C
Cactus Family, 158
Calamint or _Calamintha_, 132
=Calceolus Marianus=, 58.
See _Cypripedium_
Calico-bush, 173, 184.
See _Kalmia_
=Calopogon=, former generic name for _Limodorum_, 90
_Caltha_, golden cups of, 141
=Calypso=, generic description, 275
=C. bulbosa=, specific description, 276
_Campanula_, origin of name, 195, 196
_C. rotundifolia_, 196
_Camptosorus rhizophyllus_, 4
Canaan Hills (N. H.), 190, 221
Canadensis Brook, haunts of Canada Violets, 172
Cancer-Root, 164
_Capillus-Veneris Adiantum_, 195
_Caprimulgidæ_, 205
Cardinal Flower, 105, 231, 233
_Carduus_, 238
Carmel, Mount (Conn.), 129, 130, 158
_Carpinus Caroliniana_, 149
Cary, Alice, quoted, 44, 83, 95
Cascade, the, Notch Valley Brook, 111, 113, 212, 213, 221
_Cassandra_, 6
_Castilleja coccinea_, 234
Catbirds, 181
Catskills, the, 140, 210, 220
Cat’s-Mint, 131, 132;
Catnip, origin of name, 132
Cat-tail Flag, 25, 113, 166
Cedars and Jumpers, 130, 161;
swamps of, 118
Centre-of-the-Town (Pownal, Vt.), 56;
road to the, 36, 41
Chalk Pond, region of, 56, 57, 177, 206;
soil of, 101;
brook of, 102;
orchids of, 137
Chandler’s =Cypripedium=, 37.
See _Cypripedium arietinum_
Charlotte (Vt.), 204
Checkerberries, 23
Cherries, wild red, 119;
trees, 144
Chestnut-trees, 101, 143, 186
Chickadees, 209
Children’s Day, 192
Chimaphila, 24
_Chordeiles Virginianus_, 205.
_See_ Hawk, Twilight
Christmas Ferns, 57
Chuck-Will’s-Widow, 205;
habits of, 176
_Claytonia Virginica_, 157
Clayton’s Fern, 163
Clematis, 171;
ancient vine of, 140;
seeds of, 140
Purple-Flowered, 139, 140
_C. Virginiana_, 140
Cliff-Brake, Purple-Stemmed, 191, 192, 200
_Clintonia_, 20, 187, 209;
hollow of, 205
_C. borealis_, 20, 35, 116
Club-Moss, 24, 182
Coal-Bed, or Chip-Bed, Domelet, 207, 210
Cockle-Burrs, 164
Cold Spring, Chalk Pond region, 98, 99, 102, 172, 177;
Putnam Swamp, Mosholu (N. Y.), 163
Colesville, Williamstown (Mass.), 197
Columbine, 130, 131, 165, 168-171;
origin of name, 169, 170
Common Polypody, 14
Concord (Mass.), 109
Connecticut, 3, 125, 187
Connecticut River, 190;
valley of, 221
Continental Divide, 43
_Coptis trifolia_, 19
=Corallorhiza=, generic description of, 278
=C. Corallorhiza=, specific description of, 278
=C. multiflora=, specific description of, 280
=C. odontorhiza=, specific description of, 279
=C. Wisteriana=, specific description of, 279
Cornel, Dwarf, 20
_Cornus Canadensis_, 21
Cowslip, American, 5, 129, 142
Cranberry Swamp, 62, 64, 70, 72, 86, 181
_Cratægus_, 13
Crowfoot Family, 5, 171
Cud-Weed, 237
Currants, wild black, 220
Crystal Lake, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 232, 233
Crystal Spring, Snuff Hollow, Notch Valley, 113, 212, 221
_Cynorchis_, 110
=Cypripedium=, 54, 72, 104, 109;
dates of flowering, 34, 138;
cross-fertilization and fertilization, 57, 58, 178;
origin of name, 58, 242;
seedlings, 77-79, 135;
culture of New England species, 80-82;
torsion of stem and labellum of, 92, 93;
organism, 108;
generic description, 242.
