INDEX 



Loosestrife, spiked, travels of 

 217; description of, 218. 



Lowell, James Russell, quotations 

 from, 88, 90, 105, 107, 112-115, 

 124 ; his fidelity to natore, 111- 

 115. 



Mallow, 222, 226. 



Mandrake, 206. 



Maple, sugar, 206, 208; fragrance 

 of its blossoms, 208, 211. 



Marigold, marsh, 91, 205. 



Martin, purple (Progne subis), 116. 



Masque of the Poets, A, quota- 

 tion from, 122. 



Mayflower. See Arbutus, trailing. 



Mayweed, 222. 



Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), 

 93, 120, 167; notes of, 120, 168. 



Merganser, hooded (Lophodytes 

 cucullatus), with a brood of 

 young, 35, 36. 



Mice, 144, 236, 237. 



Milkweed, 219, 220, 231. 



Mink, 10, 143. 



Mitchella vine, or squaw-berry, or 

 partridge-berry, 207, 209. 



Moccasin, 251. 



Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), 

 in poetry, 118. 



Morning and forenoon, distinc- 

 tion between, 36. 



Motherwort, 212, 222. 



Mount Vernon, 244-247. 



Mouse, field, 134. 



Mouse, white-footed, 169; tracks 

 of. 236. 



Mullein, 211, 222 ; habits of, 223, 224. 



Mullein, moth, 228. 



Mullein, white, 216. 



Musconetcong Creek, 47. 



Muskrat, 10, 109; a weatherwise 

 animal, 138-142 ; active in win- 

 ter, 143 ; 252 ; nests of, 138-142. 



Mustard, wild, 212, 222. 



Nature, the poets' intuitive know- 

 ledge of, 85 ; Emerson's know- 

 ledge of, 97, 98; Bryant's know- 

 ledge of, 98 ; Longfellow's inac- 

 curacy in dealing with, 106; 



Whittier's treatment of, 107- 

 110; Lowell's .idelity to, 112-115 ; 

 Tennyson's accurate observa- 

 tions of, 116, 117; Walt Whitman 

 a close student of, 117-120; the 

 poetic interpretation of, 122- 

 125; the scientific interpreta- 

 tion of. 125. 



Negro girl, a conversation with a, 

 250, 251. 



Nettle, 230. 



Nettle, blind, 215. 



Nettle, hemp, 222. 



Nighthawk (Chordeiles virgini- 

 anus), 16. 



Nightshade, 222. 



Note in the woods, a new, 127, 128. 



Oak, white, 212. 



Onion, wild, 214. 



Opossum, 173, 261. 



Orchids, American flora rich in, 



209, 210. 

 Orchis, fringed. See Fringed- 



orchis. 



Orchis, showy, 206, 209, 210. 

 Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus gal- 



bula), 107; as a fruit-destroyer, 



179; notes of, 19, 20; nest of, 



180. 



Orpine, garden. See Live-forever. 

 Orpines, native, 227. 

 Osprey, American, or fish hawk 



(Pandion halia'etus carolinen- 



sis), feeding on the wing, 35. 

 Otter, 156. 

 Oven - bird (Seiurus aitrocapil- 



S), 121 ; song of, 121. 

 Owl. screech (Megascops asio), 



and shrike, 180, 181. 

 Ox lip, 90. 



Pain, in relation to the nervous 



system, 191. 

 Parsnip, wild, 222. 

 Partridge. See Grouse, ruffed. 

 Partridge - berry. See Mitchella 



vine. 



Partridge Island, 36. 

 Pepacton River, v, vi; a voyage 



down, 3-37. 



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