INDEX 



Ipple, the, as medicine and food, 

 113, 114, m, 128; in England, 

 lU, 171. 21)7 ; in Kusiaia, 114; in 

 Chili, 115; pleading to all the 

 sensrg, 115, 116 ; reaiating the 

 cold, 117 ; the Iriend of man, 117, 

 118 ; individuality ot ditterent va- 

 rietiee, 118, 119 ; stored under 

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

 neHS lor, 121 ; the genuine apple- 

 eater, 122, 123; prized by the 

 early settlers, 123; asocial fruit, 

 123-125; fondness of wild and 

 domestic animals for, 12G, 127 : 

 the cow and the wild apple, 127 ; 

 individuality in the trees, 127 ; 

 wild tipples and Thoreau, 128- 

 130. Sfi' Orchard, apple. 



Arbutus, trilling, 18, 96. 



Architectiii*e, of English houses, 

 152-154; of English castles, 154: 

 of Enelish churches and cathe- 

 drals, 155-161 ; in America, 156. 



Ash, autumn foliage of, 1U7. 



Asters, 105, 106. 



Atmosphere, in England and Amer- 

 ica, 1, 2. 



Autumn, in Washington, 3-5; np- 

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

 Indian sumuier period of, 99-101 ; 

 a parody of spring, 101, 102; 

 contrasted with spring, 102, 103 : 

 the last flower of, 104 ; tlie gos- 

 snmer of. 104, 105 ; weeds of, 

 105, 106 ; foliage of, 106, 107, 

 171 ; animil life in, 108-110. 



Avon, the, 209, 213. 



Baas, 87. 



Bear, black {Ursus americanvs), 

 108. 



Beauty, female, 151, 152, 186. 



Beaver {Castor _fiber)^ 67. 



Beech, European, 189. 



Beea. See Bumblebee and Honey- 

 bee. 



Birda, winter bands of, 16 ; as sow- 



ers of seed, 98 ; in autumn, 101 1 

 of the orchard, 125, 126; land- 

 birds at sea, 132-134 ; searbirds, 

 133, 134 ; abundance iu England, 

 141, 142 ; Bougs of European and 

 American, 106. 



Blackbird, crow, or purple gractle 

 {Quiscalus gui6oula), 86. 



SWkbird, European, its resem- 

 blance to the American robin, 

 165, 166 ; in poetry, 166 ; notes 

 of, ICC ; nest of, 166. 



Blood-root, 17, 18. 



Bluebird {Sinlin Halis), 16. 101. 



Bobolink {Volichonyx oryzivorus)^ 

 song ol, 163. 



Bonfires, 86. 



Boy, the, hia fondness for apples, 

 121. 



Boys, English and American, 169. 



Kridge", in Europe, 143, 144. 



Buml.Iebee, 109, 



Burdock, 105. 



Buzzard, or turkey vulture {Catkar' 

 tes aura)j 5 ; manner of flight, 7, 

 8 ; silence of, 8, 9 ; 19. 



Cardinal. See Grosbeak, ca^jinal. 

 Carlyle, Thomas, 166; a call on, 



204, 205 ; greatness of, 205. 

 Cars, street, 24. 

 Cat, the, nose of, 73. 

 Cathedrals in England, 155-161. 



Sfe Churches. 

 Catskills, 44. 



Cattle, 93. See Cows and Oxen. 

 Cedar, red, 106. 

 Ced-T-birH, or cedar waxwing {Am- 



pelis cedrorum), 86, 125. 

 Chester, England, 171, 172, 215- 



217. 

 Chickadee {Parus airicapillus)^ 19, 



126. 

 Children, Enprlish, » conversation 



with, 211,212. 

 Chili, the apnle in, 115. 

 Chipmunk {Tamias stricUut)^ 66) 