_See_ Lady’s Slipper _and_ Moccasin-Flower.
=C. acaule=, specific description, 246;
haunts, 5, 18, 56, 60, 67, 103, 116, 134, 172-174;
colony of two hundred plants, 78;
most common Cypripedium of New England, and possibly of North
America, 81;
culture, 82;
seed-capsule, 116
=C. arietinum=, specific description, 243;
haunts, 37, 42, 56, 61, 80, 98;
soil of, 100;
destroying worm, 135
=C. calceolus=, European Yellow Lady’s Slipper, 53, 58
=C. Californicum=, native of Pacific slope, 43
=C. candidum=, specific description, 244, 245;
haunts, 61, 184
=C. fasciculatum=, native of the northwestern Pacific slope, 43
=C. hirsutum=, specific description, 245;
haunts, 3, 57, 59, 60, 80;
most common Cypripedium of our continent, 81;
seedlings, 178
=C. Montanum=, the Fragrant White Lady’s Slipper of the Rocky
Mountain region, 243
=C. parviflorum=, specific designation, 246;
haunts, 18, 57, 60, 61, 80, 161;
seedlings, 161
=C. passerinum=, native of northwestern Pacific slope, 60
=C. reginæ=, specific description, 244;
haunts, 3, 19, 43, 55, 61, 68, 72, 184;
ancient colony, 77-79;
seedlings, 78, 81
D
Dale, T. Nelson, quoted, on ancient Hoosac Lake, 221
Darwin, Charles, quoted on _Orchidaceæ_—
fertilization of, 51, 108;
self-fertilization of, 51;
cross-fertilization of, 52, 53;
seeds of, 57;
extinction of, 92;
structure of, 93
“Dead holes,” 63, 68, 73, 88
Dead-Men’s Fingers, and Thumbs, 110.
See _Habenaria psycodes_, and _Habenaria grandiflora_
Deaf-Man’s Spring, 211
Decoration Day, 44, 61, 141
Deerfield, arch, 221;
river, 224;
valley, 224
Deer-Mice, 173
Deer Park, Mosholu (N. Y.), 161, 164
_Denticulus canis_, or _Dens caninus_, 127.
_See_ Dog’s-Tooth Lily
Devil’s Darning-Needles, 145
Devil’s Paint-Brush, 236
_Dioscorides_ (23-79, A.D.), quoted on origin of plant names, 126,
127, 140, 237;
fern names, 193
Dodoens (1578), quoted on origin of plant names, 58, 111, 120, 127,
132, 159, 168, 194, 195
Dog’s-Tooth Lily, 12, 20, 35, 126, 129, 157, 164;
origin of name of, 126-128.
_See_ Lily
Dogwood Blossoms, snowy, 5, 47, 121, 157, 173, 209
Dogwood, Poison, 35
Dome, the Majestic, Green Mountains (Vt.), 25, 27, 35, 66, 76, 86,
115, 172, 185, 188, 196, 203;
moonrise over, 95;
scenes from, 97;
ascent and summit, 118, 207, 209;
glaciated slopes of, 204;
flowers of, 208, 209;
in the path of a tornado on the, 210
Domelet, Pownal (Vt.), 59, 62, 76, 115, 116, 120, 175, 207, 211
Dorset Mountain (Mount Æolus), 142
Dragon-Flies, 145
Dragonworts, 160
Driggs, A. W., quoted, 61
_Drosera rotundifolia_, 32, 187
Dry Brook, 211
Dumb Watches, 32, 65.
