340 



Aspidium aculeatum, 267. 



cristatum, 267. 



felix-mas, 267. 



Goldianum, 267. 



marginale, 267. 



spinulosum, 267. 

 Asplenium ebeneum, 270. 



nigrum, 270. 



trichomanes, 270. 

 Association in odors, 7. 

 Aster amellus, 315. 

 Aster, annual, 315. 

 Aster Novae Angliae, 314. 

 Asters, 5, 256, 312-314. 

 Autumnal hues, 306, 326. 

 Autumn and the poets, 331. 

 Autumn, the ode to, 320. 

 Avens, scarlet, 248. 

 Azalea, no, 139, 140. 



calendulacea, 140. 



nudiflora, 140, 255. 



viscosa, 140, 255. 



Bachelor-buttons, 146, 250. 

 Bacon, Francis, 33, 34, 305. 

 Baneberry, 318. 

 Barberry, 35, 236, 318. 



purple-leaved, 235. 

 Bats, 149, 221, 222. 

 Baudelaire, 7. 

 Beeches, 255, 328, 337. 

 Beech-fern, 78, 269. 

 Bee-larkspur, 210-212. 

 Bee-masters, ancient, 199. 

 Bees, 106, 159, 188, 193, 204, 



209, 212, 2l6, 2l8, 219, 230, 



241, 20!. 



Bees, a singular preference 

 shown by, 210. 



colors preferred by, 209. 



perforating the corolla, 212. 



and bears, 200. 

 Beetles, destructive to flowers, 



217. 



Bell, Peter, 54. 

 Belleau, Remy, 59. 

 Bell-flower, 146, 156, 157. 

 Bellworts, 73. 

 Berberis Fortuneii, 329. 

 Bermuda lily, 176. 

 Bidens chrysanthemoides, 314. 

 Bills, the abomination of, 



197. 



Birds, migrating, 320. 

 Bitter-sweet, 305. 

 Bitter-vetch, 160. 

 Blackbird, 18, 81, 320, 321. 

 Black-cap chickadee, 255. 

 Bladder-fern, 77. 

 Bladder-senna, 235. 

 Blood-root, 59, 63, no. 

 Blot, Pierre, 309. 

 Bluebird, 18, 27, 59. 

 Blue jay, 20, 253. 



flag, 72. 

 Bluets, 78. 

 Bobolink, 82. 

 Bocconia cordata, 284. 

 Bog-garden, the, 33, 76. 

 Bokhara bell-flower, 157. 

 Bombus terrestris, 212, 219. 

 Books I must read, 25. 



for summer reading, 193, 

 202. 



