# Autumn (1892) Thoreau/Index

INDEX.
* Academy of Natural Sciences, 302.
* Acorn, 83, 84, 86, 87, 172, 173, 325.
* Acquaintances, 433, 445.
* Advantages, 390.
* Æschylus, 216, 217.
* African seeds, 285.
* Afternoon, 21, 28, 181, 182.
* Alcott, Mr., 150.
* Alder, 307.
* Alternate reproduction, 107.
* Amherst, N. H., 449.
* Amusements, 178, 179, 180, 196.
* Andrewsii, 35.
* Andromeda, 391, 394, 413.
* Andromeda Ponds, 290.
* Andromeda Swamp, 391.
* Andropogon scoparius, 117.
* Anemone, 323, 324.
* Antiquity, 267.
* Ants, 211, 275, 280.
* Anursnack, 206, 448.
* Apple blossoms, 228.
* Apples, 83, 95, 96, 134, 135, 212, 250.
* Ardea minor, 70, 78, 159.
* Arrowheads, 84, 117, 120, 173, 174, 344.
* Art, 89; works of, 9.
* Arum berries, 25.
* Asclepias cornuti, 50, 51.
* Ash, 41.
* Ash, black, 41.
* Ash, white, 41, 210.
* Ashes, 79.
* Aspens, 57, 422.
* Aspidium cristatum, 186.
* Aspidium spinulosum, 186. See Ferns.
* Aspirations, 154.
* Assabet, 89, 114, 137, 167, 193, 240, 250, 288, 310, 345, 408, 434, 452.
* Associates, 320.
* Aster, 42, 70, 79, 147.
* Aster multiflorus, 29.
* Aster tradescauti, 29.
* Aster undulatus, 239, 318.
* Atmosphere, 24, 248.
* Aubreys, 349.
* Author, 19.
* Authorship, 164.
* Autumn, 108, 248.
* Autumn afternoons, 21, 28.
* Autumnal tints, 16, 19, 55, 58, 79, 102, 110, 143, 147, 312.
* Bacon, leg of, 356.
* Ball's Hill, 147, 373, 374.
* Banks, Sir Joseph, 104.
* Barberries, 136.
* Bare Hill, 412.
* Bark of trees, 199, 234, 235.
* Barn, 332.
* Barrett's Mill, 127, 186.
* Bateman's Pond, 59, 199, 200, 226.
* Battle-ground, 370.
* Bays, 357.
* Baywings, 68.
* Beanfield, 376.
* Bear Garden, 400.
* Beauty, 439.
* Bee hunting, 42, 43, 44, 45.
* Beech leaves, 198.
* Beeches, 199.
* Bees, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47.
* Beggar ticks, 39, 53.
* Bell, 97, 98, 362, 363.
* Beomyces rosea, 422.
* Berries, 26, 27, 136, 320.
* Bible, 116.
* Bidens, 38, 39, 53, 70.
* Bidens connata, 239, 318.
* Bigelow, 322.
* Bigelow's "Plants of Boston and vicinity," 386.
* Billerica, 370, 372, 373.
* Birch, 190, 191, 198.
* Birch groves, 353.
* Birch, white, 41.
* Birches, 297, 310.
* Birches, white, 29, 169, 220, 297.
* Birches, yellow, 37, 148.
* Birds, 13, 69, 70, 79, 80, 127, 190, 230, 252, 319, 400, 401, 413, 449.
* Birds, collection of, 303.
* Birds, diet of, 447, 448.
* Birds, motions of, 252.
* Birds' nests, 239.
* Bittern, 70, 193, 199.
* Bittern cliff, 392.
* Blackberry leaves, 17.
* Blackberry vines, 29.
* Blackbirds, 70, 88.
* Blackfish, 402.
* Blake, 240.
* Bleat of sheep, 148.
* Blood, Perez, 425.
* Bloom, 213, 214, 368.
* Blueberry buds, 283.
* Blueberry bushes, 118, 413.
* Blueberry twigs, 314.
* Bluebirds, 28, 79, 80, 91, 192, 224.
* Bluets, 37.
* Boat, 355, 388, 389, 436.
* Body, 56, 430, 431, 432.
* Bones, 247.
* Book of autumn leaves, 312.
* Book: "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," 163, 339.
* Books, 303.
* Books, Indian, 355.
* Boomer, 70.
* Boots, 378.
* Botanists, 5.
* Botany, 386, 387.
* Boulder field, 35, 204, 234.
* Boulders, 204, 205.
* Box-trap, 85.
* Boys and horse, 54.
* Bradford, 401, 402.
* Breams, 360, 361, 362.
* British naturalists, 104.
* Broker, 140.
* Brook, 278.
* Brooks, Abel, 341, 342.
* Broom pods, 2.
* Brown, Capt. John, 260, 277, 278, 290, 363, 382.
* Brown creeper, 335.