_See_ Pitcher Plant
Dummy Farm, 116;
road, 116, 207
Dutchman’s-Breeches, 131, 157, 158
E
Eagle Rock, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 231, 234
East Road, Pownal (Vt.), 27, 34, 144
Eckhart, Faithful, of mythological origin, Germany, 14
Eddy Farm, Notch Valley, North Adams (Mass.), 216
Eel-Grass, 64, 69
Eggleston, W. W., Rutland (Vt.), quoted, 188, 191
Elder, Poison, 35
Elephant, fossil, discovered in Vermont, 204
Ellacomb, Rev. Mr., quoted on name of Dead-Men’s Thumbs, 110
Elm “turnovers,” 103
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 55
_Epigæa repens_, 5, 24
Equinox, Mount, Manchester (Vt.), 86
Erosions, rock, 9, 57, 189, 221-223, 226.
_See_ Pot-hole erosions
_Erythronium Americanum_, 20, 126, 128, 129;
origin of name of, 126
Etchowog, Bogs of, 3, 15, 16, 22, 27, 35, 39, 42, 47, 86, 88, 108,
141, 176, 178, 238;
origin of name of, 63;
haunts of mosquito, 182
Ethan Brand, a character of Hawthorne’s, 215;
short story of, quoted, 216
Eustace Bright, a character of Hawthorne’s, 214
Everlasting, the, 237
F
False Lily-of-the-Valley, 20
Fence, barbed wire, 143
Fence-boards serve a purpose, 73
Fern Family, seeds of, 151, 194
Sweet Fern, 112;
Oak Fern, 162, 194;
Grape Fern, 199.
_See_ Spleenwort
Ferns, lichens, and mosses, origin of names of, 193
=Fertilization= and cross-fertilization, the story of, 48, 49;
_Orchis spectabilis_, 107;
_Habenaria Hookeriana_, 177, 178;
_Cypripedium hirsutum_, by a snail, 178.
_See_ Darwin
Field Brook, White Oaks, 183
Figwort Family, 234, 235
Flag’s Meadows, North Adams (Mass.), 112
Fleur-de-lis, 23, 35, 65, 67, 83, 168.
See _Iris_
Floating-Heart, 180
Forbidden Mountain, the, 218.
_See_ Hoosac Mountain
Forest, buried, 103
Forget-me-nots, 130
Fort Massachusetts, the early border, North Adams (Mass.), 11, 97
Foxes Fire-Eyes, 186
Franktown (Nev.), 165
French cadets, 97
Frog’s-Bit, 64
Fumaria, 131
G
Garlic, Wild, 158
_Gaultheria_, 6, 14, 23, 24, 171, 187
_Gaylussacia dumosa_, 117
_Gemmingia Chinensis_, 161
Gentian, Blue-Fringed, 26, 166, 180, 187, 238;
origin of name of, 180
_Gentiana crinita_, 166, 238;
Bryant’s verse to, 238
Geological surveys, northern Massachusetts, 9
_Geranium columbinum_, 169
_Gerardia_, 234-236
Giant, The, Mount Carmel (Conn.), 129, 130, 158
Ginger-Root, 164, 179, 220
Glacial Age, 8, 9, 185, 189;
hills of the, 86, 142, 204, 221;
ancient lake beds of, 203, 221.
_See_ Erosions, Pot-holes, _and_ Boulders
Glebe or Church land, by law established, Pownal (Vt.), 188, 198-200,
204
Glen of Comus, District Fourteen, 21, 25, 36, 44, 55, 72, 133, 137,
141, 147, 149, 152, 178
_Gnaphalium decurrens_, 237
Goatsucker Family, 215
Goddess of Liberty (N. Y. City), 231
Golden Arnica, 236
Golden Chestnut of Nevada, 165
Golden Gate of Hoosac Valley, 96
Golden-Ragwort, 162
Golden-Rod, 121, 237
Goldthread, 19, 41, 134, 171, 187, 209
Gould Farm, base of Greylock, Adams (Mass.), 223
Granite rocks, “mutton-backed,” 158
Grape-vines, wild, 103, 164, 181
Grass-of-Parnassus, 237
=Grass Pink=, haunts of, 47, 63, 70, 87, 90, 91, 120, 282;
fragrance and color of, 91.
