CONTENTS 
Some of Their Queer Ways . 
The Thirst-Quenching- Air-Plant . 
Some Crawling Leaves . 
Two Deadly Foes of the Ants . 
Ants Have Combs . 
God is Good (Poem). 
A Diligent Worker . 
A Pound of Honey .. 
Very Interesting Tropical Insects .-. 
The Song of the Old Oak-Tree (Poem)-.— 
The Cotton-Plant . 
Bamboo ..-. 
Some National Flowers . 
Purple and Gold (Poem) . 
Spiders and Their Webs .. 
Spider-Webs ..-... 
Story of the Fly . 
Plant Insect-Traps ... 
Ant-Cows ... 
The Hawk-Moths .....-.- 
The Codling-Moth and Plum-Curculio . 
Some Curious Fellows to Meet . 
Springtime in the Woods .. 
Useful and Beautiful Insects .— 
A Delicious Fruit .-. 
Winged Beauties of the Clover-Field—. 
Song of the Grasshopper . 
A Destructive Insect . 
Snout-Beetles and How They Injure Nuts 
The Beautiful Roses .. 
Wild Flowers of the Middle West .. 
The Silk-Worm ...-.r-. 
A Honey-Bee .-. 
The Dandelion ...-. 
About Mosquitoes . 
Mosquities and Their Boats . 
The Cacao-Tree . 
Different Species of the Cactus . 
A Study of Centipedes .. 
How Mistletoe Affects its Host . 
Poisonous Plants .—-... 
Katydids . 
The Mud-Dauber and its Ways ... 
Interesting Nuts on Tropical Shores . 
O Lovely Autumn Leaves ...-. 
The California Yucca .1... 
Interesting Facts about Nuts .. 
Bananas in Trinidad ..-.. 
The Mango and Other Tropical Fruits . 
Out-of-Doors Arithmetic . 
Beetles ...—.-... 
Home Life in an Ant Colony . 
The Pitcher-Plant ....... 
The Millets that Help Feed the World . 
The Pomegranate .. 
Peculiar Habits of Certain Species of Ants 
The Ackee ...—. 
My First Experience with Winged Ants .. 
Propagation of Ferns . 
The Orange-Tree ... 
Bread-Fruit .... 
The Beech-Tree in Winter .. 
The Night-Blooming Cereus ... 
How I Caught a Butterfly . 
A Plant that Coughs .... 
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