Part 21

Fox-fire, a column of phosphorescence, of greenish, ghostly hue, 12; prosaic fence-post; effect of a reflection of lantern in water, 13; feeding on darkness, 14; short life of, 15; village spook; haunted mill, 16; a night terror, 18; six square feet of brilliancy, 19; yeast as a possible cause; dead fish; curious effect from decaying potatoes, 20; phosphorus not always present; burnt oyster-shells in combination with certain acids; the supposed secret of, 22; decoy for deer; the largest on record, 23.

Frog-hoppers, 89.

Frog-spit, 84, 89.

Gall-fly (Cynips seminator, Cynips rosae), 40; a cousin to the wasps; magician in chemistry, 41.

Genista, 223.

Geometrical web-makers, 120.

Ghost-fire, 15.

Gold-banded flower-fly, larva of, 129.

Gossamer showers, 113.

Gramatophora trisignata, "Professor Wiggler," 81, 82.

Grape-vine, 186-194.

Grasshoppers, 71, 195; "Quakers;" camp-meeting ground, 197; a paralyzed specimen; unnatural movements, 198; a transparent body, 199; a swarm of flies, 200, 246.

Green roses, 187.

Grew, Nehemias, 205.

Hang-bird, 172.

Harris, "Insects Injurious to Vegetation," quoted, 89, 134, 233, 237.

Harvest-fly, 87, 246.

Hawthorne's fox-fire, 19, 23.

"History of Selborne," 114.

Hollyhock, 45.

Honey-dew, 126.

Honey-sippers, 221.

Hornet, 87, 92; as mad as, 93; always on the rampage, 94, 100, 102.

Horse-hair snakes, New England farmers' idea of the origin of; stories of, 65; flying over the meadows in haying time, 66; two specimens in alcohol, 69; what was found in a bait-box, 71.

"Hot-foot," 92.

House-fly (Musca domestica), his never-ending toilet, 178; a curious tag, 179; live young lobster, strength of his grip, 180; his many enemies; abundant use for all his eyes, 182; September and October danger months; the white nimbus; acute dyspepsia, 183.

Houstonia, bluets, 208, 209.

Hunters, 161.