origin of name of, 83;
flapping pads of, 145;
_N. advena_, 69, 144
Nymphs, wood, 152
O
Oak Hill, White Oaks (Mass.), 196;
Pownal (Vt.), 141
October, month of, 180, 238
Œta, Mount, Pownal (Vt.), 3, 11, 38-40, 62, 80, 85, 89, 95, 120,
139, 188, 193, 207, 210, 212, 238;
summit of, crowned with farms, 97;
a foothill of the Dome, 96
_Ophioglossum vulgatum_, 129
_Opuntia Opuntia_, 158
Orange Mountains (N. J.), 131, 165, 231, 233-235;
solitudes of, 232
=Orchidaceæ=, haunts of, 118, 238;
tropical, 136;
botanical description of, 241;
New England species of, 241, 242;
origin of name, 109;
North American species of, 241
=Orchid Family=, 17, 45, 106, 133, 166, 187;
roots of, 46, 110;
extinction of, 48, 53, 71, 136;
self-fertilization of, 52, 77;
venders of, 53;
seedlings of, 77, 136;
torsion of seed-capsule of, 80, 92, 93;
cultivation of native species, 82;
straight seed-capsule of, 92;
pigmy of the, 105;
insect agency in fertilization of, 108;
species in literature, 109-111;
origin of name Orchis, 109;
germination of seeds of, 135, 136;
craze over, in culture, 136;
botanical description of, 241;
genera of New England, 242
=Orchis=, generic description of, 247;
species, 106;
high organism, 106;
differences between _Orchis_ and _Cypripedium_, 108;
origin of name of, 109;
oldest species of the family known in literature, 109-111
=O. aristata=, endemic to Alaska, 106
=O. mascula=, native of England, and resembles _O. spectabilis_ of
New England, 106
=O. morio=, native of Europe, and resembles _Habenaria psycodes_
and _Habenaria grandiflora_, of New England, 110.
See common names of _Orchis_
=O. rotundifolia=, specific description of, 248;
rare, 106
=O. spectabilis=, specific description of, 248;
common species, 56, 104, 106, 107, 138, 161, 188
=Orchis=, common names of _Orchis_, and _Habenaria_
=Andrews’ Rose-Purple Orchis.=
See _H. Andrewseii_, 258
=Crane-Fly Orchis.=
See _Tipularia unifolia_, 281
=Cream-Fringed Orchis.=
See _H. holopetala_, 256
=Intermediate Bog-Orchis.=
See _H. media_, 252
=Large Purple-Fringed Orchis.=
See _H. grandiflora_, 257;
history of, 29, 79, 84, 104, 105, 110;
haunts, 111, 113, 114
=Large Round-Leaved Orchis.=
See _H. orbiculata_, 250;
haunts, 101, 102, 104, 120, 172, 205
=Long Bracted Orchis.=
See _H. bracteata_, 254
=Ragged-Fringed Green Orchis.=
See _H. lacera_, 257;
haunts, 220
=Rein=, or =Naked Gland Orchis=.
See _Habenaria_, 249
=Showy Orchis.=
See _O. spectabilis_, 248;
haunts, 56, 57, 104, 164, 167, 168
=Showy= or =Covered Gland Orchis=.
See _Orchis_, 247
=Small Oblong-Leaved Orchis.=
See _H. oblongifolia_
=Small Purple-Fringed Orchis.=
See _H. psycodes_, 258;
haunts, 70, 83, 102, 111, 178
=Small Round-Leaved Orchis.=
See _H. Hookeriana_, 250;
haunts, 101, 104, 141, 171, 177, 187, 205-207
=Small Round-Leaved Showy Orchis.=
See _O. rotundifolia_, 248
=Small Yellow Bog-Orchis.=
See _H. clavellata_, 254
=Sub-Alpine Green Orchis.=
See _H. obtusata_, 251
=Tall Leafy Green Orchis.=
See _H. hyperborea_, 251
=Tall White Northern Bog-Orchis.=
See _H. dilatata_, 252;
haunts, 73, 181
=Tubercled Orchis.=
See _H. flava_, 255
=White-Fringed Orchis.=
See _H. blephariglottis_, 256;
haunts, 105, 220
=Yellow-Fringed Orchis.=
See _H. ciliaris_, 255;
haunts, 105
Orioles, 130, 167
_Osmunda_, 130, 167
_O. regalis_, 12
Oven-Bird’s nest, 153, 154
P
_Pæonia_, origin of name, 169
Painted Cup, 234, 235
Palisades, Hudson Valley, 166
=Palma Christi=, 110.
