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CONTENTS, 
stitions regarding the insect— voice— Great water-beetle— its habits and 
voracity— Hair worm— its object— Nests of a solitary wasp— Hornets— 
their abundance at times, and voracity— kill each other— Garden snail— 
its injuries— generally secure from destruction— faculties— small banded 
snails— their numbers— superstitions concerning them— Earth-worms— 
numbers of— the prey of all creatures — utility of— drain watery soils — 
Inattention to the works of Providence Page 189 — 235 
Empiricism — Apple-tree blight — progress — injury — White moss rose — Tes- 
tacellus halotideus — Cure of the American blight — Effect of season on 
the vegetation— Destruction of grass roots— Honey-dew— Injury to foliage 
by small moths— Salt winds— Leasing— its profits— an innocent occupa- 
tion-ordained by the Almighty— Old customs— wearing out— May-poles 
— Christmassing — Kitchen bushes — young holly-trees— Singular conceit — 
Influence of electric atmosphere on vegetation— Anecdote of the finding 
of a guinea — Hummings in the air — Fairy rings — Spring changes — 
Periodical winds— Whirly pits— Sinkings in the earth— Lichen fascicu- 
laris — Salt winds destructive of vegetation — Spottings on apples — 
spottings on strawberry leaves— curious agaric— Curious analogy between 
plants and animated beings 235 — 259 
The year 1825— its peculiarities and influences— A speedy method of killing 
insects— Preserving of insects— Pollarding of trees— most injurious- 
insects that destroy the ash — The willow rarely seen as a tree — a fine 
one near Gloucester — Foggy morning — Reeking of the earth — the cause 
—and utility— Winter of the year— Ice in pools— Law of nature— Winter 
called a dull season— Nature actively employed— Exhausting powers ob- 
served in the air— A minute vegetable product 259 to the end. 
