Index 291 



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 



Ellacombe, Rev. Mr., quoted on name of Dead-Men's Thumbs, 



no 

 Elm "turnovers," 103 

 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 55 

 Epigcsa re pens, 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 



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 spcctabilis, 107; Habcnaria Hooker iana, 177,178; 



Cypripedium hirsntum, 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 

 Ftimaria, 131 



