Fungi, 454, 887, 889, 1189-1204, 1204-8 colors of, 1193, 1197 distribution of, 1201-4 food of, 1191-92, 1206 growth of, 1106-7, 1193-94 odors of, 1106-7, 1196 organs of, 1198-99 shapes of, 1196-97 spores of, 1199 Fungus (giant puffball), 1194 (Jews’ Ears), 1197 (liver), 1196 (stinkhorn), 1194 (Tremella mesenterica), 1197 G Gadidæ, 483 Gaertner, 1003 Galaxy. See _Milky Way_ Galileo, 135, 154, 354-55, 377 Galle, Dr., 806 Gallflies, 1406, 1407 Gamelin, 1266 Ganges, the, 624, 625 Ganoids, 483, 485-86 Gasteropoda, 459 Gauchos, 1579, 1581 Gecko, 1392-93 Gemini, 96, 122, 124 Genera Plantarum, 995-96 Generations, alternate, 964-65 alternation of, 964-65 Geological periods, 872-74, 1646 duration of, 453-54 table of, 452 Geological vegetable kingdom, 454-56 Geology, 439 Georgians, 1671 Georgium Sidus, 428 Geysers, 520-22 Giant Orion, the, 78, 96 Gibbons, 1529, 1547 Ginko-tree, 876, 884 Giraffe, the (Camelopardus), 78 the, 1532, 1549 Glacial period, 496 Glacier, of the Aar, 512-13 of the Aletsch, 506, 513 of the Grindelwald, 512 Glaciers, 502-16 of the Andes, 505 of the Caucasus, 505, 506 of Himalayas, 506 of Norway and Sweden, 506 of the Pyrenees, 505-6 of the Rocky Mountains, 505 of Switzerland, 506 of the Tyrol, 506 Glaisher, 776-77, 807 Globes, celestial, 65 Glucose, 969 Gobi, Desert of, 661-62 Goethe, 895, 998-99, 1002, 1294 Goldschmidt, 400 Gorilla, 1550 Gould, Dr., 171, 188, 191 Gourami, 1629 Grallæ, 489 Graminaceæ, 923-24, 954 Grass, 1010, 1082-83, 1114, 1144-46 Grasses, 938, 943-45, 954, 1031-32 Grasshoppers, 1435 Grass,” “Land of, 637 Gray, Asa, 1483 Grew, Nehemiah, 986, 988, 989 Greyhounds, the, 78 Grubb, Sir Howard, 251, 261 Guinea-fowl, 1523, 1551 Gulberg, 792 Gulf Stream, 727-49, 1265-66 Gulf-weed, 1264 Gymnogens, 483, 1001 Gymnosperms, 455, 873, 890-91, 958 Gyracanthus, 485 H Haeckel, Ernst, 982, 1299, 1305 Hail, 809-11 Hailstones, 110 Hailstorm, noted, 811 Haliday, 1450, 1451, 1452, 1453, 1456, 1457 Hall, Asaph, 395 Halley, 38, 63, 291, 816 Halos, 826 Hamster, 1619 Hanno, 761 Harmattan, 831 Harriot, 320 Harvey, Dr., 1250-51 Hawkesbury, the, 624 Heath, 950, 1142 Heavens, the, 25 the Arabian, 106-20 Heis, 60, 61, 62, 66 Helmholtz, 350 Hen and Chickens, 77 Hencke, 399, 400 Henshaw, 988 Henslow, 1113 Herbert, W., 1466 Herculaneum, 516-17 Hercules, 78, 375 Hermaphrodites, 1500 Hermit Crab, 1330, 1606 Heron, Sir R., 1492 Herschel, Caroline, 164 Herschel, Sir John, 136, 137, 146, 155-56, 157, 158, 160, 162-63, 170, 171, 189, 191, 192, 207, 212, 241, 321, 384