_See_ Purple-Fringed Orchises or _Habenaria_
_Pances_, 159
_Pardanthus_, 161
_Parnassia Caroliniana_, 237
Parnassus, Mount, Greece, 237
Parsons, Abraham, 196;
locally called, Abe-the-Bunter, 197
Partridge, habits of, 174, 175;
young partridges, 174
Partridge-berry, 24
Patterson’s Meadows, 168
Pearly-Everlasting, 237
Pear, Prickly, 158
Peat, formation of, 101
Peckham’s Hollow, 188
_Pedicularis Canadensis_, 165
_Pellæa atropurpurea_, 191
Pennyroyal, 132, 199;
as a drug, 132
Pent Road, Snuff Hollow, Notch Valley, 213
Pep or Catnip, 132
=Peramium=, generic description, 269.
_See_ Rattlesnake Plantain
=P. Menziesii=, specific description, 271
=P. ophioides=, specific description, 272
=P. pubescens=, specific description, 270
=P. repens=, specific description, 270
Perch Pond (Vt.), 69.
_See_ Pownal Pond
Perkins’ Hill, 188
_Pes Aquilegia_, origin of name, 168
_Pes Columbinus_, origin of name, 169
Petersburgh Hills, 203
_Phegopteris hexagonoptera_, 160
_P. Dryopteris_, 160
_Phlox subulata_, 157.
_See_ Rock Pinks
Pickerel-Weed, 64
Pied de Pigeon, 169
Pigeon Cherry Blossoms, 119
Pine Grove, Pownal Pond, 143;
trees, 87, 141, 165;
rest beneath, 146
_Pinus resinosa_, 117
_P. rigida_, 186
_P. divaricata_, 117
_P. Mariana_, 117
Pinxter-Flower, 232
Pipsissewa, 24
Pitcher Plant, haunts, 32, 33, 35, 65, 67, 69, 105, 142, 181
Pittsfield (Mass.), stages to, 198
Plains, Huckleberry, 115
_Plant World, the_, cited, 126, 169
Platt, “a friend of mine,” a character of Hawthorne’s, 218, 219
Pleasant Valley, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234
Pleurisy-Root, 234
Pliny, orchises known to, 109;
_Natural History_ quoted, 240
Plymouth (Mass.), 24
Poe Cottage, Bedford Park (N. Y. City), 161
=Pogonia=, generic description, 259;
haunts, 62, 63, 70, 73, 83, 85, 88, 125, 178, 181, 202;
delicate, 89;
origin of name, 90, 259;
New England species, 259.
_See_ Sweet Pogonias
=P. affinis=, specific description, 261;
origin of name, 261
=P. ophioglossoides=, specific description, 260;
origin of name, 90, 260;
flowers, 90, 94;
fragrance, 90;
roots, 91;
fertilization, 94.
_See_ Snake-Mouth _Pogonia_
=P. trianthophora=, specific description, 260;
origin of name, 260;
range, 260
=P. verticillata=, 187;
specific description, 261;
origin of name, 261
Point of Rocks, Mosholu, and Lowerre (N. Y.), 161, 164, 165
Pollen and Pollinia of Orchids, 93
Pollywogs, or tadpoles, 63, 69, 144
_Polygonum amphibium_, 84, 143;
name of, 84;
genus, 144, 145
_Polypodium vulgare_, 14
Polypody Ferns, 194, 212
Polypores, haunts, 149-152, 186;
structure, 151;
seeds or spores, 151;
origin of name, 151
Poppy Family, 164
Pot-hole erosions, origin, 189, 190, 220, 221;
formation of Wash-Tub Brook, 189;
ancient revolving stone, Bronx Park (N. Y. City), 190;
Deerfield Arch, 222;
Natural Bridge Chasm, 226.
