Figure of bodies, Sp. 21. Weav-Gilpin, Mr., his remarks on au-
ing, A. 201, 202.
tumnal tints of the woods, A. 66.
Fishes, migration of, W. 232-248. Gipsy-moth, mode of protecting
Their reproductive instincts, Sp. its eggs in winter, W. 174.
Their structure, Su.||Gleaning, A. 41.
Gmelin's account of the northern
lights, W. 38.
Goat, the, Su. 301.
God-his goodness to rational crea-
tures, W. 10. His omnipres-
ence, 55. Of seeing Him in his
works, 162. His greatness even
in the smallest things, 196.
Proofs of his benevolence in
Creation, 227. His unceasing
and universal providence, 289.
Difficulty of comprehending his
operations, 345.
Gold, early used in clothing, A.
Golden plover, partial migration
of, W. 210.
Food, human, its principle, A. 84-
88. Moral operation of, 88.
Its supply not inadequate, 92.
Provision of, for the future, 101.
Animal and Vegetable, 116-121.
Fruits, their qualities, 120. Goldsmith's Account of the Lap-
Drink, 125. Milk, 133-135. landers and Esquimaux, W. 287.
Wine, 137-140. Tea and cof-Goose, the, Su. 276.
fee, 140-145. Sugar, 145-150. of, 264-266.
The enjoyments afforded by, Gooseberry, the, Su. 92.
150-153. Comparison between Gothic style, A. 314.
the food of savage and civil-Government of the world by gen-
ized man, 153–156. Of birds, eral laws, A. 369.
Government of the world by a par-Hog, the, Su. 322. Fecundity of,
ticular Providence, A. 378.
Grahame's British Georgics, de- Honey, secretion of, Sp. 87.
Hop-gathering, A. 35.
scription of ignis fatuus, W. 29.
Curling, 311.
Grave, the, Sp. 357.
Gravitation, W. 93.
Gray's Ode to Vicissitude, Sp. 44.
Greeks, ancient, their agriculture,
A. 161-163. Their architec-
ture, 300-304. Females, their
dress, 190.
Greenland whale-fishery, W. 238.
Gregarious habits of birds, Su.
Horse, the, Su. 325. Instance of
its aversion to sugar, A. 147.
Horticulture, Su. 53-104. Prin-
ciples on which founded, 53.
History of, 57.
Howitt's Book of the Seasons, A.
49.
Humboldt, his account of the ba-
nana tree, A. 112.
Humming-bird, nest-building of,
Sp. 191.
Ice, provision for its floating, W.
304. Its expansive and noncon-
ducting power, 307. Amuse-
ments connected with, 310.
Curling, 311. Its fantastic forms,
Icelandic dog, anecdote of, W. 339.
Ichneumon fly, Sp. 153.
Ignis fatuus, W. 26. Falling stars
not connected with, 28.
Imago, or perfect state of insects,
Su. 180.
Heathcoat's steam-plough, note, Infusory animalcules, W. 139-
Heaven, its moral and intellectual Ingrafting, Su. 89.
enjoyments, A. 212. Its social Insects, in winter, eggs of, W.
and religious enjoyments, 244.
Hemp, Sp. 340.
Hen, the, maternal affection of,
Sp. 123.
Hercules, Tyrian, tradition con-
cerning, A. 189.
Herodotus on hemp, Sp. 340.
Herrings, migration of, W. 233.
Numbers of, yearly taken, 233.
Herschel on binary stars, W. 131-
135. On different-colored stars,
134. On the distance of the
fixed stars, 121.
Hindoo architecture, A. 285.
Hitchcock, Prof., on stony bird-
tracks, W. 352.
Hoar frost, W. 328.
35
170; chrysalis, state of, 175;
caterpillar state of, 177; per-
fect state of, 178. Use of flow-
ers to, Sp. 87. Reproductive in-
stincts of, 112. Reproduction of,
135-162. Eggs of, 155. Their
cocoons, Su. 166. Their larva
state, 171. Their pupa state,
175. Their imago state, 180.
Coral, 157. Silkworm, 166.
Ant, 181. Spider, 185–191.
