INDEX. 



193 



Sugar-maple, 169. 



Sundews (Drosera), 159. 



Sunflower, phosphorescence of, 35. 



Sunflowers, 166. 



Swallow, 64, 66; nests of, 109; sound from wings, 

 79- 



Swallow-tail. See Butterfly. 



Swamp, Black Mountain, Lake George, 163; veg- 

 etation of, 157, 159, 162, 163. 



Swamp-honeysuckle. See Azalea. 



Sweet-bay, 169. 



Sweetbrier, 169. 



Sweet-fern (Comptonia), 48, 49. 



Switzerland, moonlight meadows of, 23. 



TANAGER, 64, 165. 



Telegraph-harp, 57. 



Thistle, 169. 



Thistle-bird. See Goldfinch. 



Thoreau, H. D., 17; quoted, 10, 49,52,60,72,97, 

 118; on the bobolink, 74 ; on the grouse, 85 ; 

 on the swamp, 162. 



Thorn-apple {Stramonium}, 170. 



Thoroughwort {Eiipatorium ftirpureum'), albino, 

 176. 



Thrush: Brown, 64; song of, 69; golden-crown- 

 ed, 71; night song of, 54; veery (Wilson's), 54, 

 64; wood, 64. 



Thrushes, nests of, 109. 



Tick trefoil {Desmodiuni), at night, 16. 



Toad, 55; skins of, in birds'-nests, 101. 



Toad-flax, blue (Linaria Canadensis),i$%; yel- 

 low (L. Vulgaris), 166, 168, 170. 



Tobacco-plant, at night, 18. 



Towhee bunting. See Chewink. 



Trailing arbutus, 156, 161; as a "national flow- 

 er," 181; fragrance at night, 47, 167, 168, 172, 

 174 ; under snow, 175. 



Tree-toad, 55. 



Trowbridge, J. T., quoted, 83. 



Tuberose, phosphorescence of, 35. 



Tulip, natural and "improved," 154. 



Turtle-dove, nest of, in. 



Turtles, 55. 



Twin-flower (Linnaa borealis), 167, 168. 



UMBELLIFEROUS plants distinguished by a but- 

 terfly, 131. 

 Underground flowers, 178, 179. 



VEERY. See Thrush. 



Viburnum family, insect specialists on, 140. 



Violet: A candidate for "national flower," 182 ; 

 albino of, 176; and insect, 28; bird-foot (Vio- 

 la pedata), 158, 170; blue ( V. Cucullata), Can- 

 ada, 169; cleistogamic flowers of, 178 ; family, 



172; shooting seeds, 1 78; spurred, 169; yellow 

 _ 169, 172, 174. 



Vireo: Red-eyed, 64; curious nest material of, 

 94, 101; newspaper fragments in nest, 94-96; 

 " politician," 95; solitary, nest material of, 98; 

 the "preacher, "96; warbling, 64. 



WARBLER:^Black and white creeping, 106 ; blue 

 yellow-backed, 112; blue-winged yellow, nest 

 of, 114; Kentucky, nest materials of, 99; Nash- 

 ville, nest materials of, 99 ; prairie, 99 ; worm- 

 eating, nest materials of, 98 ; yellow, 64 ; nest 

 of, 102, 104; five-storied nest of, 114. 



Water-lily, white, 169. 



Weasel, 54. 



Weeds, significance of, 67. 



Weevil, pea, 135; leaf-rolling, 135, 137. 



Whippoorwill, 52,64,72; deceptive antics of, So; 

 nest of, in; nest and brood, 161. 



White-alder. See Clethra. 



White-clover ( Tri folium repens). See Clover. 



\Vhite-thorn, 169. 



Whitlow-flower (Draba verna], 173. 



Whittier, quoted, 56. 



Whortleberry, 169. 



Wild-bean (Apios tuberosa). See Ground-nut. 



Wild-bean ( A mphicarpaa ), leaves at night, 16 ; 

 subterranean flowers of, 179. 



Wild-carrot (Daucus carotd), freak, 177. 



Wild-cat, 54. 



Wild-cherry, 169. 



Wild flowers, 153-186; and cultivated contrast- 

 ed, JSS-i^S ; as geological indicators, 158; of 

 swamp, 157, 159; fragrant, 168 ; freaks among, 

 176; white or albino specimens, 176. 



Wild garden versus conservatory, 153, 154. 



Wild-ginger (Asarum Canadensc], 48, 173. 



\Vild-grape, fragrance of, 52, 166, 169, 172. 



Wild-pink, 157. 



Wild-rose, versus cultivated, 154, 185; as the " na- 

 tional flower," 182 ; at night, 26. 



Willow, 169; alpine, 127. 



W'illow family (Salix), insect experts on, 141. 



Willow-herb (Epilobiiim angusti folium), 158; 

 abnormal varieties of, 176. 



Wilson . On the grouse, 83, 85 ; on the nighthawk, 

 79; " politician," 95 ; quoted, 104, 107, 114, 120. 



Wilson's thrush. See Thrush. 



Wind-blown seeds, 158. 



Wind-flowers. See Anemone. 



Winter butterfly, 120. 



Winter flowers, 175. 



Witch-hazel, 184; odor of, 163, 169; odorous at 

 night, 50; as an American, 182. 



Wood-betony (Pedicularis Canactensis), 160. 



Woodbine honeysuckle, 32. 



distinguished by butterflies, 140; fragrant, 170, I Wood-flowers, 156. 

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