_See_ Erosions _and_ Natural Bridge
Pownal (Vt.), District Thirteen, 63
Pownal (Vt.), District Fourteen, 15, 16, 25, 36, 39, 44, 57, 139, 171;
schoolhouse in, 62, 75, 89
Pownal, Bennington County (Vt.), only town of the State through which
the Hoosac River flows, 63, 116, 121, 133, 135, 188, 193, 213,
220, 236;
Oak Hill Cemetery, 141
Pownal Centre (Vt.), 27, 174, 191, 199, 200, 204;
road, 36, 41, 198.
_See_ Centre-of-the-Town
Pownal Pond (Vt.), 16, 27, 28, 31, 62, 84, 143, 176, 180;
glacial hills around, 68;
picnic grove, 143.
_See_ Perch Pond
Prince’s Pine, 24, 187
Prune or Plum, origin of names, 119
_Prunus Pennsylvanica_, 119
_Pteris aquilina_, 20, 195
Pudding Grass, 132
Puff-Balls, 151.
_See_ Polypores
=Purple-Fringed Orchises=, 65.
See _Orchis_ and _Habenaria grandiflora_, and _H. psycodes_
Purple-Stemmed Cliff-Brake, 188, 195
Purple Grackel, 237
Putnam Valley (N. Y.), 163;
swamp of, 164;
railroad, 164
_Pyrola rotundifolia_, 187
Q
Quaker Meeting-House (mentioned by Hawthorne), South Adams (Mass.),
214
Quaking ground, 64
=Queen of the Lady’s Slipper=, 6;
haunts, 68.
_See_ Moccasin-Flower, and _Cypripedium reginæ_
R
Rabbit Plain, 139, 171, 175
Rafinesque, botanist, quoted on the sight of fences, 65
Ragged Mountains, base of Mount Greylock (Mass.), 13, 111, 212, 215
_Ranunculaceæ_, 5, 171
=Ram’s-Head Cypripedium=, botanical description, 243.
_See_ Lady’s Slipper or Moccasin-Flower and _C. arietinum_
=Rattlesnake Plantain=, generic description, 269
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, 270
Menzies’ Rattlesnake Plantain, 271
Small One-Sided or Net-Leaf Rattlesnake Plantain, 270
White-Blotched Rattlesnake Plantain, 272
Rattlesnake Swamp, Mount Œta (Vt.), 133, 139, 148, 175, 185, 186,
207, 211, 220;
Rattlesnake Ledge, 59, 133;
Lloyd Spring, 62;
polypores, 151
Ray, a little lad of my acquaintance, 49
Readsboro (Vt.), 224
Redmen, 14, 17
Reindeer Moss, 186
Revolving Stones, Pot-hole formations, 190.
_See_ Pot-holes
Rhododendron, Great, 6
_Rhodora Canadensis_, 6
_Rhus_, Poison, 35, 63
Richardson, Dr. John, quoted on Arctic Orchids (1823), 60
Richmond’s Farm, White Oaks, 183
Riverside, Williamstown (Mass.), 197
_Robinson’s Garden_, cited on name “Dead-Men’s-Thumbs,” 110
Rocking Boulders or Stones, origin of, 199
Rocky Hollow, base of the Dome, 115, 207;
road through, 208, 211
Rock Pinks, 157, 161, 165
Rose Family, 119
_Ros Solis_, ancient name for Sundew (1578), 194
Royal-Fern, 12
Rue-in-the-Wall, Spleenwort, 188, 200, 212
Ruffled Grouse, 174
Ruskin, John, quoted, 201
Ruta-Muraria, 194, 195.
_See_ Rue-in-the-Wall
S
Sabrina, 21
Saddleback Mountain, North Adams (Mass.), 11;
Hawthorne’s description of, 215;
Thoreau’s mention of sunrise, 219
Salt Meadows, New Haven (Conn.), 125;
New Jersey, 231, 237
_Sanguinaria Canadensis_, 164
Saratoga, hills of, 98;
battle of, 97
_Sarcodes sanguinea_, 165
_Sarracenia purpurea_, 32.