_See_ _Limodorum tuberosum_, or Meadow-Gift
Gray, Dr. Asa, quoted on beauty of Fringed Habenarias, 105
Great Spirit, anger of the, 218
“Great Vermonter,” boulder of the, 9
Green, Esq., Edward, cabin of, 144
Greenfield (Mass.), 7
Green Mountains, 27, 46, 47, 186
Green Mountain Boys, 97
Green River, Williamstown (Mass.), view of, 120
Gregor Rocks, North Pownal (Vt.), 183;
rare ferns of, 188, 191, 192, 194, 213;
bluebells of, 192, 196;
legend of, 192, 193;
natural dam of, 204
Greylock, Mount (Mass.), name of, 10, 212;
height of, 10;
observatory on, 10, 219;
Heart of, 11;
clouds upon, 97, 129;
brotherhood of, 210, 213;
road to summit of, 213, 214;
Hawthorne’s description of, 215;
Thoreau’s ascent of, 216, 218;
trees of, 217;
view from, 220;
geological and glacial observations of, 221, 223;
landslide on south brow of, 222;
stone stairs on, 223
Griffin, President, of Williams College (Mass.), 10, 219
Ground-pigs, 177
Ground-Pine, 24, 194
Grouse, hiding of the young of, 175
Gulf Road, Pownal Centre (Vt.), 16, 56, 98, 139, 198
=Gyrostachys=, generic description, 263;
haunts of, 109, 166, 238.
_See_ Ladies’ Tresses
=G. cernua=, specific description, 265
=G. gracilis=, specific description, 266
=G. ochroleuca=, specific description, 265
=G. plantaginea=, specific description, 264
=G. Romanzoffiana=, specific description, 264
H
=Habenaria=, generic description of, 249;
self-fertile species of, 49;
origin of name, 49, 56;
haunts of, 104, 106, 108, 110, 166;
oldest orchises in literature, 109;
mentioned by Thoreau, 109.
_See_ =Orchis=, common names of
=H. Andrewseii=, specific description, 258
=H. blephariglottis=, specific description, 256
=H. bracteata=, specific description, 254
=H. ciliaris=, specific description of, 255;
haunts of, 105
=H. clavellata=, specific description, 254;
self-fertilized, 49
=H. dilatata=, specific description, 252;
haunts of, 51, 56, 73, 181, 220;
perfume of, 73;
fertilization of, 73
=H. flava=, specific description, 255.
_See_ Tubercled Orchis
=H. fragrans=, specific description, 253
=H. grandiflora=, specific description, 257;
haunts of, 29, 102, 104, 109
=H. holopetala=, specific description, 256
=H. Hookeriana=, specific description, 250;
haunts of, 101, 104, 141, 171, 178
=H. hyperborea=, specific description, 251;
fertilization of, 49-51;
haunts of, 50, 56
=H. lacera=, specific description, 257
=H. media=, specific description, 252
=H. oblongifolia=, specific description, 250
=H. obtusata=, specific description, 251
=H. orbiculata=, specific description, 250;
haunts of, 101, 104, 109, 120
=H. psycodes=, specific description of, 258;
haunts of, 70, 72, 109
Hailstorms, 72, 74, 85, 117
Haines, Daniel, a character of Hawthorne’s, 215
Hartford (Conn.), 3
Hawk, Twilight, habits of, 206;
or, Bull-Bat, 205
Hawkweed, Orange, 236
Hawthorne, N., _American Notes_ quoted, 10, 192, 193, 214, 215, 222,
225, 226;
route to Greylock (Mass.), through the Notch, 213;
visits to Limekilns, North Adams (Mass.), 214;
visit to Deerfield Arch, 222;
visits to Natural Bridge, Hudson Brook, 225, 228
Haystack Mountain (Vt.), 185, 210
Hazen, Mount, Williamstown (Mass.), 186, 196
Heal-All, 102
Heart’s-Ease, 159
Heath Family, 6
Hellas, Mountains of, 97
Hellebore, American, 5, 6, 20, 28, 47
Hemlock Brook, 188;
woods of, Notch Brook, 113;
glen of, 193
_Hepatica_, 171, 194
_Herbe de Chat_, the cat’s heal-all, 132, 133
Herkimer (N. Y.), 80
_Hieracium aurantiacum_, 236
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, quoted, 47, 59, 89
Hitchcock, President, Amherst (Mass.), 9
Honeysuckles, origin of name of, 170
Hoosac Falls (N. Y.), plains of, 98
Hoosac, Highlands, 4, 5, 8, 165, 214, 232;
ancient lake of the, 8, 12, 22, 222;
flowers in bloom each month of the year in, 121;
Lowlands, 207;
tornado in, 210;
Indians’ hunting-ground in the, 218;
depths of lake 10,000 years ago, 221
Hoosac Mountain, 5, 79, 212, 221
Hoosac River, source of, 6, 7, 18, 98, 188;
South Branch of, 13;
narrow pass of, 96;
view of the, 120;
North Branch of, 224;
peaceful waters of, 238.