* Brown, Simon, 362.
* Brown's, James P., Pond, 344, 257.
* Buds, 283, 340, 364, 377.
* Bull-frog, 23.
* Bullocks, 305, 306.
* Bumblebees, 42, 46.
* Bunker Hill Monument, 71.
* Burns, 454.
* Business dealings, 274.
* Buttercup, 217, 265, 318, 321.
* Butterflies, 42, 197.
* Button-bushes, 182.
* Buttonwoods, 41.
* Buttons, 122.
* Byron, Lord, 398.
* C., W. E., 18, 239, 357, 370, 458, 459.
* Caddis-worms, 136, 137, 317.
* Cambridge, 343, 349, 350, 441.
* Canoe birch, 190, 191, 198.
* Cape Ann, 4, 48.
* Cardinal shore, 265, 407.
* Carlisle road, 10, 12, 59, 134.
* Cat, 36, 52, 180, 328, 385.
* Cat-birds' nests, 413.
* Cato, 88.
* Cat-owl, 7, 292, 293.
* Cats, 422.
* Cattle, 235, 259, 328.
* Cattle on Sundays, 100.
* Causeway, 429.
* Cedar Hill, 426.
* Cerastium, 318.
* Cerastium viscosum, 283.
* Change, 121.
* Character, 252, 253, 350, 351.
* Cheney's shore, 114.
* Chestnut-tree, 123.
* Chestnuts, 94, 95, 110, 113, 124, 144, 146, 404.
* Chickadees, 69, 92, 95, 102, 103, 114, 119, 187, 198, 210, 211, 226, 227, 229, 234, 335, 340, 365, 380, 409, 432.
* Chickweed, 318.
* Chipbirds, 68.
* Chips, 341, 342.
* Cholmondeley, 355.
* Chords, 130.
* Christ, 281, 380, 382, 383.
* Christendom, 457.
* Christians, 14.
* Church, 281, 282, 284.
* Church of England, 180.
* Cicindēla, 340.
* Circus, 18.
* Cistus, 426.
* Clam, 250.
* Clamshell, 21, 23, 28, 117, 156, 157, 199, 286, 304, 332, 352.
* Clamshell bank, 21.
* Clamshell Hill, 174, 376, 459.
* Clamshell meadow, 157.
* Clamshell reach, 17.
* Clamshells, colors of, 376, 377.
* Clark, Brooks, 134.
* Cledonia, 324.
* Clematis Virginiana, 228.
* Clergy, 442.
* Clethra, 233.
* Cliffs, 17, 70, 97, 101, 152, 191, 257, 343, 364, 388, 422.
* Clock, 57.
* Clothes, 403.
* Cloud, 96, 117, 257, 258, 269, 270, 294, 328, 358, 359, 406, 427, 428, 429, 437.
* Clover, 198.
* Clowns, 457.
* Cobwebs, 183, 184, 185, 190, 381.
* Cochituate, 230.
* Cocks, 51, 52, 183, 319, 385.
* Cocoanut, 203.
* Cocoons, 440, 445.
* Coincidences, 309.
* Colburn farm woodlot, 335.
* Cold, 52, 329, 445.
* Color, 147, 158, 308, 359, 366, 367, 383, 384, 456.
* Comet, 52, 74, 197.
* Comfort, 327.
* Committee, 362.
* Common-sense, 217.
* Communities, 126.
* Companion, 235.
* Conant's grove, 33.
* Conant's meadow, 8.
* Conantum, 7, 8, 33, 34, 66, 86, 126, 154, 169, 189, 256, 296, 308, 413.
* Conantum Cliff, 8.
* Concord River, 157.
* Concord woods, 372.
* Connecticut, 301.
* Conversation, 444.
* Copan, 347.
* Corner spring, 66, 77, 109.
* Cornus florida, 221, 222.
* Corydalis, 55.
* Cottages, 398.
* Country, 457.
* Country tavern, 450.
* Country towns, 449.
* Cowpath, 371.
* Cows, 72.
* Cranberries, 183, 299.
* Creeds, 365.
* Cress, 311.
* Cricket-frog, 27.
* Crickets, 21, 22, 23, 28, 96, 181, 189, 230, 246, 256, 258, 276.
* Crotalaria, 58.
* Crowfoot, 297.
* Crows, 333, 337, 347, 409, 458.
* Crystallization, 434, 435.
* Currency, 348.
* Dandelion, 33, 79, 108, 189, 211, 239, 279, 318, 404.
* Days ripened like fruits, 3.
* Deafness, 268.
* Deep cut, 17, 107.
* Deer-mouse, 368.
* Dennis's Hill, 83, 85.
* De Quincey, 255.
* Descriptions, 104, 105, 106.
* Desmodium, 38, 39, 53.
* Desmodium paniculatum, 38.
* Desmodium rotundifolium, 38.
* Desor, 297.
* Dew, 300, 301.
