CONTENTS. 
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markable Fungus — Sensitiye Brier — Chestnut — Grandeur of 
Forest — Purple Underwing Moth-— Scolia — Toad — Ringlet 
Butterflies — Pearly Eye — Black Emperor Swallowtail — Red 
Spotted Purple — Humble-bee — Hawk-moth — Earwig — Hair 
Spectre — Squirrels — -A valuable Secret^ — Sylvan Amusements 
— Driving the Nail — Threading the Needle— Snufling the 
Candle— Barking off Squirrels 100 
LETTER Yl,—July 1st. 
Indian Corn — Cane-brakes — Firing a Brake— Fan-Palm — Lack 
of Grass — Star Cranefly— Digging out Cossus from a Tree — 
Economy of Xylophagous Insects — Progress of a Wasp’s 
Nest — Operations of a Carpenter-bee — Sassafras — Spice-wood 
— Azure Butterfly — Peach Hawk-moth — Mydas — Bombylius 
— Abnormal Voracity — ^Variegated Fritillary — Coral Hair- 
streak — Succession of Butterflies — Their Beauty, Number, and 
Size — Profusion of Animal Life and Happiness . . . 134 
LETTER Yll.—July Sd. 
Description of a Southern House — Climbing Plants — Habits of 
the People — Rude Carpentry — Roofs — Chimneys — Yard — 
Negro Children — Ducks — Ornamental Trees — Pride of China 
— Sycamore — Wild Cherry — W oodpeckers — Relation of 
Colours to Animals^ — Althea — Humming-birds — Ball-chafer — 
Its singular Habits— Horns of Beetles— Oryctes — Its Strength 
— A wonderful Feat — Spines of Longicorns — Their Eyes — 
Arched Swallowtail — Yellow Emperor Swallowtail — Red- 
striped Hairstreak — Plane-tree Moth — Other Insects — Bats 
— Indigo Bird — Tulip-tree > — Peculiarity in Vernation — 
Catalpa 151 
LETTER YIll.— July 5th. 
RobbingBee’s Nest — Bee-tree — Mode of Proceeding — Katedid — 
Its Pertinacity — Structure of its Musical Organ — Caterpillar 
of Archippus — Transformations of Butterflies — ^Nest of Scor- 
pion Lizard — Summer Flowers—-Mullein— Blue-Bird— Indian 
