Index 287 



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 

 Bullfrogs, 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 



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 



