnel-shaped flowers . . . 298 



Furze . . . . .264 



Furze, the .... 265 



Fusiform flowers .... 297 



Gall-fly ..... 37 

 Garden, the .... 289 



Garden tiger moth . . .332 



Gas burner . . . . .78 



Gas, cleansing of . . . .76 



Gas, distribution of . . .77 



Gas, history of . . .68 



Gas retort house . . . .75 



Gasometer . . . .77 



Gatekeeper butterfly . . . 330 



Geographical terms . . .44 



Geography . . . .42 



Geography, Part II. . . .141 



Germ . . . . .327 



Geysers . . , . .16 



Gigantic carpogon . . .3^5 