_See_ Ashuilticook River _and_ Mayunsook River
Hoosac Tunnel, completion of (1875), 7;
western gate of, 12;
cliffs of, 13;
passing of trains through, 13, 224;
eastern portal of, 222
Hoosac Valley, 6, 8, 115, 118, 185, 202, 213, 233;
narrowest portion of, likened to the Pass of Thermopylæ of Greece,
96;
wars of the, 96;
morning mist of, 97;
view of, from the Domelet, 120;
roads of, 139;
Revolutionary days in, 200;
region of, described by Henry Ward Beecher, 201
Hopkins, Professor Albert, first nature-student afield (1833), 11;
erected first astronomical observatory in U. S. (1838), 228
Hopper, The, a portion of Greylock Mountain, 11
Hornbeam, American, 149
_Houstonia cærulea_, 126
Howling Swamp, 204;
wilderness of, 203
Huckleberry, 5, 186;
dwarf, 117;
venders of, 117;
high, 118, 202
Hudson Brook, North Adams (Mass.), 224, 229;
origin of name of, 225;
Hawthorne’s description of, 225, 227
Hudson River, 7;
valley of, 221, 204
I
Iasione, 195
Ice Age, 9, 57, 115
_Illustrated Flora of Northeastern North America_, 128
Indian Corn, 88, 168
Indian Cucumber, 20, 162, 163
Indian Fig, 158
Indian Pipe, 164, 233
Indian Poke, 5, 20, 47, 68, 142, 164
Indian Turnip, 21, 160, 172
Indian’s Paint-Brush, 235
Indians, 7, 47, 97;
Algonquin, 59
Innocence, 126
_Ipecacuanha, American_, 47
Iris, 143, 176
Iris Swamp, 142, 198
Iron-Wood trees, 149, 150
Itch-Weed, 5, 63
Ivy, Poison, 18, 35, 131
J
Jack-in-the-Pulpit, 21, 157, 160, 162;
origin of name of, 160
Jays, Blue, 149, 150, 154, 181;
birdlings, 154
Jepson Farm, 211
Jerome Avenue (N. Y. City), 161
Jersey cows, 87
“Joe,” little boy, a character of Hawthorne’s, 215
Joe Larabee path, over the Domelet, 207
John-Fallow, pastures of the, 99, 138
Judge’s Cave, or granite boulder, summit of West Rock, New Haven
(Conn.), 130
_Juglans cinerea_, 74
July, month of, 98, 109, 140;
excursions:
5th, 188;
7th, 90;
8th, 111;
5th-19th, 196;
17th, 115;
18th, 198;
19th, 201;
22d, 212
June, month of, 134, 142, 165;
excursions:
5th, 141;
6th, 57, 167;
8th, 55, 79, 82;
9th, 187;
10th, 56, 147;
14th, 62, 75;
15th, 82, 179;
16th, 183;
18th, 185;
19th, 75;
20th, 68, 70, 82, 187;
21st, 72, 74, 186, 190;
25th, 57;
26th, 83, 145;
30th, 84
K
_Kalmia_, 6, 173, 184, 218
Kimball Bogs, 27, 72, 142;
farm, 28, 36
Kurtz, Dr. F., Arctic Expedition of, 60
L
Labrador Tea, 6, 187
Ladd Brook, 15
=Lady’s Slipper=, generic description, 242;
origin and history of name, 58, 242.
