INDEX
Reading edition
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