The florist's varieties are chiefly produced from the species _Cineraria cruenta_. Beautiful hybrids have been developed from this and other species, and the flower certainly deserves the popularity it has attained through sterling merit. [Illustration: FROM NATURE BY CHICAGO COLORTYPE CO. 5-99 CINERARIA. Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1899, NATURE STUDY PUB. CO., CHICAGO.] INDEX. VOLUME V.--JANUARY, 1899, TO MAY, 1899, INCLUSIVE. Acorns, Two, 210 Animals, Among, 185 Animals, Hibernation of, 84 Arbutus, The Trailing, 229 Athena, The Birth of, 29 Azalea, The, 143 Baboon (_Cynocephalus babuin_), 217 Bat, The Hoary (_Atalapha cinerea_), 166 Bees, About, 17 Birds, Defense of Some, 211 Birds, Migratory, 37 Birds that Do Not Sing, 188 Bird Life, Destruction of, 109 Birds as Shepherds, 20 Bluebird, The, 181 Boarder, A Transient, 101 Bread Crumbs, The Charity of, 115 Busybodies, Little, 113 Butternut, The (_Juglans cinerea_), 96 Cineraria, 236 Cloves (_Eugenia caryophyllata Thunberg_), 121 Cocoa-nut (_Cocos nucifera_), 95 Coffee, 197 Cony, The (_Hyrax_), 203 Crusade, The Feather, 221 Desert, The Ship of the, 37 Eagle, The, 24 and 36 Egg Collecting, 216 Fashions, Spring, 186 Feathers, 161 February, 73 Flowers, The Language of, 74 Fox, The Kit (_Vulpes velox_), 182 Ginger (_Zingiber Officinale Roscoe_), 49 God's Silence and His Voices Also, 222 Grape, The, 178 Gull, Bonaparte's (_Larus philadelphia_), 215 Hare, Epitaph of a, 98 Hare, The Northern Prairie (_Lepus campestris_), 106 Helpless, The, 72 Holly Tree, The, 12 Home, An Abandoned, 150 and 198 Humor, A Vein of, 125 Hyacinth, The (_Hyacinthus orientalis_), 191 Ibis, The White (_Guara alba_), 71 Iris, The (_Iris versicolor_), 74 Kangaroo, The, 157 Lemon, The, 13 Little Billee, The Story of, 41 Merganser, The Hooded (_Lophodytes cucullatus_), 118 Mistletoe, The (_Phoradendron flavescens_), 22 Mole, Common American (_Scalops aquaticus_), 133 Mole, The Duck, 80 Mole, The Hairy-tailed (_Scapanus breweri_), 230 Mountain Lion (_Felis Concolor_), 10 Nature at First Hand, 175 Noses, 65 Nutmeg, The (_Myristica fragrans Hantheyn_), 145 Nuts, 26 Oak, The, 134 Opossum, The Crab-eating (_Philander philander_), 59 Owl, The American Barn (_Strix pratincola_), 155 Owls, 78 Owls' Sanctuary, The, 223 Peacock, The, 77 Pine, The Edible, 96 Pineapple, The (_Ananassa sativa_), 110 Pool, The Summer, 218 Pokagon, Chief Simon, 173 Preacher Bird, The, 194 Puma (_Felis concolor_), 10 Quadrille, The Quails', 176 Quarrel between Jenny Wren and the Flycatchers, 192 Redbreast, Invitation to the, 158 Sandhill crane, The (_Grus Mexicana_), 46 Sap Action, 54 Seeds, How Birds Carry, 37 Skin, 137