3o8 Index 



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 



Vaccinium, 119, 159 



V. corymhosum, 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 literatiire, 58, 59 

 " Venus Slippers," 34. See Lady's-Slipper 

 Veratrum viride, 5, 47 

 Verbasciini Thapsus, 238 

 Vermont, 10, 18, 40, 43 

 Virgil quoted, 119, 159 

 Virgin' s-Bower, 140 



Viola dens-canis, 126. See Dog's-Tooth Lily 

 Fio/a 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. rotundijolia, 158. Round-Leaved Violet 

 Vitis cordijolia, 181 



W 



Wake Robins, 5, 104; Painted, 41; Nodding, 163 



Walden Farm, Notch Valley, 213, 214, 220 



Walking, 3, 15, 75 



Walking Fern, haunts, 4, 190, 191, 193, 198-200, 213, 228 



Walloomsac River, Bennington (Vt.), 188, 202 



Wall-Rue, Spleenwort Fern, 191, 192, 194 



Wars, the French and Indian, 97 



Washington (D. C), 126 



