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Crystal Spring, Snuff Hollow, Notch Valley, 113, 212, 221

Cynorchis, 110

=Cypripedium=, 54, 72, 104, 109; dates of flowering, 34, 138; cross-fertilization and fertilization, 57, 58, 178; origin of name, 58, 242; seedlings, 77-79, 135; culture of New England species, 80-82; torsion of stem and labellum of, 92, 93; organism, 108; generic description, 242. See Lady’s Slipper and Moccasin-Flower. =C. acaule=, specific description, 246; haunts, 5, 18, 56, 60, 67, 103, 116, 134, 172-174; colony of two hundred plants, 78; most common Cypripedium of New England, and possibly of North America, 81; culture, 82; seed-capsule, 116 =C. arietinum=, specific description, 243; haunts, 37, 42, 56, 61, 80, 98; soil of, 100; destroying worm, 135 =C. calceolus=, European Yellow Lady’s Slipper, 53, 58 =C. Californicum=, native of Pacific slope, 43 =C. candidum=, specific description, 244, 245; haunts, 61, 184 =C. fasciculatum=, native of the northwestern Pacific slope, 43 =C. hirsutum=, specific description, 245; haunts, 3, 57, 59, 60, 80; most common Cypripedium of our continent, 81; seedlings, 178 =C. Montanum=, the Fragrant White Lady’s Slipper of the Rocky Mountain region, 243 =C. parviflorum=, specific designation, 246; haunts, 18, 57, 60, 61, 80, 161; seedlings, 161 =C. passerinum=, native of northwestern Pacific slope, 60 =C. reginæ=, specific description, 244; haunts, 3, 19, 43, 55, 61, 68, 72, 184; ancient colony, 77-79; seedlings, 78, 81

Dale, T. Nelson, quoted, on ancient Hoosac Lake, 221

Darwin, Charles, quoted on Orchidaceæ— fertilization of, 51, 108; self-fertilization of, 51; cross-fertilization of, 52, 53; seeds of, 57; extinction of, 92; structure of, 93

“Dead holes,” 63, 68, 73, 88

Dead-Men’s Fingers, and Thumbs, 110. See Habenaria psycodes, and Habenaria grandiflora

Deaf-Man’s Spring, 211

Decoration Day, 44, 61, 141

Deerfield, arch, 221; river, 224; valley, 224

Deer-Mice, 173

Deer Park, Mosholu (N. Y.), 161, 164

Denticulus canis, or Dens caninus, 127. See Dog’s-Tooth Lily

Devil’s Darning-Needles, 145

Devil’s Paint-Brush, 236

Dioscorides (23-79, A.D.), quoted on origin of plant names, 126, 127, 140, 237; fern names, 193

Dodoens (1578), quoted on origin of plant names, 58, 111, 120, 127, 132, 159, 168, 194, 195

Dog’s-Tooth Lily, 12, 20, 35, 126, 129, 157, 164; origin of name of, 126-128. See Lily

Dogwood Blossoms, snowy, 5, 47, 121, 157, 173, 209

Dogwood, Poison, 35

Dome, the Majestic, Green Mountains (Vt.), 25, 27, 35, 66, 76, 86, 115, 172, 185, 188, 196, 203; moonrise over, 95; scenes from, 97; ascent and summit, 118, 207, 209; glaciated slopes of, 204; flowers of, 208, 209; in the path of a tornado on the, 210

Domelet, Pownal (Vt.), 59, 62, 76, 115, 116, 120, 175, 207, 211

Dorset Mountain (Mount Æolus), 142

Dragon-Flies, 145

Dragonworts, 160

Driggs, A. W., quoted, 61

Drosera rotundifolia, 32, 187

Dry Brook, 211

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