* Dicksonia fern, 10, 66, 125.
* Diet, 378, 379.
* Dipper, 30, 31, 290.
* Discourse with nature, 55.
* Discovery, 333.
* Diver, Great Northern, 251, 252.
* Dog, 90.
* Dogwood, 16.
* Domestication, 191.
* Donati, 285.
* Douglas, 266.
* Doves, 191, 192, 270.
* Down on plants, 307, 308, 314.
* Drawings, 409, 410.
* Dreamland, 309.
* Dreams, 19, 150, 151, 175, 176, 318, 343.
* Driftwood, 131, 132, 139.
* Druids, 442.
* Ducks, 30, 31, 161, 169, 170, 371.
* Dudley Pond, 239.
* Dumb-bells, 94.
* Duty, 10.
* Eagle Head, 4.
* East India Marine Hall, 9.
* Easterbrook, 2, 94, 134, 136.
* Elephant, 193.
* Elms, 41, 79, 99, 441.
* Eloquence, 291, 292.
* Emerson, Miss Mary, 264, 265.
* Emerson, R. W., 362, 381, 382, 420, 421.
* Emerson's Cliff, 18.
* Emmonds, 372.
* Employment, 425.
* Encouragement, 383, 427.
* English plants, 181.
* Enjoyment, 316.
* Entertainment, 81.
* Enthusiasm, 36, 37.
* Euphorbia heptagona, 419.
* Evergreens, 234, 290.
* Everlasting, 19, 48, 368.
* Ex-plenipotentiary, 2.
* Eye, 38, 56, 147.
* Faces, 59.
* Facts, 51, 189, 237.
* Fair Haven, 182, 249, 335, 398, 404, 406, 432.
* Fair Haven Bay, 222.
* Fair Haven Hill, 39, 52, 80, 112, 239, 257, 261, 357, 358, 406, 423, 452, 454.
* Fair Haven lot, 397.
* Fair Haven Pond, 41, 53, 75, 101, 102, 113, 191, 309, 391, 394.
* Fairies, 69, 71.
* Falcons, 192.
* Fall, 161.
* Farmer, Jacob, 226, 227, 242, 336, 401.
* Farmer, 365, 366, 375.
* Farmer's life, 60, 61, 62, 316, 332.
* Farmer's pleasure, 232.
* Farming, 178, 179.
* Feminine gender, 442.
* Fern, climbing, 322, 354.
* Fern, Dicksonia, 10, 66, 125.
* Fern, sweet, 289, 307, 314, 397.
* Fern tree, 20.
* Ferns, 20, 24, 67, 68, 186, 187, 211.
* Fields, 295, 377.
* Finches, 189.
* Fine days precious, 212.
* Fire, 377, 432.
* Fishermen, 75, 76, 139, 141.
* Fishes, 362.
* Fishing, 64, 65.
* Fitchburg Railroad, 410.
* Flannery, 295.
* Flies, 42.
* Flint's Bridge, 35.
* Flint's Pond, 57, 92, 110, 142.
* Flood, 232.
* Flower cups, 433.
* Flowers, 70, 79, 108, 318, 386.
* Forest, 58.
* Fossil turtle, 9.
* Fox, 331, 400, 427.
* Fragrance, 11.
* Fragrant thoughts, 125.
* Frame of landscape, 222, 223.
* Friend, 91, 126, 129, 197, 206, 207, 389, 419.
* Friends, 321, 322, 444.
* Friendship, 118, 207.
* Fringed gentian, 16, 94, 119, 206, 356.
* Fringilla hiemalis, 17, 157, 383.
* Fringilla linaria, 37, 452, 453.
* Frogs, 186, 200.
* Frost, 95, 426.
* Frost weed, 154.
* Frost work, 337, 338.
* Fruits, 320, 321, 325.
* Fuel, 140, 141, 142, 216, 241, 242, 342.
* Fugitive slave, 49, 50.
* Fuller, Margaret, 265, 421.
* Fungus, 93, 104, 220.
* Fungi, 218.
* Furness, 302.
* Furniture, 57.
* Garden of Eden, 220.
* Gavel, 61.
* Geese, 146, 161, 231, 232, 250, 265, 269, 294, 312, 320, 327, 356, 357, 426, 427.
* Genius, 217, 373.
* Gentian, 16, 35, 94, 119, 206, 356.
* Gentian Lane, 35.
* Gentlemen, 133.
* Gerard, 5, 106.
* Gerard's Herbal, 441, 442.
* Gerardia purpurea, 54, 70.
* Gesta gallorum, 385.
* Giant, 162.
* Gloucester, 48, 49.
* Glow-worms, 256, 257, 318, 340.
* Gold, 294.
* Golden eggs, 90.
* Golden-rod, 42, 46, 70, 79, 152, 239, 318.
* Goldfinches, 114.
* Goodwin, John, 139, 140, 141, 215, 216, 251, 380.
