INDEX 



Apple, the, as medicine and food, 



113, 114, 127, 128; in England, 



114, 171, 207 ; in Russia, 114; in 

 ChUi, 115 ; pleasing to all the 

 senses, 115, 116; resisting the 

 cold, 117 ; the friend of man, 117, 

 118 ; individuality of different va- 

 rieties, 118, 119 ; stored under 

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

 neNS for, 121 ; the genuine apple- 

 eater, 122, 123; prized by the 

 early settlers, 123 ; a social fruit, 

 123-125 ; fondness of wild and 

 domestic animals for, 126, 127 

 the cow and the wild apple, 127 

 individuality in the trees, 127 . 

 wild apples and Thoreau, 128- 

 130. See Orchard, apple. 



Arbutus, trailing, 18, 96. 



Architecture, of English houses, 

 152-154 ; of English castles, 154 ; 

 of English churches and cathe- 

 drals, 155-161 ; in America, 156. 



Ash, autumn foliage of, 107. 



Asters, 105, 106. 



Atmosphere, in England and Amer- 

 ica, 1, 2. 



Autumn, in Washington, 3-5 ; ap- 

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

 Indian summer period of, 99-101 ; 

 a parody of spring, 101, 102; 

 contrasted with spring, 102, 103 ; 

 the last flower of, 104 ; the gos- 

 samer of, 104, 105; weeds of, 

 105, 106 ; foliage of, 106, 107, 

 171 ; animal life in, 108-110. 



Avon, the, 209, 213. 



Bass, 87. 



Bear, black (Jlrsus americanus), 

 108. 



Beauty, female, 151, 152, 186. 



Beaver {Castor, fiber), 67. 



Beech, European, 189. 



Bees. See Bumblebee and Honey- 

 bee. 



Birds, winter bands of, 16 ; as flow- 



ers of seed, 98 ; in autumn, 101 ; 

 of the orchard, 125, 126 ; land- 

 birds at eea, 132-134; sea-birds, 

 133, 134 ; abmidance in England, 

 141, 142 ; songs of European and 

 American, 166. 



Blackbird, crow, or purple grackle 

 {Quiscalus quiscula), 85. 



Blackbird, European, its resem- 

 blance to the American robin, 

 165, 166; in poetry, 166; notes 

 of, 166 ; nest of, 166. 



Blood-root, 17, 18. 



Bluebird {Sialia sialis), 16, 101. 



Bobolink {Dolichonyz oryzivoTus\ 

 song of, 163. 



Bonfires, 86. 



Boy, the, his fondness for apples, 

 121. 



Boys, English and American, 169. 



Bridges, in Europe, 143, 144. 



Bumblebee, 109. 



Burdock, 105. 



Buzzard, or turkey vulture {Cathar- 

 ies aura), 5 ; manner of flight, 7, 

 8 ; silence of, 8, 9 ; 19. 



Cardinal. See Grosbeak, cardinal. 

 Carlyle, Thomas, 166 ; a call on, 



204, 205 ; greatness of, 205. 

 Cars, street, 24. 

 Cat, the, nose of, 73. 

 Cathedrals in England, 155-161. 



See Churches. 

 Catskills, 44. 



Cattle, 93. See Cows and Oxen. 

 Cedar, red, 106. 

 Cedar-bird, or cedar waxwing {Am- 



pelis cedroruvi), 86, 125. 

 Chester, England, 171, 172, 215- 



217. 

 Chickadee {Parus atricapillus), 19, 



126. 

 Children, English, a conversation 



with, 211, 212. 

 Chili, the apple in, 115. 

 Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)^ 55, 



