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INDEX. 



Bobolink, 64; change of plumage, 78, 92; "on 

 toast," 78; song of. 72. 



" Bob White," 72. 



Botanists, 156, 159, 162; insect, 119-149. 



Botany, 14, divine, 156. 



Brewer, quoted, 85, 115. 



Broom and bee, 29. 



Browning, Elizabeth, quoted, 156; Robert, quot- 

 ed, 30, 31. 



Bryant, quoted, 25, 29, 74, 152; bobolink, 77; 

 grouse, 83; painted-cup, 166; violet, 170, 172. 



Bull-frog, 55. 



Bull's-eye moth. See Saturnia Moth. 



Bunting, cow. See Cow-bird. 



Bunting, snow, nest material of, 98. 



Burdock (Lappa major), albino, 176. 



Burnt land, vegetation of, 158. 



Burroughs, John, references and quotations, 72, 

 74,83,97,112,157. 



Bush clover at night, 16. 



Buttercups at night, 26. 



Butterflies and flowers, 28. 



Butterflies: Alope, 146; Alpine, 121, 128, 143, 

 147, 148; "Angle -wings," 121, 123; antiopa, 

 119-121, 123, 147; Aphrodite, 140; Apollo, 127, 

 143; Archippus, 142; as botanists, 119-149; 

 Atlanta, 121 ; Comma, 121 as a botanist, 128, 

 132 suggestive decoration of, 122, 128-136; 

 Faunus, 123; foreign, 147; fossil, 124; in win- 

 ter, 119; Lavinia, 140; Milbert's, 121 ; Mon- 

 arch, 142 ; Mount Washington (Semideo), 148 ; 

 "Painted Lady," 121, 144; Phaeton, 145; 

 Semicolon, 128, 131, 144, 146; Skipper ( Tity- 

 rus), 136; Swallow-tail, black, as botanists, 

 131 ; Swallow-tail, blue, 145 ; Swallow-tail, 

 zebra, 147; Swiss, 122, 123, 127, 143; Thisbe, 

 140; Troilus, 145 ; white, garden, as botanists, 

 132; white J, 121, 131; yellow (Phi-lodice), as 

 botanists, 133. 



Butterfly-weed (Asclepias tuberosd) 166. 



Butterfly orchid (Oncidium papilio), 154. 



CABBAGE leaves at night, 18. 



Caddis-flies, 55. 



Calopogon, 169. 



Calypso (Calypso borealis), 159, 162. 



Cardinal - flower (Lobelia cardinalis), 160, 165; 



albino, 176; a "national flower" candidate, 



182. 



Carnivorous-plant. See Pitcher-plant. 

 Carrion-flower (Smilax Jterbacea), 172. 

 Cassandra (C. Calyculata), 164. 

 Cassia at night, 16. 

 Cassiope, 184. 



Cat-bird, night song of, 54, 64. 

 Catchfly pink 157. 

 Caterpillar: of Blueflag, 177; of evening prim- 



rose, 137; hog, 139; of milk-weed, 142; silk of 

 in birds'-nests, 99; skins of as birds'-nest mate- 

 rial, 99; sphinx, 138, 139. 



Catfish. See Pout. 



Cat-tail seed-down, 103 



Cecropia moth, 142. 



Chat, yellow-breasted (Icteria viridis), night song 

 of, 54- 



Chaucer, quoted, 13, 60. 



Chebec flycatcher (Entpidonax minimus), 72 



Cherry, wild, 169. 



Chestnut blossoms, odor of, 52. 170. 



Chewink (Pipilo), night song of, 54, 64. 



Chickadee, 72, 97, 112. 



Chickweed, at night, 22, 26; hardihood of, 184. 



Chipping -sparrow (Spizella socialis), night song 

 of, 54, 64 ; nest material of, 97. 



Clethra, 164, 169; night fragrance of, 49, 52. 



Climbing fumitory (Aa'ltimia), 157, 161. 



Clovers: Albino, 176; buffalo, 168; fragrant, 168; 

 in rain, 17; lucenx, 168 ; melilot, 20; red, 168 ; 

 sleep of, 15; underground pods of, 170; va- 

 rious nocturnal attitudes of, 16, 17, 20; white 

 clover and wood ashes, 158. 



Coleridge, quoted, 28, 39. 



Colt'sfoot (Asaruni Canadense), 48, 173 ; sweet, 

 169. 



Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis), 161. 



Comma butterfly. See Butterflies. 



Composite, butterfly experts on, 141, 145. 



Cone-flower (Rudbeckia}, 166. 



Conservatories, London, 153. 



Conservatory versus "Wild Garden," 153-185. 



Coon-hair in birds'-nests, 97. 



Coral-root. See Orchid. 



Coreopsis flowers at night, 19. 



Corpse-plant. See Indian-pipe. 



Cotton-moth, 137. 



Cow-berry, 184. 



Cow-bird (Molothrus pecoiis), 114. 



Cranberry, 184. 



Cranesbill (Geranium maculatum), 161 ; at night, 

 26. 



Creeper, 97, 112. 



Creeping mallow (M. rotundifolia) at night, 22, 

 26 ; creeping warbler (Mniotilta), 106. 



Crow, 64. 



Cuckoo, European, ill yellow-billed (Coccygus 

 Amer.), nest of, no, in. 



Cuvier, quoted, 92. 



Cypripedium: Hybrid, 153; vt\i\le(C.spectabilis), 

 !55> i3; moccasin - flower, lady's -slipper (C. 

 acaule), 163, 167, 169 ; yellow (C. parvifloruni}, 

 163, 169. 



DAISY, 13, 157; and the poets, 25, 26. 

 Dandelion, 169, 170, 173; as a candidate for the 