* Goose Pond, 328.
* Gossamer, 183, 184, 185, 190, 277.
* Grackles, 47, 68.
* Granite, 100.
* Grape Cliff, 38.
* Grass, 118, 182, 189, 228, 246, 295, 368.
* Grasshoppers, 197, 276.
* Great Fields, 35, 58, 294.
* Great Meadows, 79, 413.
* Grebe, 290.
* Greeley, 303.
* Green mountains, 131.
* Grisi, 303.
* Grist-mill, 381.
* Grossbeak, 415.
* Ground nuts, 40.
* Growth, 222.
* Haden's, 152, 366.
* Halo, 308.
* Happiness, 280.
* Hard times, 108.
* Hardback seeds, 447.
* Harper's Magazine, 300.
* Harris, Dr., 340.
* Harvest time, 109.
* Hat, 386.
* Hawks, 16, 29, 30, 192, 255, 455, 456, 456, 458.
* Hazel, 159, 315, 367.
* Health, 296.
* Hell, 451.
* Hemlocks, 164, 165, 210, 211, 226, 240.
* Hermann, 282.
* Herons, 156, 193.
* Heywood's Peak, 57.
* Heywood's Pond, 411.
* Hickeses, 349.
* Hickories, 37, 65, 364.
* Hieracium Canadense, 53.
* Hill, 71, 346, 458.
* Hills, 371, 373.
* Historical facts, 29.
* Hoar frost, 338.
* Holden swamp, 275, 391, 413.
* Holden wood, 68.
* Home, 454.
* Homer, 380.
* Homes, 60, 61.
* Honey, 338.
* Hooper, Harry, 223.
* Hoosac mountains, 131.
* Hop hornbeam, 159.
* Horizon, 249.
* Hornbeams, 364.
* Hornets' nest, 15, 34.
* Horse, 55.
* Horse chestnuts, 173.
* Hosmer, Mr. Edmund, 309.
* Hosraer, Mr. Joseph, 267, 268, 299, 344.
* Hosmer's field, 311.
* Hosmer's meadow, 227, 277.
* Hour variously spent, 242.
* Houses, 34.
* Houstonia, 37, 79, 198, 217.
* Howell, Francis, 198.
* Hubbard, Cyrus, 365.
* Hubbard's bridge, 283, 391, 399.
* Hubbard's Close, 328.
* Hubbard's Grove, 108.
* Hubbard's woods, 250, 255, 369.
* Hubbardston, 131.
* Huckleberries, 8, 79, 307.
* Hylodes, 57, 144, 258, 319, 363.
* Hypericum, 54, 210.
* Hypnum, 169.
* Ice, 316, 317, 384, 391, 407, 433, 434, 448.
* Ice crystals, 408, 409, 435, 458.
* Ice foliage, 339.
* Ichthyolites, 32.
* Illusion, 206, 207.
* Imagination, 403.
* Imaginings, 195, 196, 197.
* Indian books, 355.
* Indian gouge, 83, 84.
* Indian mind, 148.
* Indian relics, 173.
* Indian summer, 102, 103, 110 181, 197, 226, 233, 290, 319, 325, 394, 408, 423.
* Indians, 297, 298, 344, 402.
* Insane man, 381.
* Inspection, 197.
* Irishman, 402, 403.
* Jay, 16, 73, 205, 206, 226, 229, 236, 245, 246, 279, 371.
* Jenny's desert, 20.
* John's-wort, 286.
* Journal, 280.
* Joy, 383.
* Juniper repens, 39.
* Kalmia glauca, 391.
* Keyes, John, 362.
* Kirby and Spence, 184, 185.
* Knowledge, 31, 38.
* Labaume, 288.
* Labor, 298.
* Lake Superior Indians, 297, 298.
* Lambkill, 35, 37.
* Landscape, 80, 81, 191, 330, 364, 412.
* Larks, 20, 68, 79, 199, 411.
* Last words, 379.
* Laurus sassafras, 86.
* Law, 99, 100.
* Leaves, 163, 200, 252, 259, 295, 312, 365, 391.
* Leaves of oaks, 295, 367.
* Leaves of trees, 88, 109.
* Leaves, radical, 285, 286.
* Lecture, 390, 391.
* Lecturer, 449.
* Ledum swamp, 115, 276.
* Lee's Bridge, 7, 282.
* Lee's Cliff, 37, 283, 396.
* Lee's farm swamp, 85, 186.
* Lee's hillside, 87.
* Leisure, 260.
* Le Jeune, 113.
* Lespedeza, 307, 314, 448.
* Lesson, 252.
* Library, 350.
* Lichens, 211, 213, 323, 324, 367, 450.
* Life, 124, 146, 193, 219, 245, 319.
* Life a failure, 347.
* Life, springs of, 96, 400.
* Life in winter, 100.
* Life-everlasting, 70, 246, 279, 286.