_See_ Pitcher Plant
Sassafras, 186
_Satyrion Erythronium_, ancient name of Dog’s-Tooth Lily, 126, 127,
128
_Satyrion Royall_, ancient name of Purple-Fringed Orchises, 110;
palmate roots of, 111;
perfume of, 111
Saucy Jays, 149
Schaghticoke (N. Y.), site of ancient Indian village, 218
Scudder, Dr. S. H., cited on fertilization of _Pogonia_, 94
Sedges, 187
_Selurus noveboracensis_, 177
_Senecio aureus_, 162
September, month of, 237;
dates, 9th, 213;
15th, 153
=Serapias= or =Orchis=, species of, known to Pliny (23-79, A.D.), 109
“Seven doctors,” characters of Hawthorne’s, 215
Shadberry bushes, 31, 119, 186, 202
Shadberry pies, 119
Shakespeare, quoted on name, “Long Purples,” 110
Sheep pastures, 138
Shin-Leaf, 187
Shin-Plasters, 102
Side-Saddle Flowers, 32;
origin of name, 65.
_See_ Pitcher Plant
Sierra Nevada Mountains, 165
Silkweed, Purple-Flowered, 234
Skipper, Captain, in memory of, 229
Skunk Cabbage, 20, 160, 164, 232
Slaves, Cabins of, 196
Smith, Miss Clara, Medford (Mass.), author of poem,
_Jack-in-the-Pulpit_, 160
Snails, agents in fertilization, 69
=Snake-Mouth=, 90;
=Pogonia=, 47, 87.
See _Pogonia_
Snakeroot, 47
Snakes, 161, 174
Snowberry, 6, 14, 187, 209
Snow-Plant, allied with Indian Pipes, 165
Snuff Hollow or Crow’s Nest, Notch Valley, 213
Solomon’s Seal, 20, 21, 100, 171, 187;
False, 232
Sori or Spores of Ferns, 192
South Adams (Mass.), 213, 223;
South Village, 214
_Spathyema fœtida_, 20
Spatter-Dock, 69.
_See_ Lily, Yellow Pond, or _Nymphæa_
Sphagnous swamps, 8, 68, 88
_Sphagnum_, a genus of peat-moss, 116, 142, 152
Spleenwort, 194;
Scott’s, 199;
Maiden-Hair, 161, 212
Spring Beauties, blossoms, 157
Spring water, necessity of marking springs, 203, 208, 211
Spruce trees, 117, 138, 187
Spuyten Duyvil Creek, 158, 166
Squash cultivation, 146
Squirrel-Corn, 131
St. Cloud, Orange Mountains, N. J., 234, 235
St. Jacob’s Dippers, 32, 65
St. John’s Wort, 187
St. Nicholas Avenue (N. Y. City), 158
Stamford Mountains (Vt.), 185, 210, 224;
Hollow, 224
_Standergrass, Royall_, 110
Stars-of-Bethlehem, 19, 41, 62
State Line, Massachusetts and Vermont, 76
State Street, North Adams (Mass.), 112, 212
Staten Island (N. Y. City), 235
Stevenson, R. L., quoted, 224
Stick-tights or Pitchforks, 164
Stolen Moccasins, 44
Stone, Silas, Tavern of, 197, 198
Stone walls, 143
Stone-Liverworts, 194
Strawberries, 73, 95, 210
Sugar-Loaves, or glacial hills, 168
Sumach, Poison, 35, 181;
autumn leaves of, 103, 237
Sundew, Round-Leaved-, 32, 187, 194;
cultivation of, 146;
name, 194
Sun-dial tablet, 228
Swamp Apple blossoms, 6, 168.
_See_ Azalea, Pink
Swamp Maples, 67, 181
Swamp of Oracles, District Fourteen, Pownal (Vt.), 8, 44, 55, 57, 72,
79, 81, 82, 133, 141, 167, 168, 171, 172, 175, 179, 198, 204
Swanton (Vt.), fossil marine shells found at, 204
Sweet Flag, 25, 161
=Sweet Pogonia=, 83, 259.