_See_ Moccasin-Flower and _Cypripedium_
=European Yellow Lady’s Slipper=, first species designated under
genus _Cypripedium_ (1740-1753), 53, 242.
See _Cypripedium calceolus_ and _Calceolus Marianus_
=Fragrant White Lady’s Slipper=, mention of, 243.
See _C. Montanum_
=Large Yellow= or =Downy Yellow Lady’s Slipper=, specific
description, 245.
See _C. hirsutum_
=Ram’s-Head Lady’s Slipper=, specific description, 42, 243;
origin of name, 37;
haunts, 39, 40, 41, 43, 80, 99, 100, 103, 104, 167, 174, 206;
rarest orchid of North America, 60, 81;
Witch Hollow colony, 95, 99, 100;
musk-like fragrance of roots, 134;
destruction of, by worms, 135, 138.
See _C. arietinum_
=Small White= or =Prairie Lady’s Slipper=, specific description,
244.
See _C. candidum_
=Small Yellow= or =Fragrant Yellow Lady’s Slipper=, specific
description, 246;
dates of flowering, 3, 18.
See _C. parviflorum_
=Two-Leaved= or =Stemless Pink Lady’s Slipper=, specific
description, 246;
albinos of, 147, 148, 175;
range northward and southward, 247.
See _C. acaule_
=White Petaled= or =Showy Lady’s Slipper=, specific description,
244;
haunts, 3, 6, 35, 55, 77, 78, 86, 148, 185, 207, 211;
dates of flowering, 3, 19, 26, 79;
cultivation, 3, 80, 81;
albinos, 61, 137, 184;
seedlings, 77, 78, 81;
ancient colony, 78.
See _C. reginæ_
Lady’s-Thumb, 145
=Ladies’ Tresses=, generic description, 263;
haunts, 109, 166, 237.
See _Gyrostachys_
=Early Broad-Leaved Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 264
=Hooded Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 264
=Little Simple Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 266
=Nodding Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 265
=Slender Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 266
=Yellow Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 265
Lake of Dawn, 12.
_See_ Aurora’s Lake
Lake Whitney, New Haven (Conn.), 130, 131
Lambkill, 6, 173, 187
Lansingburg (N. Y.), 7
Laurel, American Mountain, 6, 173, 184, 218
Le Moyne, F. F., quoted on seedlings of _C. reginæ_, 81
Leopard’s-Bane, 235
Leopard-Flower, 161
=Leptorchis=, generic description, 274.
_See_ Twayblade, Lily-Leaved
=L. liliifolia=, specific description, 274;
haunts, 109, 162
=L. Loeselii=, specific description, 275
Lichens, origin of names of, 194
Lily Family, 158;
leaves of species of, 126;
bulbs of, 128
Blackberry Lily, 161
Dog’s-Tooth Lily, 12;
origin of name, 127, 128.
See _Erythronium Americanum_
_Lilium Philadelphicum_, 210
Wild Lily or Yellow Clintonia, 116, 117
Wildwood Lily, 210
Yellow Pond Lily, 69, 144;
origin of name, 83
Lily-of-the-Valley Family, 162, 176
Liparis, Lily-Leaved, 162.
See _Leptorchis liliifolia_
Limekilns, North Adams (Mass.), 13, 214
Limestone ridges, Pownal (Vt.), 198
=Limodorum=, generic description, 282;
comrade species of, 62, 85;
haunts, 88, 90, 178, 181, 202;
origin of name, 91, 282.