* Light, 98, 117, 120, 170, 171, 248, 256, 289, 307, 312, 345, 388.
* Lily, 354.
* Linaria Canadensis, 314.
* Lincoln, 445.
* Lincoln Bridge, 379, 404, 410, 411.
* Lincoln Hills, 9.
* Linnæus, 273, 282, 285.
* Linnets, 414.
* Lion, 36.
* Littorales, 294.
* Living, 219.
* Locust, 87.
* Loon, 57, 251.
* Loring's Pond, 448.
* Lotus, 302.
* Love, 272, 323.
* Lover, 3.
* Ludwigia, 448.
* Luxuries, 333.
* Lyceum lectures, 274, 275.
* Lycopodiums, 187.
* Lygodium palmatum, 322, 354.
* Lynx, 9.
* Lynx, Canada, 39, 121, 347, 348.
* Machine work, 129.
* Magazines, 284.
* Maiden, 217, 252.
* Maiden-hair fern, 69.
* Malthus, 304.
* Man, 191, 192.
* Man's nature, 419.
* Man's worth, 303.
* Manchester, 4.
* Manners, 58, 65.
* Maples, 8, 21, 28, 37, 41, 53, 57, 79, 89, 102, 148, 169, 297, 345.
* Marlboro' road, 83, 84, 247.
* Marsh-hawk, 21, 89, 171, 172, 306.
* Martin, 192.
* Maynard's, 315, 316.
* Meadow grass, 169, 170.
* Meadow-sweet, 447.
* Meadows, 346.
* Meander, 117.
* Medeola berries, 25.
* Melody, 298.
* Melvin, 375, 380, 423.
* Melvin's Preserve, 9.
* Memorial book, 313.
* Men, 153.
* Merrick's pasture, 21, 35, 399.
* Merrimack, 117.
* Migration, 270.
* Migratory birds, 156, 157.
* Miles, C., 232.
* Miles, Martial, 306, 437, 438.
* Miles Swamp, 29, 275.
* Milkweed, 143.
* Mill, cobweb drapery of, 128.
* Miller, Hugh, 32, 33.
* Min, 385.
* Ministerial lot, 292.
* Ministerial Swamp, 19, 136, 304, 322.
* Mink, 265, 266, 372, 401.
* Minott, 55, 57, 61, 62, 63, 223, 226, 250, 255, 256, 355, 376, 380, 417, 418.
* Minott, George, 309, 376.
* Minott's house, 334, 335.
* Mint, 148.
* Mole crickets, 22, 27, 29.
* Monadnock, 25, 26.
* Moods, 209, 210.
* Moon, 260.
* Moonlight, 376.
* Moore's Swamp, 57.
* Moose, 193.
* Moses, 281.
* Moss, 169, 227, 234, 293, 324, 363, 364.
* Motion, 439.
* Mountain, 131, 176, 177.
* Mountain ash, 16, 181.
* Mountain peak, 25, 26.
* Mountains, 130, 131, 143, 214, 215, 263, 264, 301.
* Mouse, 297, 385.
* Mouse-ear chickweed, 318.
* Mulleins, 279.
* Munroe, J. & Co., 163, 339.
* Mus leucopus, 276.
* Music, 35, 36, 97, 119, 120, 252, 291, 378.
* Musical sand, 4.
* Musketaquid, 117, 174, 193.
* Muskrats, 371, 372, 373, 376, 452.
* Muskrats' diet, 354.
* Muskrats' houses, 77, 78, 79, 111, 116, 118, 218, 224, 225, 228, 239, 240, 249, 250, 251, 255.
* Mussels, 78.
* Myrtle birds, 137.
* Names, 273.
* Nashua river, 449.
* Nature, 76, 77, 180, 212, 213, 234, 436, 454.
* Nature, changes in, 204.
* Nature genial to man, 315.
* Nature, gradation in, 266.
* Nature, home in, 258.
* Nature the only panacea, 13.
* Nature, phases of, 11.
* Nature serene, 433.
* Nature, success of, 415.
* Nature's pensioners, 134, 135, 136.
* Nawshawtuck, 3, 174, 198.
* Neighbors, 169, 379.
* New Bedford, 407.
* New England, 402.
* New England winter sunsets, 433.
* Night, 69, 85, 159.
* Night-shade, 47, 48.
* Non-producers, 5, 6.
* North America discovered, 30.
* "North American Review," 404.
* Northeast storm, 146, 156.
* Novelty, 195, 196.
* November, 158, 183, 189, 191, 196, 233, 262, 269, 270, 295, 297, 314.
* November afternoon, 261, 290, 307, 328.
* November evening, 194, 195.
* November in New England, 402.
* Nut meadow, 409.
* Nuthatch, 236, 335, 369, 370, 388, 389, 435.
* Oak, black, 114, 148, 346.
* Oak leaves, 59, 114, 122, 204, 297, 308, 345, 346, 364, 384, 436, 451.