See _Pogonia_, 259
Symond’s Peak, Greylock’s Brotherhood (Mass.), 11
T
Taconic Mountains, heart of the, 9, 11, 12
_Tanacetum vulgare_, 238
Tansy-Weed, 238
Tennyson quoted, 110
_Thalesia uniflora_, 164
Theophrastus cited on origins of plant names, 117, 133, 169, 195
Thermopylæ, Pass of, 96
Thimble-Berry blossoms, 238
Thistles, 238
Thompson’s Brook, 75, 85, 88, 146, 187
Thompson Pond, base of the Dome, Pownal (Vt.), 27, 145
Thoreau, Henry D., quoted, 10, 11, 15, 26, 84, 102, 125, 137, 157,
167, 183, 203, 231, 235, 237;
admiration for the location of Williams College, 10, 11;
on walking, 38;
on Great Fringed Orchises, 105;
descriptive of Notch Valley region, North Adams (Mass.), 216, 217,
219;
ascent of Greylock, 216;
entertained at Wilbur’s Farm, 216;
possible origin of poem, _Rumors from an Æolian Harp_, 217;
supper of rice, on Greylock’s summit, 219
Thorne-Apple, 174
Thrush, 12, 130;
haunts of, 152;
songs of, 153;
nests of, 153;
species of true, 153
Golden-crowned thrush, 153
Hermit-thrush, 153
Veery-thrush, 153
Water thrush, habits, 177
Wood-thrush, 153
_Thuja occidentalis_, 118
Ticonderoga, conflicts at, 97
Timothy-Heads, Cat’s-Tail Grass, 85
=Tipularia=, generic description, 280
=T. unifolia=, specific description, 281
_Transcript_, the, North Adams (Mass.), cited, 121
Trespassing, law against, 232
_Trillium_, 157, 162
_T. cernuum_, 163
Painted Trillium, 14, 19, 44, 134, 141, 163, 172, 175
Purple Trillium, 20, 21, 142
Troy-on-the-Hudson, 218;
stages to, 198
Tulip mania, 136
Tulip-Tree, 234, 235
“Tunnel City” (North Adams, Mass.), 7
_Turdus_, 153.
_See_ Thrush
Turnovers, 117
Turtles, 129
=Twayblade, Lily-Leaved=, 162, 274.
See _Leptorchis_, 274
=Large Twayblade=, 274
=Loesel’s Twayblade= or =Fen Orchis=, 275
=Twayblade, Lister’s.=
See _Listera_, 267
=Auricled Twayblade.=
See _L. auriculata_, 268
=Broad-Lipped Twayblade=, 268
=Heart-Leaved Twayblade=, 269
Twin Cascades, Hoosac Tunnel Mountain, 222
_Typha_, 25
U
Umbrella-Fern, 199
Uncle Abe-the-Bunter, a local name for Abraham Parsons, 197
_Unifolium Canadense_, 20, 176
_Usnea_, 186
V
_Vaccinium_, 119, 159
_V. corymbosum_, 118
_V. Pennsylvanicum_, 118
_V. vacillans_, 118
_Vagnera stellata_, 21
_V. trifolia_, 21
Valerian, American, 47
V. European, 47
V. False, 162
Van Courtlandt Farm, 166;
Mansion, 163, 166, 202
Veery, 153.
_See_ Thrush
Venus-Hair Fern, 194, 195
Venus of classical literature, 58, 59
“=Venus Slippers=,” 34.
_See_ Lady’s-Slipper
_Veratrum viride_, 5, 47
_Verbascum Thapsus_, 238
Vermont, 10, 18, 40, 43
Virgil quoted, 119, 159
Virgin’s-Bower, 140
_Viola dens-canis_, 126.
