188 
Bobolink, 64; change of plumage,-78, 92; ‘‘on 
toast,” 78; song of, 72. 
‘* Bob White,” 72. 
Botanists, 156, 159, 162; insect, 119-149. 
Botany, 14, divine, 156. 
Brewer, quoted, 85, 115. 
Broom and bee, 29. 
Browning, Elizabeth, quoted, 156; Robert, quot- 
ed, 30, 31. 
Bryant, quoted, 25, 29, 74, 152; bobolink, 77; 
grouse, 83; painted-cup, 166; violet, 170, 172. 
Bull-frog, 55. 
Bull’s-eye moth. See Saturnia Moth. 
Bunting, cow. See Cow-bird. 
Bunting, snow, nest material of, 98. 
Burdock (Lafpa major), albino, 176. 
Burnt land, vegetation of, 158. 
Burroughs, John, references and quotations, 72, 
74, 83, 97, 112, 157. 
Bush clover at night, 16. 
Buttercups at night, 26. 
Butterflies and flowers, 28. 
Butterflies:—Alope, 146; Alpine, 121, 128, 143, 
147, 148; ‘‘Angle-wings,” 121, 123; antiopa, 
IIg-121, 123,147; Aphrodite, 140; Apollo, 127, 
143; Archippus, 142; as botanists, II1g-149; 
Atlanta, 121; Comma, I21—as a botanist, 128, 
132 —suggestive decoration of, 122, 128-136; 
Faunus, 123; foreign, 147; fossil, 124; in win- 
ter, 119; Lavinia, 140; Milbert’s, 121; Mon- 
arch, 142; Mount Washington (Semddea), 148 ; 
‘*Painted Lady,” 121, 144; Phaeton, 145; 
Semicolon, 128, 131, 144, 146; Skipper ( 77¢y- 
rus), 136; Swallow -tail, black, as botanists, 
131; Swallow-tail, blue, 145; Swallow-tail, 
zebra, 147; Swiss, 122, 123, 127, 143; Thisbe, 
140; Troilus, 145; white, garden, as botanists, 
132; white J, 121, 131; yellow ( PAz-lodice), as 
botanists, 133. 
Butterfly-weed (A sclepias tuberosa) 166. 
Butterfly orchid (Oncidium papilio), 154. 
CABBAGE leaves at night, 18. 
Caddis-flies, 55. 
Calopogon, 169. 
Calypso (Calypso borealis), 159, 162. 
Cardinal - flower (Lobelia cardinalis), 160, 165; 
albino, 176; a ‘‘national flower” candidate, 
182. 
Carnivorous-plant. See Pitcher-plant. 
Carrion-flower (Swtlax herbacea), 172. 
Cassandra (C. Calyculata), 164. 
Cassia at night, 16. 
Cassiope, 184. 
Cat-bird, night song of, 54, 64. 
Catchfly pink 157. 
Caterpillar :—of Blueflag, 177; of evening prim- 
INDEX. 
rose, 137; hog, 139; of milk-weed, 142; silk of 
in birds’-nests, 99; skins of as birds’-nest mate- 
rial, 99; sphinx, 138, 139. 
Catfish, See Pout. 
Cat-tail seed-down, 103 
Cecropia moth, 142. 
Chat, yellow-breasted (/cteria viridis), night song 
of, 54. 
Chaucer, quoted, 13, 60. 
Chebec flycatcher (Zmpidonax minimus), 72 
Cherry, wild, 169. 
Chestnut blossoms, odor of, 52, 170. 
Chewink (P7pz/o), night song of, 54, 64. 
Chickadee, 72, 97, 112. 
Chickweed, at night, 22, 26; hardihood of, 134. 
Chipping - sparrow (Spizella socialis), night song 
of, 54, 64; nest material of, 97. 
Clethra, 164, 169; night fragrance of, 49, 52. 
Climbing fumitory (Ad/umia), 157, 161. 
Clovers:—Albino, 176; buffalo, 168; fragrant, 168; 
in rain, 17; lucern, 168; melilot, 20; red, 168; 
sleep of, 15; underground pods of, 170; va- 
rious nocturnal attitudes of, 16,17, 20; white 
clover and wood ashes, 158. 
Coleridge, quoted, 28, 39. 
Colt’sfoot (Asarum Canadense), 48,1733 sweet, 
169. 
Columbine (Agutlegia Canadensis), 161. 
Comma butterfly. See Butterflies. 
Compositz, butterfly experts on, 141, 145. 
Cone-flower (Audbeckia), 166. 
Conservatories, London, 153. 
Conservatory versus ‘‘ Wild Garden,” 153-185. 
Coon-hair in birds’-nests, 97. 
Coral-root. See Orchid. 
Coreopsis flowers at night, Ig. 
Corpse-plant. See Indian-pipe. 
Cotton-moth, 137. 
Cow-berry, 184. 
Cow-bird (AZolothrus pecoris), 114. 
Cranberry, 184. 
Cranesbill (Geranium maculatum), 161; at night, 
26, 
Creeper, 97, I12. 
Creeping mallow (M/. rotundifolia) at night, 22, 
26; creeping warbler (Afnzoti/ta), 106. 
Crow, 64. 
Cuckoo, European, 111, yellow-billed (Coceygus 
Amer.), nest of, 110, III. 
Cuvier, quoted, 92. 
Cypripedium:—Hybrid, 153; white(C. spectadilis), 
155, 163; moccasin- flower, lady’s-slipper (C. 
acaule), 163, 167, 169; yellow (C. parviflorum), 
163, 169. 
Dalsy, 13, 157; and the poets, 25, 26. 
Dandelion, 169, 170, 173; as a candidate for the 