* Oak, red, 114, 148, 201, 202.
* Oak, scarlet, 114.
* Oak, white, 114, 138, 139, 148, 346.
* Oak wood, 236, 346.
* Oaks, 37, 146, 169, 315, 323, 373.
* Oar, 147.
* Obstacles, 159.
* October, 143, 312.
* Old shoes, 399.
* Olive oil, 338.
* Order or system, 106.
* Osmundas, 66.
* Otters, tracks of, 392, 393, 408.
* Out-doors, 212.
* Owls, 86, 165, 166, 167, 168, 405, 437.
* Owl's nest, 275.
* Oxen, 366.
* Oyster, 398.
* Pagoda, 18.
* Pails, 128, 129.
* Panicum crus-galli, 23.
* Panicum filiforme, 23.
* Panicum sanguinale, 23.
* Partridge, 229, 231, 293, 352, 388, 409, 413, 448.
* Partridge berries, 311.
* Partridge berry leaves, 279.
* Party, 267, 268.
* Passenger pigeon, 30.
* Peabody, 70.
* Pears, 6, 95, 96.
* Peculiarity, 418.
* Pelagii, 294.
* Pelham's Pond, 111.
* Pencils, 299, 300.
* Pennyroyal, 399.
* Pestle, 344.
* Peterboro' Hills, 263.
* Philadelphia, 302.
* Philosophy, 437, 438.
* Phosphorescent wood, 63, 64, 74.
* Pickerel, 183, 278.
* Pickerel fisher, 396.
* Picture-frame, 204, 205, 406.
* Pigweed, 23.
* Pilgrims, 39, 401.
* Pine Hill, 58, 110, 212, 214, 328, 330, 354.
* Pine log, 355.
* Pine needles, 18, 115, 401.
* Pine roots and knots, 399.
* Pine warblers, 68.
* Pine wood, 109, 309, 346, 419, 443, 444.
* Pines, 37, 57, 146, 148, 192, 193, 226, 283, 343, 419.
* Pines, pitch, 53, 87, 109, 139, 152, 443, 450.
* Pines, white, 52, 109, 191, 198, 247, 256, 312, 314, 353, 456, 457.
* Pitch-pine cones, 269, 306.
* Pitcher plant, 33, 34, 275, 283.
* Plants, 70, 386, 387.
* Pliny, 274.
* Ploughing, 243, 244.
* Ploughman, 305.
* Plymouth plantation, 401.
* Poet, 192, 204, 304, 319, 322.
* Poetry, 360.
* Poetry, ancient Scotch, 261.
* Poetry, English, 349.
* Poet's life, 161, 162.
* Poet's thoughts, 294.
* Politics, 244.
* Polygonum articulatum, 20.
* Polygonum aviculare, 198.
* Polygonums, 84.
* Polygula sanguinea, 108.
* Polypody, 199, 200, 201, 220, 221.
* Pond, 237, 357, 383, 396, 404, 405.
* Pontederia, 239, 240.
* Poplar Hill, 79, 102, 215.
* Poplars, 37.
* Populus grandidentata, 41, 312.
* Populus tremuloides, 354, 364.
* Porter, Commodore, 321.
* Potatoes, 219, 220, 287.
* Potentilla argentea, 239, 318.
* Potentilla Canadensis, 35.
* Poverty, 265.
* Pratt, Minott, 356.
* Prayer, 100, 369.
* Preacher, 281, 284.
* Preaching, 283, 284.
* Presents, 220.
* Priest, 442.
* Primrose, 286.
* Prinos berries, 53, 233.
* Prinos verticillata, 297.
* Prosperity, 13.
* Providence, 390.
* Public opinion, 94.
* Puffballs, 71, 72.
* Puffer, 380.
* Pyramids, 303.
* Quail, 401.
* Questions, 122.
* Rabbit, 85, 86, 187, 293, 324, 325, 336, 413.
* Railway journeys, 301, 302.
* Rainbow, 257.
* Rana palustris, 11, 27.
* Rana sylvatica, 11.
* Ranunculus bulbosus, 305.
* Ranunculus repens, 79, 239, 318.
* Redpolls, 404, 413-416.
* Redwings, 47, 68.
* Reflections, 406, 412, 434, 441.
* Reflections in water, 183, 199, 202, 238, 319, 373, 374.
* Regrets, 260.
* Reminiscence, 153, 154.
* Repentance, 411.
* Rhexia, 53.
* Rice, 286, 287, 288, 380.
* Richardson, 376, 380, 397.
* Ripe, 259.
* Rising generation, 223.
* River, 7, 111, 112, 119, 147, 157, 160, 182, 183, 190, 249, 283, 339, 370, 371, 372, 384, 388, 389, 400, 434, 458.
* River scenery, 8.
* Robin, 198.
* Rocks, 201, 211, 274.
