INDEX 



Apple, the, as medicine and food, 



113, 11-L, 127, V2S; hi England, 



114, 171. '2U7 ; in Russia, lU ; in 

 Chili, 115; pleasing to all the 

 senses, 115, 11<3 ; resisting the 

 cold, 117 ; the friend of man, 117, 

 118 ; individuality of dift'erent va- 

 rieties, 118, 119; stored under 

 ground, 119, 120; the boy's fond- 

 news 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, 12U, 127 ; 

 the cow and the wild apple, 127 ; 

 individuality in the trees, 127 ; 

 wild apples and Thoreau, 128- 

 130. S''f Orchard, apple. 



Arbutus, trailing, 18, 9C. 



Architecture, of English houses, 

 152-154 ; of English castles, 154 ; 

 of English churches and cathe- 

 drals, 155-lGl ; in America, 15G. 



Asli, autumn foliage of, 107. 



Asters, 105, IOC. 



Atmosphere, in England and Amer- 

 ica, 1, 2. 



Antimni, in Washington, 3-5 ; ap- 

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

 Indian summer period of, ()9-1(tl ; 

 a parody of spring, 101, 1('2; 

 contrasted with spring, 102, 103 ; 

 the last flower of, 104 ; tlie gos- 

 samer of, 104, 105 ; weeds of, 

 105, 106 ; foliage of, 100, 107, 

 171 ; animal life in, 108-110. 



Avon, the, 209, 213. 



Bass, 87. 



Bear, black {Ursvs americanus), 

 108. 



Beauty, female, 151, 152, 18G. 



Beaver {Castor fiber)^ G7. 



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, 12(; ; land- 

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

 133, 134 ; abundance in England, 

 141, 142; songs of European and 

 American, H*\. 



Blackbird, crow, or purple grackle 

 {Quiscdlus qiiiscnla). iir>. 



Blackbird, European, its resem- 

 blance to the American robin, 

 1(;5, 106; in poetry, IGG; notes 

 of, 166; nest of, 166. 



Blood-root, 17, 18. 



Bluebird {Sinlia .vialis), IC. 101. 



Bobolink (Dolichouyx oryziiorus), 

 song ol, 163. 



Bonfires, 86. 



Boy, the, his fondness for apples, 

 121. 



Boys, Engli.sl) and American, 169. 



F.ridges, in Europe, 143, 144. 



Bumblebee, 109. 



Burdock, 105. 



Buzzard, or turkey vulture {Cathnr- 

 tfs anrn), 5 ; manner of flight, 7, 

 8 ; silence of, 8, 9 ; 19. 



Cardinal. See Grosbeak, carJinal. 

 Carlyle, Thomas, 166; a call on, 



204, 205 ; greatness of, 205. 

 Cars, street, 24. 

 Cat, the, nose of, 73. 

 Cathedrals in England, 155-lGl. 



See Churches. 

 Catskills, 44. 



C ittlc, 93. See Cows and Oxen. 

 C'Mlar, red, 106. 

 Ced.'-r-bir'l, or cedar wax wing {Am- 



pilis cexironim), 86, 125. 

 Chp'^ter, England, 171, 172, 215- 



217. 

 Cliickadee {Parus a(ricapillus), 19, 



126. 

 Children, Encrlish, a conversation 



with, 211. 212. 

 Chili, the apple in, 115. 

 Chipmunk {Tamiuji striatus), 55, 



