. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). New Series, October, 1905. 345 caterpillars, and many butterflies, among which were the monarch, mourn- ing cloak, painted lady, painted beauty, and viceroy. Then there was the little bat that hung himself upside down on the wire screening, and a Caroline box turtle that had to be banished from the terrarium because he insisted on eating up so many of his small associates. The floor of this terrarium was covered with stones, gravel, and rich soil, over t
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). New Series, October, 1905. 345 caterpillars, and many butterflies, among which were the monarch, mourn- ing cloak, painted lady, painted beauty, and viceroy. Then there was the little bat that hung himself upside down on the wire screening, and a Caroline box turtle that had to be banished from the terrarium because he insisted on eating up so many of his small associates. The floor of this terrarium was covered with stones, gravel, and rich soil, over the greater part of which a carpet of moss was laid. A tiny maple tree lived in it for a season, and many pretty wood plants have made it attractive at different times. One year the pet of the school was Bufo, a very solemn old toad. Often he was so unsocial as to back down into the earth and refuse to come out, but the children would take him gently in their hands and he did not seem to mind. Onc"e when we were watching a cabbage butterfly that was in the terrarium, Bufo came out of his hiding place to watch it, too. He re- mained as still as a stone and looked like one. The cabbage butterfly flitted down and rested on old Bufo's nose. Of course vou know what happened. Bufo's tongue was out and the cabbage butter- fly was in uis mouth before you could wink an eye. Tliis is one of the ways in which Bu fo showed that he is a good gar- dener. The cab- bage butterfly, you know, lays the eggs from which the cater- pillars hatch that Fig. 4.—The Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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