Part 22
Spring Beauties, blossoms, 157
Spring water, necessity of marking springs, 203, 208, 211
Spruce trees, 117, 138, 187
Spuyten Duyvil Creek, 158, 166
Squash cultivation, 146
Squirrel-Corn, 131
St. Cloud, Orange Mountains, N. J., 234, 235
St. Jacob’s Dippers, 32, 65
St. John’s Wort, 187
St. Nicholas Avenue (N. Y. City), 158
Stamford Mountains (Vt.), 185, 210, 224; Hollow, 224
_Standergrass, Royall_, 110
Stars-of-Bethlehem, 19, 41, 62
State Line, Massachusetts and Vermont, 76
State Street, North Adams (Mass.), 112, 212
Staten Island (N. Y. City), 235
Stevenson, R. L., quoted, 224
Stick-tights or Pitchforks, 164
Stolen Moccasins, 44
Stone, Silas, Tavern of, 197, 198
Stone walls, 143
Stone-Liverworts, 194
Strawberries, 73, 95, 210
Sugar-Loaves, or glacial hills, 168
Sumach, Poison, 35, 181; autumn leaves of, 103, 237
Sundew, Round-Leaved-, 32, 187, 194; cultivation of, 146; name, 194
Sun-dial tablet, 228
Swamp Apple blossoms, 6, 168. _See_ Azalea, Pink
Swamp Maples, 67, 181
Swamp of Oracles, District Fourteen, Pownal (Vt.), 8, 44, 55, 57, 72, 79, 81, 82, 133, 141, 167, 168, 171, 172, 175, 179, 198, 204
Swanton (Vt.), fossil marine shells found at, 204
Sweet Flag, 25, 161
=Sweet Pogonia=, 83, 259. See _Pogonia_, 259
Symond’s Peak, Greylock’s Brotherhood (Mass.), 11
T
Taconic Mountains, heart of the, 9, 11, 12
_Tanacetum vulgare_, 238
Tansy-Weed, 238
Tennyson quoted, 110
_Thalesia uniflora_, 164
Theophrastus cited on origins of plant names, 117, 133, 169, 195
Thermopylæ, Pass of, 96
Thimble-Berry blossoms, 238
Thistles, 238
Thompson’s Brook, 75, 85, 88, 146, 187
Thompson Pond, base of the Dome, Pownal (Vt.), 27, 145
Thoreau, Henry D., quoted, 10, 11, 15, 26, 84, 102, 125, 137, 157, 167, 183, 203, 231, 235, 237; admiration for the location of Williams College, 10, 11; on walking, 38; on Great Fringed Orchises, 105; descriptive of Notch Valley region, North Adams (Mass.), 216, 217, 219; ascent of Greylock, 216; entertained at Wilbur’s Farm, 216; possible origin of poem, _Rumors from an Æolian Harp_, 217; supper of rice, on Greylock’s summit, 219
Thorne-Apple, 174
Thrush, 12, 130; haunts of, 152; songs of, 153; nests of, 153; species of true, 153 Golden-crowned thrush, 153 Hermit-thrush, 153 Veery-thrush, 153 Water thrush, habits, 177 Wood-thrush, 153
_Thuja occidentalis_, 118
Ticonderoga, conflicts at, 97
Timothy-Heads, Cat’s-Tail Grass, 85
=Tipularia=, generic description, 280 =T. unifolia=, specific description, 281
_Transcript_, the, North Adams (Mass.), cited, 121
Trespassing, law against, 232
_Trillium_, 157, 162 _T. cernuum_, 163 Painted Trillium, 14, 19, 44, 134, 141, 163, 172, 175 Purple Trillium, 20, 21, 142
Troy-on-the-Hudson, 218; stages to, 198
Tulip mania, 136
Tulip-Tree, 234, 235
“Tunnel City” (North Adams, Mass.), 7
_Turdus_, 153. _See_ Thrush
Turnovers, 117
Turtles, 129
=Twayblade, Lily-Leaved=, 162, 274. See _Leptorchis_, 274 =Large Twayblade=, 274 =Loesel’s Twayblade= or =Fen Orchis=, 275
=Twayblade, Lister’s.= See _Listera_, 267 =Auricled Twayblade.= See _L. auriculata_, 268 =Broad-Lipped Twayblade=, 268 =Heart-Leaved Twayblade=, 269
Twin Cascades, Hoosac Tunnel Mountain, 222
_Typha_, 25
U
Umbrella-Fern, 199
Uncle Abe-the-Bunter, a local name for Abraham Parsons, 197
_Unifolium Canadense_, 20, 176
_Usnea_, 186
V
_Vaccinium_, 119, 159 _V. corymbosum_, 118 _V. Pennsylvanicum_, 118 _V. vacillans_, 118
_Vagnera stellata_, 21 _V. trifolia_, 21
Valerian, American, 47 V. European, 47 V. False, 162
