INDEX. 
“*national flower,” 182; seeds of in birds’-nests, 
103. 
Decorative sense in nest-building, 100. 
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum), 161, 169, 172. 
Deer-hair in birds’-nests, 
Desmodium, night aspect of, 16. 
Devil’s-bit, 169. 
Dew, capricious condensation of on leaves, 38, 41. 
Dewberry, 169. 
Dewy gossamers, 38. 
Dock, 17. 
Dog-bane, 169; beetle of the, 137; butterfly bot- 
anist of, 142. 
Double flowers, degeneracy of, 178, 179. 
Dove, turtle, nest of, 111. 
Dragon arum (Arum dracontium), 160. 
‘‘Drum” of grouse, 83-87. 
Dutchman’s Breeches. See Squirrel-corn. 
EAR-SIGHT, 46, 63. 
Edwards, reference, 147. 
Eels, 55. 
Eglantine, 169. 
Elder, 52, 169, 170. 
Elliott, quoted, 83, 86. 
Emerson, R. W., quoted, 14, 27, 72, 92, 122, 150, 
167. 
Equisetum in the dew, 39. 
Eschscholtzia blossoms at night, 19. 
Evening primrose, 26, 28, 32, 33, 168; explosive 
unfolding of flower, 33; family distinguished 
by insect, 137; half-hearted welcome to butter- 
fly, 28; its moth, 137; perfume of, 32, 48, 50, 
168; phosphorescence of, 27,34; welcoming the 
night-moths, 27, 33. 
Everlasting, 169 ; dwarf, 173, 174. 
FALSE FOXGLOVE (Gerardia flava), 165. 
False Solomon’s-seal (Swclacina), 48, 169, 170. 
False wintergreen. See Pyrola. 
Fern-wool in birds’-nests, 106. 
Figwort family (Schrophulariacee) distinguished 
by butterflies, 140, 145. 
Finch, purple, 63; nest ingredients of, 99, ror. 
Fire, plants following, 
Fire-fly and glowworm, 37, 38. 
Fire-weed (Zpilobium angustifolium), 158; white 
specimens, 176. 
Flagg, Wilson, quoted, 68, 74, 78, 85, 96. 
Flicker (Colaptes auratus), 60, 64, 112. 
Floral nondescripts and monstrosities, 153. 
Flower, the national, 180-184. 
Flowering wintergreen (Polygala pauciflora), un- 
derground blossoms of, 178. 
Flowers:—Augmented fragrance at night, 47-52; 
awaiting insects, 28; cleistogamic, 178, 179; 
‘* doubling” of, 178,179; fragrant, 168; freaks, 
189 
176; interdependence of flowers and insects, 
28, 141; in their relation to insects, 27-34, 123, 
127, 137, 141; leaves posing as, 166; phospho- 
rescent, 27, 34-36; underground, 178, 179; 
wild and cultivated, 153-185. 
Fly, remarkable, in pitcher-plant, 165. 
Flycatcher, crested, nest of, 97; singular choice 
of building material, ror. 
Foliage, freaks in, 177. 
Forget-me-not, 166. 
Fossils, insects, 124-126; plants, 124-126. 
Fox-fire. See Phosphorescent fungi. 
Fox, fur of, in bird’s-nest, 98. 
Foxglove. See False foxglove. 
Fox-grape, 169. 
Fragrance of flowers, 126; at night, 47-52. 
Fragrant wild-flowers, list of, 168. 
Freaks among wild-flowers, 176, 177. 
Fringed gentian, 172. 
Frost-grape, 169. 
Frost-weed (Helianthemum Canadense), two sorts 
of flowers, 179. 
Fumitory, climbing (Ad/umia), 157, 161. 
GENTIAN : closed (G. Andrewsii), albino freak, 
176; as a national flower, 182; at night, 25— 
Bryant’s poem, 176; fringed (G. crini¢a), 172. 
Geological indicators among plants, 158. 
Geological succession of plants and insects, 126. 
Geranium, phosphorescence at night, 35. 
Geranium, wild (G. maculatum),161; at night, 26. 
Gerarde quoted, ‘‘ fumitory,” 157. 
Ginseng (Aralia nudicaulis), 160. 
Glowworm and fire-fly, 37, 38. 
Gnatcatcher, blue-gray, nest of, 105. 
Golden-crested wren, nest of, 113. 
Goethe, quoted, 36, 154, 186. 
Golden-crowned thrush. See Thrush. 
Golden-rod, 166; broad-leaved, 169; distribution 
of species, 183; sweet, 170; the preordained 
national flower of America, 181-184. 
Goldfinch, 64, 65; nest and nidification of, 103. 
Gossamers and dew, 38. 
Grackle, 64. 
Grape family ( Vitacee), insect botanists of, 138. 
Grape, wild, fragrance of, 52. 
Grasses, in the dew, 39; insect specialists on, 138. 
Grasshopper, nocturnal, 55. 
Grossbeak, rose-breasted, 64; song of, 66. 
‘Ground-nut (Apzos tuderosa), 166; leaves at night, 
16; odor of blossoms, 48, 168, 180; tubers of, 
180; ginseng, (Avadia) 169, 170. 
Ground robin. See Chewink. 
Grouse. See Ruffed grouse. 
HAIR-BIRD. See Sparrow, chipping. 
Hang-bird. See Oriole. 
