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INDEX. 



Plato, quoted, 32. 



Pliny, quoted, 37, 53, 54. 



Poetry and History, 32. 



Pogonia. See Orchid. 



Polyphemus-moth, 142. 



Pond-weed (Utricularia), luminous flowers, 36; 



fragrance of, 52, 169. 



Poplar family distinguished by insects, 141. 

 Poppy, phosphorescence of petals, 35; poppy and 



poet, 25, 36; sleep of, 23-25. 

 Potato, flowers of, at night, 19. 

 Pouts, 55. 



'rimrose. See Evening Primrose. 



'rince's-pine. See Pipsissewa (C. umbellatd). 



'rometheus-moth, 142. 



'urple-finch. See Finch. 



'urple-fringed orchis. See Orchis. 

 Purslane family, insect specialists on, 139. 

 Pusley, night attitude of, 22. 

 Pyrola, 165, 167, 168; at night, 48; false winter- 

 green, 168; shin-leaf (P. ellipticd), 168; small, 

 169. 



QUAIL, 64. 



RAGGED orchis (0. lacera), 160. 



Railroad plants, 158. 



Rain, clovers in, 17; evening primrose in, 28 ; 



nasturtiums in, 20. 

 Rain-crow, nest of, no. 

 Raspberry, albino of, 176; flowering, 169. 

 Rattle-box (Crotallaria), insect tenant of, 135. 

 Rattlesnake hawkweed ( Hieracium venosmn ), 



168. 

 Rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), 163, 



168. 



Red admiral butterfly. See Butterfly, Atlanta. 

 Red clover ( Trifolium pratense). See Clover. 

 Red-eyed vireo, 64; song of, 68. 

 Redstart, 64 ; gathering dandelion-seeds, 103 ; 



nest ingredients of, 99. 



Red-wing starling, nest of, 97, 113; song of, 71. 

 "Reed-birds," 78. 



Rhododendron, Alpen, 184; nivale {R. maxi- 

 mum), 127. 

 Rhodora, 27. 



Rib-grass (Plantago lanceolata). See Plantain. 

 " Rice -birds," 78. 

 Robin, albino of, 176; nest of, 62, 97, 109; song 



of, 69. 



Rock-flower (Saxifraga Virginiensis), 173, 174. 

 Rooster, flapping wings of, 86, 87. 

 Rose : Asa "national flower," 182; at night, 26; 



eglantine, 169; of the conservatory, 154, 185; 



wild, 154, 169; family (Rosacece), 169; species 



distinguished by insects, 141. 

 Rose -breasted Grosbeak, 64, 66. 



Rue-anemone. See Anemone. 

 Ruffed grouse : Attitudes, 86 ; drumming at 

 -ight, 54; the "drum" of, 83-86. 



SAMUELS, quoted, 85, 113. 



Sand, flowers growing in, 157, 158. 



Sandpiper, " teeter-bird," 91. 



Saxifrage family, butterfly specialist on, 143. 



Scabious, sweet, 169. 



Scarlet tanager, 64, 165. 



Scouring-rush. See Equisetum. 



Scudder, reference, 142. 



Sea-shore, plants of, 157. 



Secret flowers, 178, 179. 



Seeds, as bird-nest material, 102, 103 ; winged, 

 158. 



Semicolon-butterfly. See Butterfly. 



Sensitive-plant, wild. See Partridge-pea. 



Shakespeare, quoted, 23, 25, 26, 120. 



Shelley, quoted, 16, 29. 



Shin-leaf. See Pyrola. 



Sidesaddle-flower. See Pitcher-plant. 



Silk-weed. See Milk-weed. 



Skunk, 49, 54, 



Skunk-cabbage, 172, 173, 174. 



Sleep of plants, 13-42. 



Smilacena, 48. 



Snake and woodpecker, 112. 



Snake-skins as a nest lining, 101. 



Snap-weed. See Jewel-weed. 



Sneeze-weed (ffelenitim aatuninale), 1 66. 



Snow-bunting {Hectrophanes nivalis), nest mate- 

 rial of, 98. 



Solanum family (Solanacea:), insect experts on, 



139- 



Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum bijlonim), 160, 161. 



Sparrow : Chipping, 54, 64 ; " hair-bird," nest of, 

 97; song of, 54; English, 64; field (Spizella 

 pusilla), 64 ; song-sparrow, 64 ; white-throated 

 (Fringilla albicollis), song of, 70 ; night song 

 of, 54 ; yellow - winged Coturniculus passeri- 

 tnis, 64. 



Spenser, quoted, 39. 



Sphagnum-bog, 163. 



Sphinx-moths. See Hawk-moths. 



Spider-silk in bird-nests, 93, 97, 116. 



Spider-webs. See Gossamer. 



Spiritual correspondences in flowers, 156. 



Spotted wintergreen. See Pipsissewa (Afaculata). 



Spring beauty (Claytonia), 173. 



Squirrel -corn (Dicentra Canadensis), 167, 168, 

 173- 



Squirrel-cups. See Liverwort. 



Squirrel-hair in bird-nest, 97. 



Squirrel, albino, 176; red, the enemy of birds, 1 1 2. 



" Stake-driver," 56. 



Subterranean flowers, 178, 179. 