* Roots, 354, 355.
* Rose, 422.
* Routine, 416.
* Ruskin, 180.
* Ruskin's "Modern Painters," 76.
* S——, a poor boy, 402, 403.
* Sabbath, 281.
* Safford, 162.
* Saffron-Walden, 376.
* Salamander, 390.
* Sanborn, 426.
* Sand, 98.
* Sand banks, 108.
* Sarracenia purpurea, 33.
* Sassafras, 86, 88.
* Saw Mill Brook, 24, 209, 210, 310.
* Science, 105, 131, 361, 374.
* Science, man of, 221.
* Scott's "Lady of the Lake" quoted, 254.
* Screech-owl, 5, 86, 165, 166, 167, 168.
* Seasons, 74, 154, 157, 158, 289, 432.
* Second Division Brook, 136.
* Seeds transported by birds, 2.
* Selectmen, 363.
* Salf knowledge, 182.
* Sentences, 254.
* Serenity, 270.
* Shad-bush, 103, 227, 228.
* Shad frogs, 79.
* Shakespeare, 161, 380.
* Shattuck, 376.
* Shells, 294.
* Shepherd's purse, 318, 394.
* Shiners, 58, 59.
* Shrub oak, 309, 314, 345, 368, 369, 397, 445, 446, 456.
* Shrub oak leaves, 87, 327, 367, 383, 445, 446, 447.
* Shrub oak plain, 17, 102, 308, 456.
* Shrubs, buds on, 393.
* Shrubs reflected, 82, 83.
* Side-saddle flower, 33.
* Side view, 221.
* Sight, 195.
* Silence, 435, 439.
* Sin, 260, 291.
* Skating, 391, 394, 395, 400, 452, 458.
* Skeleton, 374.
* Skies, 285.
* Skinner, 340.
* Skins, 393.
* Skunk cabbage, 187, 188, 189, 398.
* Sky, changes of, 428, 429.
* Small things, 83.
* Smith's Hill, 24, 25, 404.
* Smoke, 59, 60, 61, 79, 102, 272, 315.
* Snake, 22, 23, 87.
* Snapdragon, Canada, 113.
* Snapping turtle's eggs, 285.
* Snipes, 157, 159.
* Snow, 113, 158, 230, 243, 346, 317, 318, 323, 324, 398, 443, 451.
* Snowbirds, 328, 366.
* Snow-buntings, 227, 347, 409, 423, 424.
* Snow-fleas, 161, 183, 394, 409, 440.
* Snowstorm, 341, 359.
* Social virtues, 144.
* Society, 401, 419.
* Solanum, dulcamara, 23, 24.
* Solidago cæsia, 46.
* Solidago speciosa, 54.
* Solomon's seal, 25.
* Song-sparrow, 79, 407.
* Sortes Virgilianæ, 421.
* Sounds, 101.
* Space, 407.
* Spanish book, 212.
* Sparrows, 23, 68, 70, 126, 127, 157, 158, 189, 230, 305, 328, 407.
* Spear-head, 372.
* Species, 298.
* Speculations, 394.
* Speech, freedom of, 284.
* Spencer, Brook, 59.
* Spiders, 133, 184, 185, 186, 275.
* Spine, 419.
* Sprague, 308.
* Sprengel, 438.
* Spring, 91, 159, 160, 370, 371.
* Spring, a second, 35, 144, 279, 319.
* Spruce swamp, 413.
* Squash, 6.
* Squirrel, 73, 74, 155, 211, 230, 231, 236, 299, 352, 353, 369, 458.
* Star, 159, 336.
* Statements, 188, 189.
* Stellaria media, 318.
* Stillness, 228, 229, 405.
* Still water, 111, 120.
* Stranger, 144.
* Stream, ascent and descent of, 202, 203.
* Stumps, 169, 215, 216.
* Succory, 20, 53, 108.
* Sudbury, 314, 316.
* Sudbury men, 316.
* Sumac, 16, 448.
* Summer, 394.
* Summer duck, 240, 241.
* Sun, reflected heat of, 22.
* Sunlight, 289.
* Sun-sparkles, 229.
* Sunset, 3, 17, 90, 112, 152, 214, 259, 311, 327, 330, 331, 345, 388, 429.
* Sunsets, New England winter, 433.
* Superstition, 421, 425.
* Swallow, 192, 242, 243.
* Swallow holes, 383.
* Swallows nests, 304.
* Swamp, 33, 186, 187, 231, 232, 331, 387, 425.
* Swamp Bridge Brook, 174, 319.
* Swamp pink, 233, 283, 364, 413.
* Swamp pyrus, 233, 413.
* Sweetbriar, 86.
* Sweet fern, 289, 307, 314, 397.
* Sword, 9.
* Syriaca, 143.
* Tahatawan, 174, 360.
* Tansy, 108, 239, 268, 294, 318, 422.
* Tarbell's, 332, 371.