_See_ Dog’s-Tooth Lily
_Viola_ or Violets, 5, 126, 130, 141, 165, 232;
origin of name, 159
_V. bicolor_, 159
_V. blanda_, 5, 159. Sweet White Violet
_V. Canadensis_, 159, 172, 208. Sweet Canada Violet
_V. pedata_, 157-159. Bird’s-foot Violet
_V. pubescens_, 157, 159. Downy Yellow Violet
_V. rotundifolia_, 158. Round-Leaved Violet
_Vitis cordifolia_, 181
W
Wake Robins, 5, 104;
Painted, 41;
Nodding, 163
Walden Farm, Notch Valley, 213, 214, 220
Walking, 3, 15, 75
Walking Fern, haunts, 4, 190, 191, 193, 198-200, 213, 228
Walloomsac River, Bennington (Vt.), 188, 202
Wall-Rue, Spleenwort Fern, 191, 192, 194
Wars, the French and Indian, 97
Washington (D. C.), 126
Washington Heights (N. Y. City), 158
Washoe Valley (Nevada), 165
Wash-Tub Brook, North Pownal (Vt.), 188, 190, 193
Water, pure drinking, 210, 214, 218, 219
Water-Cress, 162
Water Persicaria, 84
Weeping Rocks, or Gregor Rocks, 193
Welch Farm, Mount Œta, 139
Western Gateway of Hoosac Mountain, 13, 14
West Orange (N. J.), 231
Wentworth, Governor Benning, 198
West Peak, State Park, Meriden (Conn.), 129
West Rock, New Haven (Conn.), 4, 126, 129, 130, 158
Westville (Conn.), swamps of, 85, 125, 129, 130
Whale fossil discovered in Vermont, 204
Whig Tavern, North Adams (Mass.) (1838), 215
Whippoorwills, chorus of, 95, 96;
baby, 96, 175, 176, 205;
eggs and nest of, 175, 205;
habits of, 175, 176
Whippoorwill’s-Shoes, 206.
_See_ Moccasin-Flowers and _Cypripedium_
White Mountains (N. H.), 47, 214, 235
White Oaks, northern Berkshire (Mass.), region, 76, 121, 183, 197;
road, 120, 183, 196, 197, 207;
chapel, 196;
origin of name, 197
Whittier, J. G., quoted, on poem, _Jack-in-the-Pulpit_, 160;
_Mayflowers_, 24;
_Mabel Martin_, 39;
_Seeking of the Waterfall_, 15;
_Storm on Lake Asquam_, 72
Whortleberry, 119
Whorts of the 16th century, 120
Wilbur, Jeremiah, farm of, Notch Valley, northern Berkshire, 216, 220;
Thoreau’s ascent to Greylock through The Notch, 218
Wild Cat Express, Hoosac Valley, 120
Wild Hens, 174
Wildmont Cottage, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 232, 233
Wildwood or Tiger Lilies, 210
Williams, Orlando, Swamp, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234
Williams College, Williamstown (Mass.), 76, 219;
Thoreau’s admiration of the location of, 10;
Baccalaureate Sunday, 70;
students, 70, 196;
sun-dial tablet, 228;
Museum, relics in, 228;
Library, 228.
Williamstown, Berkshire County (Mass.), 121
Willow Dell, North Adams (Mass.), 215
Willow Family, 23
Wilsey Lot, White Oaks, 184
Wintergreens, 23
Witch Hollow, Gulf Road, Pownal (Vt.), 16, 23, 56, 98, 138, 139, 188,
206;
orchids of, 108
Witt’s Ledge, North Adams (Mass.), 112
Wolf’s-Claw, 182
Wolfe, Dr., quoted, 222
Wood Betony, 165
Woodbine Family, 170
Woodbridge (Conn.), view of, 129
Woodchuck’s home, 177, 205
Woodmont (Conn.), 235
Woolly Moonshine, 237
Wormwood, 238
X
Xenocrates prescribed “Penny-Royall,” 132
Y
Yale, catnip for pussy, 132, 133
Yeomen of northern Berkshire (1777), 76
Yonkers (N. Y.), 157, 161
Z
Zoar (Mass.), Eastern Portal of Hoosac Tunnel, 224
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“The Field Book of American Wild Flowers,” “Familiar Trees and
their Leaves,” “Familiar Features of the Roadside,” etc. 16ᵒ.
With 53 full-page illustrations (of which 38 are colored) and
numerous musical diagrams. Cloth, _net_, $2.00. Full flexible
leather, _net_, $2.50. (Postage 15 cts.)
_New York_ G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS _London_