Chapter IX: Part 9

[85] Salisbury, _Pard. Lond._, pl. 89. 1807.

[86] Henry Baldwin, _Orchids of New England_, 93. 1894.

[87] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont.

[88] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Massachusetts.

[89] Genus not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont.

[90] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont.

[91] Genera not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont.

[92] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont.

[93] The common name, Putty-Root, arose from the putty-like consistency of the adhesive substance of the old corms or bulbs; used to mend broken china. The name Adam-and-Eve originated with the colored folk in Georgia and Alabama. The bulbs are not disagreeable to eat if baked, and many confess to be fond of them. The colored people in the South are said to wear these bulbs as amulets, and attribute great favor to them in casting lots. By separating the offsets, they designate them Adam-and-Eve, as the rule may be, and placing them in a bowl of water decide their good or ill fortune in obtaining work, or a lover, according as Adam or Eve “pops up.”

INDEX

A

_Abies balsamea_, origin of name, 118.
_See_ Balsam-Fir

=Achroanthes=, generic description, 272
=A. monophylla=, specific description, 273
=A. unifolia=, specific description, 273;
haunts of, 104, 108

_Acorus Calamus_, 25, 161

Adams, George, shanty of, 197

Æolian Glen, Bellows-Pipe, 217, 220;
harps of, 12, 153

Æolus, Mount (Dorset Mountains) (Vt.), of Taconic origin, 142

Agriculture, Department of (Washington, D. C.), 125

Ague Tree, 186

Aiton’s _Catalogue of Plants_, 37

Albinos of =Cypripedium acaule=, 147, 148;
of =Cypripedium reginæ=, 61, 137, 184

Alder, Speckled or Hoary, 23, 31

Allen, Grant, quoted, 53

_Allium_, 172

Alpine Blossoms of the Dome, 201

Amanita, 184

_Amelanchier Canadensis_, 119

Amidon’s Farm, 41, 174, 198;
woods of, 98;
pines of, 134, 135, 138

_Anaphalis margaritacea_, 237

_Andromeda_, 6

Anemones, 5, 171, 232

Anthony, Mount, Bennington (Vt.), 86, 97, 188, 204

_Antrostomus Carolinensis_, 205.
_See_ Chuck-Will’s-Widow

_Antrostomus vociferus_, 205.
_See_ Whippoorwill

=Aplectrum=, generic description, 283
=A. spicatum=, specific description, 284

_Aquilegia_, origin of name, 168, 169
_A. Canadensis_, 168

Arbor Vitæ, American, 118, 189

Arbutus, Trailing, 14, 24, 104, 121, 133, 187;
days for, 133, 139

_Arctostaphylos pungens_, 165.
_See_ Manzanita

_Arctomys monax_, 177.
_See_ Woodchuck’s home

=Arethusa=, generic description, 262
=A. bulbosa=, specific description, 262;
haunts of, 89, 90, 187

Arethusa’s Fountain or Spring, 31, 72, 88, 142

_Arisæma triphyllum_, 21, 160

_Arnica acaulis_, 235

Arrow-Head, 64

_Artemisia Absinthium_, 238

Arum, 160

_Asarum Canadense_, 179

_Asclepias tuberosa_, 234

Ashuilticook, South Branch, Hoosac River, 13, 112, 214, 223

_Asplenium_, 194, 195
_A. ebenoides_, 199
_A. platyneuron_, 199
_A. Ruta-Muraria_, 191

Atlantic Region of North America, 60, 131, 153

_Atragene Americana_, 140

August, month of, 105, 140, 165, 231, 237;
excursions, 7th, 224;
16th, 222

Aurora’s Bog, 6, 8, 17, 20, 49, 59;
hill of, 112, 133

Aurora’s Lake, 5, 14, 89, 114, 177

Autumn flowers (N. J.), 237;
Hoosac Valley, 237

Azalea, Pink, 31, 141, 157, 162, 168, 175, 176
_A. nudiflora_, 6

B

Bailey, L. H., Jr., quoted, 32

Bald Mountain (Mass.), 11

Baldwin, Henry, quoted, 40, 41, 42

Ball Brook, wanderings of, 15, 25, 27, 36, 55, 72, 75, 86, 141, 172,
179, 181, 202, 204

Ball Farm, 22, 75, 141, 146, 198

Balsam-Fir tree, 202;
resinous blisters of, 118, 202

Balsam-Weed, 237

Barber’s Mill, 31, 63, 87, 179

Bear Berry, 21

Bear Swamp, 208

Beaver Dam, last evidences of the, 229

Beaver, The, North Adams (Mass.), 224

Bedford Park (N. Y. City), 161

Beecher, Henry Ward, quoted, 201

Bellows-Pipe, Notch Valley, Hoosac Highlands, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220;
Indian’s legend of, 217, 218.
_See_ Notch Valley

Bennington (Vt.), 37, 204;
battle of, 11, 76;
county of, 15, 85, 86;
hill of, 27, 86, 201;
road to Boston (Mass.), from, 76;
rebellion of the Green Mountain Boys of, 97

Berkshire, northern (Mass.), 57, 121, 214;
“Beautiful Berkshire,” 5;
boglands of, 114;
highlands of, 133, 222;
natural features of, 225;
valleys of, 214

Bertram, a character of Hawthorne’s, 215

_Bicuculla Canadensis_, 131
_B. Cucullaria_, 131
_B. eximia_, 131

Birch Family, 149

Birch woods, 57, 138, 186

Bird’s-Foot Violet, origin of name of, 159

Birds, songs of, 130, 133, 202;
rare nests of, 154;
of the Dome, 210

Bitter-Buttons, 238

Blackberry bushes, 112, 211, 237

Black Spruce, Dwarf, 117

Bleeding Heart, 131

Blodgett, F. H., quoted on origin of Dog’s-Tooth Violet, 126

Bloodroot, 164

Bluebells of New England, 192, 195, 238

Blueberry, Dwarf Low, 117, 118, 119

Bluets, 4, 126, 232

Bobolink, notes of the, 95, 167;
nest of the, 96

Bonny, Old, 38

Boots, waterproof, 103, 113;
hob-nailed, 213

Boston (Mass.), 7, 47, 94

Botanizing outfit, 62

Boulders, 9, 112, 189, 199, 213, 227

Boxberry, 24

Brakes, 12, 20, 68, 103, 112, 163

Brattleboro (Vt.), 204

Briar-roses, 187, 236

Broad Brook, 197;
forks of, 76, 184, 185;
valley of, 184, 185, 210

Bronx Park (N. Y. City), 20, 158, 159, 167, 172

Brooklyn Bridge (N. Y. City), 231

Broom-Rape Family, 164

Bryant, William Cullen, quoted, 62, 95, 112, 115, 182, 214, 235, 238

Buckbean, 26, 67, 70, 180

Buckwheat Family, 84

Bull-frogs, 63, 182

Burlington (Vt.), 40, 41

Burroughs, John, quoted, 3, 17, 154, 233

Butter-and-Eggs, 235

Butterflies, 130

Butterfly Polypores, 153, 186

Butterfly-Weed, Orange, 234

Butternut Lane, 138

Butternut-trees, 74, 234

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

_Nymphæa_, 83;
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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