My Studio Neighbors

"Origin of Species": --First important presentation of the theory of cross-fertilization, 105; tardy appreciation of the work, 115. Odynerus flavipes, wren-wasp, 10. Ovid, concerning hornets, 18. Parallels in Nature, 152. Platanthera, orchid group, 192. Pliny, 23. Pogonia ophioglossoides, sweet-pogonia, 145. Polistes, brown wasp, 161. Primrose, evening, 118. Psychid: --A sack-bearer; drags its house with it; feeds on seed-pods, 83; winter quarters of silk, 84. Queer Little Family: --Tree-hopper (Membracis binotata); a singular entertainment; graceful curves, 87; a branch in masquerade; queer thorns, 88; a sudden disappearance; animated thorns; like a covey of quails, 89; like "Bob White," 90; singular agility; queer anatomy; always ready for flight, 91; fondness for locust and oak-trees, simulating the color and character of the branches, 92; manner of sitting on the branches, 93; always headed towards the top; tiny tufts of cotton, 94; color and size of the tufts; a mere frothy shell; a riddle, 95; its relations, 96; an investigation, 97; its technique, 98; aerated cement; froth-house builder, 99; period of hatching, 100; a house for the winter; not a wanderer, 101. Ragged Orchid (H. lacera), 200. "Rattlesnake-plantain," 213. Rudbeckia hirta, cone-flower, 138. Sage (Salvia officinalis), strange curved stamen, 119; nature's arrangement, 112. Salvia, its welcome to the bee, 117. Self-fertilization, 141. Sheep-spit, 80. Showy orchid (H. orbicularis),194. Snorting war-horse, 18. Solitude, the pleasures of, 3. "Solomon's ant," 152. Spectabilis, orchid, 182; its favorite haunt, 195. Spiders, agalena, epeira, argiope, 8; a two years' span, 7; a silken vortex; miscellaneous food, 8. Spiranthes, "Lady's-tresses," 218.