Part 20
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
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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
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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
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_Kalmia_, 6, 173, 184, 218
Kimball Bogs, 27, 72, 142; farm, 28, 36
Kurtz, Dr. F., Arctic Expedition of, 60
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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
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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
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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
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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
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_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
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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_
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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
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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