Instinct and reason compared, Sp.
227.
Instincts of plants, W. 158-160.
Of Animals, 160. In connexion
with reproduction, Sp. 109-119.
Of the young, 116.
Irrigation, Sp. 264.
Irving, Dr., on plants, Sp. 71.
Irving, Washington, on Christ-
mas, W. 223.
Italian agriculture, A. 172–176.
Jacquard-loom, A. 202.
Jameson, Prof., on spontaneous
plants, Sp. note, 64.
Jesse on the hybernation of eels,
W. 247. On the long vitality
of seeds, Sp. 66.
Juice, gastric, Sp. 98.
Karnac, A. 278.
Keble, poetical quotation from,
the burial of Christ, Sp. 358.
Kidd, Dr., analogy drawn by him
between vegetables and animals
destined for human food, A.
114, 115.
Kirby on the migration of animals,
W. 214. Account of the her-
ring, 233. Migration of fishes
from the sea to rivers, 240.
Kimlang, his eulogium on tea, A.
Knickerbocker Magazine, extract
from, Sp. 15.
Knowledge, divine and human,
compared, W. 110.
Labor, agricultural, Sp. 231. Ben-
||Legionary ant, Su. 198.
account of, 199.
Leguminous plants, Sp. 318.
Lettuce, the, Su. 75.
Life, vegetable, in polar regions,
Su. 136.
Light, without heat, W. 33. Phos-
phorescence, 33. Its effects on
vegetation, Sp. 69. Increased,
Su. 24-28. Spiritual, 71.
Lion, reproductive instincts of the,
Sp. 208.
Lion-ant, Su. 203.
Liverpool and Manchester railway,
A. 331.
Locomotive power, A. 331. Pro-
spective improvement of, 338.
Lombardy, agriculture of, A. 173.
Loom, description of the, A. 182,
Lord, the same, over all, Sp. 101.
Love, Christian, Sp. 223.
Lyell, Mr., his remarks on the
deposits of the Ganges, W. 372.
His Pliocene period, 378.
M.
Machinery, improvements of, A.
220-224.
Macnish's account of physical ef-
fects of sleep, W. note, 78.
Magnetic power, mode of exciting,
A. 342.
Maize, Sp. 314.
Malaria, its ravages in Italy, A.
174, 175.
efits from principles which stim-Malte Brun's opinion of the earth's
ulate to, 241. Blessings of, 244.
Distribution of, over the year,
structure, Sp. 54.
Malthus, his theory respecting sup-
ply of food, A. 85. Quotation
from, 88. His account of the
increase of population in Ameri-
ca, note, 104.
Man, Su. 346-364. His external
structure, 364. Intellectual pow-
ers, 349. Moral Powers, 353.
Effects of protracted childhood
on himself, Sp. 219; on parents
and society, 220. In winter,
W. 286-298.
Maple sugar, A. 148.
Marco Polo, his account of silk||
manufacture in China, A. 200.
Of the cotton manufacture,
207.
Maremma, the, of Italy, its agri-
cultural state, A. 173, 174.
Materials originally employed in
architecture, A. 259, 260.
Maternal affection, Sp. 120. Of
the hen, 122. Of the spider,
May-bug, the, W. 192.
Mechanical contrivances, their ap-
plication to agriculture, A. 109.
Medes, their dress, A. 190.
Membranes, Sp. 94.
Menai bridge, A. 324.
Mentz, fortress of, corn stored in,
A. 56.
Metastasio, quotation from, Sp. 40.
Meteoric showers, W. 40.
Microscope, the wonders of, W.
139, 141, 142.
Middleton's description of a polar
winter, W. 319.
Milk, A. 133-137.
Millet, Sp. 314.
Milton, quotation from, Sp. 382.
Mirror of the months, remarks
Repositories of minerals, 29.
Moral effects of, 30.
Mouse, Su. 297. Harvest, 297.
Meadow, 298. Jumping, 299.
Common, 299.
Mulberry paper, its use in cloth-
ing, A. 76.
Muscular power, Sp. 107.
Musk-ox, migration of the, W. 215.
