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INDEX
- Henslow, Prof., on ledges on hill-sides, 278
- Hoffmeister, number of species of worms, 9
- —Hoffmeister, on worms hybernating in company, 34
- —Hoffmeister, perception of light by worms, 20, 22
- —Hoffmeister, on the enemies of worms, 62
- —Hoffmeister, depth of burrows, 110
- —Hoffmeister, on hybernation of worms, 114
- Hooker, Sir J., on ledges of earth on the Himalaya, 278
- Humus acids, action of on rocks, 240, 244
- Instinct of worms, 35
- Intelligence of worms, 35, 64
- Intestines of worms, their contents acid, 51
- Islands, inhabited by worms, 120
- Johnson, Dr. H., on the Roman remains at Wroxeter, 222–228
- —Johnson, Dr. H., on ammonia in worm-castings, 242
- Johnson, S. W., 'How Crops Feed,' 242
- Joyce, Rev. J. G., on the Roman remains at Silchester, 201
- Julien, Mr. A. A., on the composition of peat, 238
- —Julien, Mr. A. A., on the humus acids, 240, 244
- Key, Rev. H., on the burial of cinders by worms, 146
- King, Dr., on the formation of mould in forests in France, 5
- —King, Dr., on castings near Nice, 106, 117
- —King, Dr., on great castings on the Nilgiri Mountains and in Ceylon, 126
- —King, Dr., weight of castings near Nice, 163
- —King, Dr., on disintegrated castings on the Corniche road, 276, 281
- —King, Dr., on the washing away of the castings on the Nilgiri Mountains, 274