_See_ Grass Pink, or Meadow-Gift
=L. tuberosum=, specific description, 282;
haunts, 47, 83, 87, 89, 90, 91;
structure of, 91, 92
_Limnanthemum lancunosum_, 180
Linnæus, quoted on origin of plant names, 58, 126
_Liriodendron Tulipifera_, 234
=Listera=, generic description, 267
=L. auriculata=, specific description, 268
=L. convallarioides=, specific description, 268
=L. cordata=, specific description, 269
Llewellyn Park, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234
Lloyd Spring, Mount Œta (Vt.), 234
_Lobelia_, 187, 235, 236
_L. cardinalis_, 233
_L. spicata_, 236
_L. syphilitica_, 236
Logger’s Depot, 208
=Long Purples=, 110.
_See_ Purple-Fringed Orchises, genus _Habenaria_
Lorenna, a little flower hunter, 36-38, 40, 41, 98
Lowerre (N. Y.), swamps and hills of, 157, 158, 164, 234
_Lycopodium_, 194;
origin of name, 182
_L. obscurum_, 182
_L. Selago_, 182
Lyte, Henry, translations of Dodoens’ _History of Plants_ (1578),
quoted, 110, 111, 195
M
Magnolia Family, 233
_M. Virginiana_, 235;
or Sweet Bay, 235
Maiden-Hair Ferns, 12, 57, 70, 194, 199, 232;
Spleenwort, 161, 212
Mail-coach, first, in Hoosac Valley, 7
Major, a valued hound, 62, 100;
as a good comrade, 15, 19, 46, 67, 72, 99, 146, 150, 211
Manhattan Island (N. Y. City), 158
Mann Mountain, Pownal (Vt.), 98
Manzanita, an evergreen shrub of Nevada, 165
Marathon, Plains of, 97
Marbledale (Conn.), 235
Marble Quarry, North Adams (Mass.), 225, 228, 229
Marl, formation of, 101
Marsh Buttercups, 5
Marsh Marigolds, 4, 18, 129, 141, 162, 171, 187
Marvel’s, Ik, home, New Haven (Conn.), 130
Mary or Marianus, “Our Lady the Virgin Mary,” 58, 59
Mason, Elijah, Farm, 201
Massachusetts, 3, 91;
highest land, 10;
border fort, 11;
State line, 96;
coast and highlands, 105
Mayflowers, 24.
_See_ Arbutus
May, month of, 126;
charm of, 133, 134;
showers of, 137;
excursions:
1st, 125, 153;
2d, 133;
7th-15th, 133;
14th, 3;
15th, 133, 134, 157, 165;
18th, 167;
19th, 104, 188;
20th, 138;
23d, 139;
25th, 56, 57;
29th, 141;
30th, 55
Mayunsook River, North Branch of Hoosac River, 224;
valley of, 222, 224, 229
McLean’s Woods (N. Y. City), swamp of, 162
=Meadow-Gift=, 91.
_See_ Grass Pink, or _Limodorum_
Meadow-Rue, 171
Meadows, wild, 56, 67, 137, 180, 181;
paths of moles and rats in, 65, 66
_Medeola Virginiana_, 20, 162;
origin of name of, 162
Meehan, Thomas, quoted, 93
_Mentha_, 132
_Menyanthes trifoliata_, 26, 67, 180.
_See_ Buckbean
Meriden (Conn.), 129
Merrimack River, 190
Merwin, a little guardsman of the swamps, 70;
home of, 70, 87;
mother of, 73-75, 88
Meyers’ sugar kitchen, 89, 187;
road, 86
Milkweed Family, 234
Milton, John, quoted, 21, 141, 149, 153
Minister and School Lots, 198
Mints, ancient name of, 132
_Mitchella repens_, 24
=Moccasin-Flower=, generic description of, 242;
haunts of, 5, 8, 26, 36, 40, 44, 48, 49, 141, 203;
origin of name of, 59;
seedlings of, 77.
_See_ Lady’s Slipper and _Cypripedium_
=Large Yellow= or =Downy Moccasin-Flower=, specific description,
245;
haunts, 56, 57, 60, 62, 134, 152, 168, 173, 184;
most generally distributed species, 60.