Nature, character of, W. 10. De-
fect and compensation apparent
in, 11. Its evils converted into
blessings, 12. Contrivances in,
13. Analogy of, Sp. 74. Sta-
bility of, A. 36.
Natural philosophy, its application
to agriculture, A. 108.
Nautilus, the, Su. 152.
Nebulæ, numbers and nature of,
W. 128-131.
Nest-building of the eagle, Sp
185. Woodpecker, 186. Mag-
pie, 188. Grossbeak, 189. Hum-
ming-bird, 191. Swallow, 198.
Newton, Sir Isaac, ascribes the
sun and planets to a voluntary
agent, W. 99.
therein on the effects of autum-New-year's
nal vegetation on trees, A. 64.
Miscellaneous reflections on au- Nichol, Dr., his remarks on the
tumnal appearances, A. 358.
Missel thrush, Sp. 182.
resisting medium, W. 105-108.
On nebulæ, 127.
Montague, Col., on the gold-crest-Nineveh, A. 296.
ed wren, Sp. 123.
Moral cultivation, contrast between
savage and civilized life in rela-
tion to, A. 387.
Mordants, A. 252.
Morning, Sabbath, Sp. 303.
Nutt, Mr., his mode of extracting
honey without killing the bees,
W. 186.
Nutweevil, the, W. 193.
Mosaic account of creation consist-Oak, the, its use in ship-building,
25-28. Influence on climate, 29.||Olive, tree, Su. 122. Oil, 123.
In garden of Gethsemane, very||Pinkney, on the Pyramids, A. 285,
Planetary system, W. 96.
Rela-
tive proportions of the, 117.
Plants, compared with animals,
W. 143-146. Adjustment to
annual cycle, 146. Physiologi-
cal condition in winter, 150-154.
Vital principle in winter, 156.
Rapidity of growth in cold cli-
mates, 157. Instinct, 158. Le-
guminous, Sp. 318. Flax, 327.
Cotton, 335. Hemp, 340. Dis-
tribution, 63. Developement,
69. Dissemination, 272. Agents
in developing, 62. Qualities,
Tendencies, 62. Vital
powers, 62. Secretion, 78.
Exhalation of oxygen gas, 81.
Respiration, 81. Corn, 306-
Palm tree, the, Su. 50. The gomuti||Plum, the, Su. 97.
palm, its uses, A.76, and note, 77. Polar regions, appearance of Au-
Paper, vegetable substances used
rora Borealis in, W. 48. Inhab-
itants of the, 293-304. Adap-
tation of organized existences to,
52. Effects of frost in, 319.
Pontcysylte aqueduct, A. 329.
Tur-Potato, the, Sp. 322. Rapid re-
production, 324. Disease, 326.
Prolific qualities, A. 117.
Power-loom, A. 223.
Power, muscular, Sp. 107.
Powers, intellectual, of man, Su.
349. Moral, 353.
Parental affection, Sp. 120. Of
the wren, 123. Cock, see note,
125. Ant, 145. Care of the
bee, 135. Wasp, 135.
key cock, 179.
Parrots, Guinea, Sp. 175.
Parry, Captain, his account
Esquimaux dogs, W. 335.
Particular Providence, government
of the world by a, A. 389.
Peacock, the, Su. 259.
Pentecost, day of, Su. 392.
Predaceous animals, their offices
in nature, Su. 276.
Prey, birds of, Su. 272–276.
Perfections, Divine, arguments in Privation stimulates the faculties,
Pharos lighthouse, A. 344.
Phenomena, atmospheric, Su. 27-||
40.
Phosphorescence, W. 33.
Physiological condition of plants
in winter, W. 150-154, 157.
Physiology, vegetable, Sp. 73.
Pigeons, migration of, in America,
W. 210.
Pine-trees, their uses, A. 78, 79.
Proof of creative wisdom derived
from the animal frame, Sp.
108.
Property in the soil, origin of, Sp.
234. Effects of, 238.
Prospective improvement of loco-
motive power, A. 328.
Prout, Dr. his analysis of substan-
ces, Sp. 79, note. Experiments
on wood, as convertible into hu-
man food, A. 115.
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