INDEX 



Apple, the, as medicine and food, 



113, 114, 127, 128; in England, 



114, 171. 207 ; in Russia, 114 ; in 

 Chili, 115 ; pleasing to all the 

 senses, 115, 116; resisting the 

 cold, 117 ; the friend of man, 117, 

 118 ; individuality of different va 

 rieties, 118, 119 ; stored under 

 ground, 119, 120; the boy's fond 

 ness for, 121 ; the genuine apple- 

 eater, 122, 123 ; prized by the 

 early settlers, 123 ; a social fruit, 

 123-125 ; fondness of wild and 

 domestic animals for, 12G, 127 ; 

 the cow and the wild apple, 127 ; 

 individuality in the trees, 127 ; 

 wild apples and Thoreau, 128- 

 130. Sff Orchard, apple. 



Arbutus, trailing, 18, 96. 



Architecture, of English houses, 

 152-154 ; of English castles, 154 ; 

 of English churches and cathe 

 drals, 155-1G1 ; in America, 15G. 



Ash, autumn foliage of, 107. 



Asters, 105, IOC. 



Atmosphere, in England and Amer 

 ica, 1, 2. 



Autumn, in Washington, 3-5; ap 

 proach of, 97 ; advance of, 98, 99 ; 

 Indian summer period of, 99-101 ; 

 a parody of spring, 101, 102; 

 contrasted with spring, 102, 103 ; 

 the last flower of, 104 ; the gos 

 samer of, 104, 105 ; weeds of, 

 105, 10G ; foliage of, 106, 107, 

 171 ; animal life in, 108-110. 



Avon, the, 209, 213. 



Bass, 87. 



Bear, black (Ursus americanus), 

 108. 



Beauty, female, 151, 152, 18C. 



Beaver (Castor fiber), 67. 



Beech, European, 189. 



Bees. See Bumblebee and Honey 

 bee. 



Birds, winter bands of, 16 ; as sow 



ers of seed, 98 ; in autumn, 101 ; 

 of the orchard, 125, 126 ; land- 

 birds at sea, 132-134 ; sea-birds, 

 133, 134 ; abundance in England, 

 141, 142 ; songs of European and 

 American, 1GC. 



Blackbird, crow, or purple grackle * 

 (Quiscalus quiscula), 85. 



Blackbird, European, its resem 

 blance to the American robin, 

 165, 1G6; in poetry, 166; notes 

 of, 166; nest of, 166. 



Blood-root, 17, 18. 



Bluebird (Sialia sialis), 16, 101. 



Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), 

 song of, 163. 



Bonfires, 86. 



Boy, the, his fondness for apples, 

 121. 



Boys, English and American, 169. 



Bridges, in Europe, 143, 144. 



Bumblebee, 109. 



Burdock, 105. 



Buzzard, or turkey vulture (Catfiar- 

 tcs aura), 5 ; manner of flight, 7, 

 8 ; silence of, 8, 9 ; 19. 



Cardinal. See Grosbeak, carainal. 

 Carlyle, Thomas, 166 ; a call on, 



204, 205 ; greatness of, 205. 

 Cars, street, 24. 

 Cat, the, nose of, 73. 

 Cathedrals in England, 155-161. 



See Churches. 

 Catskills, 44. 



Cattle, 93. See Cows and Oxen. 

 Cedar, red, 106. 

 Cedar-bird, or cedar waxwing (Am- 



pelis cedrorum), 86, 125. 

 Chester, England, 171, 172, 215- 



217. 

 Chickadee (Parus atricapillus), 19, 



12G. 

 Children, English, a conversation 



with, 211, 212. 

 Chili, the apple in, 115. 

 Chipmunk (Tamias slriatus), 55, 