See _C. hirsutum_
=Ram’s-Head Moccasin-Flower=, specific description, 243;
history, 98.
See _C. arietinum_
=Small White= or =Prairie Moccasin-Flower=, specific description,
244;
haunts, 61, 184, 245.
See _C. candidum_
=Small Yellow= or =Fragrant Yellow Moccasin-Flower=, specific
description, 246;
haunts, 57, 59, 60, 159;
rare species in New England, 60;
fragrance, 159, 178;
seedlings in McLean’s Woods (N. Y. City), 163.
See _C. parviflorum_
=Two-Leaved= or =Pink Moccasin-Flower=, specific description, 246;
haunts, 33, 36, 44, 67, 103, 104, 116, 120, 134, 141, 147, 174,
175, 206;
colony of two hundred plants, 78, 141, 147;
most common species in New England, 81;
albinos, 147, 148, 175;
evident evolution, 148.
See _C. acaule_
=White Petaled, Showy=, or =Queen of the Indian Moccasin-Flowers=,
specific description, 244;
haunts, 55, 68, 71, 72, 75, 142, 152, 172, 184;
albinos, 61, 137, 184;
as decoration for church chancel during Williams College
Commencement, 70;
testing a frozen sod, 82.
See _C. reginæ_
_Moneses uniflora_, 24
Monkshood, 171
_Monotropaceæ_, 165
_Monotropa uniflora_, 164.
_See_ Indian Pipe
Montclair (N. J.), 131
Montpelier (Vt.), 6
Monumental Rock, Mosholu (N. Y.), glacial erosions on, 165;
rock pinks growing on, 166
Mosholu (N. Y.), 60, 158, 160, 163, 166, 172, 188, 234;
swamps and hills of, 157, 158, 165
Mount Vernon (N. Y.), woods of, 131, 163, 173, 184
Mountains, Nature’s retreats, 238
Mullens, St. Peter’s, 238
Müller, Professor, quoted, 77
Mushrooms, poisonous, 183, 184
Mustard Family, 162;
white species, 162
N
Names of plants, Roman, or Latin, 128
Nardus rustica, 179
Natural Bridge, North Adams (Mass.), 222, 224;
Hawthorne’s description of, 225, 226;
paths to, 225;
deepest pool or pot-hole, 226;
formation of arch of, 226-229;
rainbows, 227
Nature, man’s triumph over, 8;
solitudes of, 64, 65, 203;
weeping of, 137;
pristine condition of, 144;
tragedies of, 173
Nature Study, 48;
classrooms for, 139
_Nepeta Cataria_, 132
Newark (N. J.), 231
New Bedford (Mass.), 80
New England, 24, 40, 42, 57, 106, 187;
Orchids of, 239
New Jersey, Orange Mountains and Salt Meadows, 231
New Hampshire Grants, 198
New Haven (Conn.), 3, 80, 105, 108, 120, 125, 131, 235;
old canal to, 130
New York City (N. Y.), 3, 5, 125, 158, 161, 167, 187, 190, 234
Nigger Hill, White Oaks, 196
Nightshade, Deadly, 217
None-so-Pretty, 237
North Adams (Mass.), 5, 6, 7, 18, 39, 40, 49, 57, 133, 192, 197, 212,
215, 222, 224;
Seal of the City of, 7
North Corners (North Pownal, Vt.), 192
Northern Gap, showing the hills of Bennington County, from Mount Œta,
Pownal (Vt.), 86
Northfield Road, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234, 235
North Pownal (Vt.), 188, 192, 235
Notch Brook, 111, 113
Notch Road, 213;
view from, 214;
roarings of, 217, 218;
Hawthorne’s walks through the Notch, 218;
Thoreau’s comparison of the Notch vales with those of Staten Island
(N. Y.), 218;
formation of the Notch, 221
Notch Valley, North Adams (Mass.), 111-113, 212, 217