INDEX. 
Sugar-maple, 169. 
Sundews (Drosera), 159. 
Sunflower, phosphorescence of, 35. 
Sunflowers, 166. 
Swallow, 64,66; nests of, 109; sound from wings, 
9. 
Swallow-tail. See Butterfly. 
Swamp, Black Mountain, Lake George, 163; veg- 
etation of, 157, 159, 162, 163. 
Swamp-honeysuckle. See Azalea. 
Sweet-bay, 169. 
Sweetbrier, 169. 
Sweet-fern (Comptonia), 48, 49. 
Switzerland, moonlight meadows of, 23. 
TANAGER, 64, 165. 
Telegraph-harp, 57. 
Thistle, 169. 
Thistle-bird. See Goldfinch. 
Thoreau, H. D., 17; quoted, 10, 49,52,60, 72,97, 
118; on the bobolink, 74; on the grouse, 85 ; 
on the swamp, 162. 
Thorn-apple (Stramonium), 170. 
Thoroughwort (Eupatorium purpureum), albino, 
176, 
Thrush:—Brown, 64; song of, 69; golden-crown- 
_ ed, 71; night song of, 54; veery (Wilson’s), 54, 
64; wood, 64. 
Thrushes, nests of, 109. 
Tick trefoil (Desmodium), at night, 16, 
Toad, 55; skins of, in birds’-nests, Tor. 
Toad-flax, blue (Zznaria Canadensis), 158; yel- 
low (L. Vulgaris), 166, 168, 170. 
Tobacco-plant, at night, 18. 
Towhee bunting. See Chewink. 
Trailing arbutus, 156,161; as a ‘‘national flow- 
er,’ 181; fragrance at night, 47, 167, 168, 172, 
174; under snow, 175. i 
Tree-toad, 55. 
Trowbridge, J. T., quoted, 83. 
Tuberose, phosphorescence of, 35. 
Tulip, natural and ‘‘improved,” 154. 
Turtle-dove, nest of, III. 
Turtles, 55. 
Twin-flower (Zzxnea borealis), 167, 168. 
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UMBELLIFEROUS plants distinguished by a but- 
terfly, 131. 
Underground flowers, 178, 179. 
VeEERY. See Thrush. 
Viburnum family, insect specialists on, 140. 
Violet :—A candidate for ‘‘national flower,” 182 ; 
albino of, 176; and insect, 28; bird-foot (/zo- 
Ja pedata), 158,170; blue (V7. Cucullata), Can- 
ada, 169;. cleistogamic flowers of, 178; family, 
distinguished by butterflies, 140; fragrant, 170, 
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193 
172; shooting seeds, 178; spurred, 169; yellow, 
169, 172, 174. 
Vireo:—Red-eyed, 64; curious nest material of, 
94, 101; newspaper fragments in nest, 94-96; 
“politician,” 95; solitary, nest material of, 98; 
the ‘‘preacher,” 96; warbling, 64. 
WARBLER :—Black and white creeping, 106; blue 
yellow-backed, 112; blue-winged yellow, nest 
of, 114; Kentucky, nest materials of, 99; Nash- 
ville, nest materials of, 99; prairie, 99; worm- 
eating, nest materials of, 98; yellow, 64; nest 
of, 102, r04; five-storied nest of, 114. 
Water-lily, white, 169. 
Weasel, 54. 
Weeds, significance of, 67. 
Weevil, pea, 135; leaf-rolling, 135, 137. 
Whippoorwill, 52,64,72; deceptive antics of, 80; 
nest of, r11; nest and brood, 161. 
White-alder. See Clethra. 
White-clover (Z7rifolium repens). 
White-thorn, 169. 
Whitlow-flower (Drada verna), 173. 
Whittier, quoted, 56. 
Whortleberry, 169. 
Wild-bean (Agios tuberosa). See Ground-nut. 
Wild-bean ( Amphicarpea), leaves at night, 16; 
subterranean flowers of, 179. 
Wild-carrot (Daucus carota), freak, 177. 
Wild-cat, 54. 
Wild-cherry, 169. 
Wild flowers, 153-186; and cultivated contrast- 
ed, 153-185 ; as geological indicators, 158; of 
swamp, 157,159; fragrant, 168; freaks among, 
176; white or albino specimens, 176. 
Wild garden versus conservatory, 153, 154. 
Wild-ginger (Asarum Canadense), 48, 173. 
Wild-grape, fragrance of, 52, 166, 169, 172. 
Wild-pink, 157. 
Wild-rose, versus cultivated, 154,185; as the ‘‘na- 
tional flower,” 182 ; at night, 26. 
Willow, 169; alpine, 127. 
Willow family (Sa/ix), insect experts on, 141. 
Willow-herb (Zpilobium angustifolium), 158 ; 
abnormal varieties of, 176. 
Wilson .—On the grouse, 83,85; on the nighthawk, 
79; ‘‘ politician,” 95 ; quoted, 104, 107, 114, 120. 
Wilson’s thrush. See Thrush. 
Wind-blown seeds, 158. 
Wind-flowers. See Anemone. 
Winter butterfly, 120. 
See Clover. 
Winter flowers, 175. 
Witch-hazel, 184; odor of, 163, 169; odorous at 
night, 50; as an American, 182. 
Wood-betony (Pedicularis Canadensis), 160. 
Woodbine honeysuckle, 32. 
Wood-flowers, 156. 