Van Courtlandt Farm, 166; Mansion, 163, 166, 202
Veery, 153. _See_ Thrush
Venus-Hair Fern, 194, 195
Venus of classical literature, 58, 59
“=Venus Slippers=,” 34. _See_ Lady’s-Slipper
_Veratrum viride_, 5, 47
_Verbascum Thapsus_, 238
Vermont, 10, 18, 40, 43
Virgil quoted, 119, 159
Virgin’s-Bower, 140
_Viola dens-canis_, 126. _See_ Dog’s-Tooth Lily
_Viola_ or Violets, 5, 126, 130, 141, 165, 232; origin of name, 159 _V. bicolor_, 159 _V. blanda_, 5, 159. Sweet White Violet _V. Canadensis_, 159, 172, 208. Sweet Canada Violet _V. pedata_, 157-159. Bird’s-foot Violet _V. pubescens_, 157, 159. Downy Yellow Violet _V. rotundifolia_, 158. Round-Leaved Violet
_Vitis cordifolia_, 181
W
Wake Robins, 5, 104; Painted, 41; Nodding, 163
Walden Farm, Notch Valley, 213, 214, 220
Walking, 3, 15, 75
Walking Fern, haunts, 4, 190, 191, 193, 198-200, 213, 228
Walloomsac River, Bennington (Vt.), 188, 202
Wall-Rue, Spleenwort Fern, 191, 192, 194
Wars, the French and Indian, 97
Washington (D. C.), 126
Washington Heights (N. Y. City), 158
Washoe Valley (Nevada), 165
Wash-Tub Brook, North Pownal (Vt.), 188, 190, 193
Water, pure drinking, 210, 214, 218, 219
Water-Cress, 162
Water Persicaria, 84
Weeping Rocks, or Gregor Rocks, 193
Welch Farm, Mount Œta, 139
Western Gateway of Hoosac Mountain, 13, 14
West Orange (N. J.), 231
Wentworth, Governor Benning, 198
West Peak, State Park, Meriden (Conn.), 129
West Rock, New Haven (Conn.), 4, 126, 129, 130, 158
Westville (Conn.), swamps of, 85, 125, 129, 130
Whale fossil discovered in Vermont, 204
Whig Tavern, North Adams (Mass.) (1838), 215
Whippoorwills, chorus of, 95, 96; baby, 96, 175, 176, 205; eggs and nest of, 175, 205; habits of, 175, 176
Whippoorwill’s-Shoes, 206. _See_ Moccasin-Flowers and _Cypripedium_
White Mountains (N. H.), 47, 214, 235
White Oaks, northern Berkshire (Mass.), region, 76, 121, 183, 197; road, 120, 183, 196, 197, 207; chapel, 196; origin of name, 197
Whittier, J. G., quoted, on poem, _Jack-in-the-Pulpit_, 160; _Mayflowers_, 24; _Mabel Martin_, 39; _Seeking of the Waterfall_, 15; _Storm on Lake Asquam_, 72
Whortleberry, 119
Whorts of the 16th century, 120
Wilbur, Jeremiah, farm of, Notch Valley, northern Berkshire, 216, 220; Thoreau’s ascent to Greylock through The Notch, 218
Wild Cat Express, Hoosac Valley, 120
Wild Hens, 174
Wildmont Cottage, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 232, 233
Wildwood or Tiger Lilies, 210
Williams, Orlando, Swamp, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234
Williams College, Williamstown (Mass.), 76, 219; Thoreau’s admiration of the location of, 10; Baccalaureate Sunday, 70; students, 70, 196; sun-dial tablet, 228; Museum, relics in, 228; Library, 228.
Williamstown, Berkshire County (Mass.), 121
Willow Dell, North Adams (Mass.), 215
Willow Family, 23
Wilsey Lot, White Oaks, 184
Wintergreens, 23
Witch Hollow, Gulf Road, Pownal (Vt.), 16, 23, 56, 98, 138, 139, 188, 206; orchids of, 108
Witt’s Ledge, North Adams (Mass.), 112
Wolf’s-Claw, 182
Wolfe, Dr., quoted, 222
Wood Betony, 165
Woodbine Family, 170
Woodbridge (Conn.), view of, 129
Woodchuck’s home, 177, 205
Woodmont (Conn.), 235
Woolly Moonshine, 237
Wormwood, 238
X
Xenocrates prescribed “Penny-Royall,” 132
Y
Yale, catnip for pussy, 132, 133
Yeomen of northern Berkshire (1777), 76
Yonkers (N. Y.), 157, 161
Z
Zoar (Mass.), Eastern Portal of Hoosac Tunnel, 224
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