* Tastes, 155.
* Tears, 248.
* Teeth, 381.
* Telegraph harp, 107.
* Tent, 18.
* Thanksgiving afternoon, 331.
* Theme, 124, 125.
* Theophrastus, 274.
* Therien, 250.
* Thimbleberry shoots, 213, 330, 368.
* Thinking, 280.
* Thistles, 149.
* Thoughts, 158, 212, 262, 333, 334.
* Thoughts, old ruts of, 12, 418.
* Threshing, 61.
* Ticks, 38, 39.
* Tiger, 316.
* Toad-flax, 314.
* Tools, 287.
* Tortoise, 3, 79, 412.
* Touch-me-not seed vessels, 24.
* Tournefort, 282.
* Towns, 367.
* Tracks, 384, 385, 408.
* Trade, 140.
* Trail, 341.
* Travel, 304.
* Tree fern, 20.
* Tree, injury to, 145.
* Tree sparrows, 103, 181, 199, 328, 340, 383, 401, 413.
* Treetoads, 153.
* Trees, 210, 222, 338, 377, 379.
* Trees, character of, 41.
* Trees, dead, 431.
* Trichostema dichotomum, 399.
* Truth, 189, 203, 218, 260, 422.
* Turnips, 311.
* Turtle-dove, 25.
* Twilight, 374, 412.
* Uncannoonuc, 243.
* Undulations, 439, 440.
* Valor, 342, 343.
* Valparaiso squash, 321.
* Values, 348, 349.
* Vanessa Antiopa, 197.
* Vapor, 107, 428, 429, 438.
* Varro, 148.
* Verses, 223, 224, 253, 297, 351, 352.
* Vestiges of creation, 33.
* Vice an aid to success, 1.
* Viola lanceolata, 57.
* Viola ovata, 79, 108.
* Viola pedata, 230, 237.
* Violet, hood-leaved, 35.
* Violets, 35, 237, 279, 422.
* Virgin's Bower, 228.
* Visiting, 65, 386.
* Wachusett, 131, 354, 359.
* Walden, 57, 110, 152, 209, 327, 354, 357, 360, 365, 399, 400, 436, 441, 447.
* Walden in Essex, 376.
* Walden Pond, 37, 42, 82, 83, 214, 226, 253, 380.
* Walk, 235, 328, 329.
* Walking, 328, 329.
* Walnuts, 148, 173.
* Ware, Dr., Jr., 208, 209.
* Wasps, 42.
* Water, 160, 373.
* Water bugs, 95.
* Water the centre of landscape, 102.
* Water, colors of, 152.
* Waterloo, 6.
* Weather, 92, 93, 225, 269, 314, 343.
* Weeds, 6.
* "Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," 163.
* Weird Dell, 358.
* Well Meadow Brook, 283.
* Well Meadow Field, 358.
* Weston, Mr., 326.
* Whale, 193.
* Wheeler's pasture, 305, 307.
* Wheeler's Owl wood, 358.
* Whippoorwill, 70.
* White mountains, 71.
* White pine needles, 18.
* White Pond, 108.
* White-weed, 113.
* Wild apples, 212.
* Wild-cat, 340.
* Wild flowers, 7.
* Wild pig, 313, 314.
* Williams, Henry, 49.
* Williams, Oliver, 223.
* Willow Bay, 115.
* Willow catkins, 297.
* Willows, 182, 184, 354.
* Wind, 35, 71, 253, 330, 332.
* Wind, self-registering, 208.
* Window, 214, 337, 338, 354.
* Winter, 158, 161, 244, 249, 346, 395, 396, 415, 416.
* Winter, love for, 389.
* Winter day, 459.
* Winter eve, 406.
* Winter evening, 436, 437.
* Winter morning, 443.
* Winter scenes, 125, 324, 326, 357, 358, 359.
* Winter sky, 389.
* Winter walk, 427.
* Winter weather, 332.
* Wisdom, 36, 317.
* Wise, the balloonist, 428.
* Wishes, 420.
* Witherel Glade, 117, 277.
* Wolves, 336, 337.
* Women, 265, 267.
* Woodbine, 29.
* Wood-choppers, 293, 388, 405, 407, 437, 451, 456, 458.
* Woodchuck, 69.
* Woodcock, 159, 310, 311.
* Wooden trays, 128, 129.
* Wood-lot, 379, 417, 418.
* Wood-path, 366.
* Woodman, 293.
* Woodpecker, 407, 409, 432.
* Woods, 85, 203, 204, 271, 326, 397.
* Woods, drama in, 279.
* Words, 207.
* Wordsworth, 293.
* World, beauty of, 416, 417.
* Wormwood, 368.
* Writer, 456.
* Writing, 331, 444.
* Wyman, John, 223.
* Yarrow, 108, 211, 239, 268, 294, 318.
* Young men, 453, 454.
* Youth, 322.