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Jack-in-the-Pulpit, 21, 157, 160, 162; origin of name of, 160

Jays, Blue, 149, 150, 154, 181; birdlings, 154

Jepson Farm, 211

Jerome Avenue (N. Y. City), 161

Jersey cows, 87

“Joe,” little boy, a character of Hawthorne’s, 215

Joe Larabee path, over the Domelet, 207

John-Fallow, pastures of the, 99, 138

Judge’s Cave, or granite boulder, summit of West Rock, New Haven (Conn.), 130

Juglans cinerea, 74

July, month of, 98, 109, 140; excursions: 5th, 188; 7th, 90; 8th, 111; 5th-19th, 196; 17th, 115; 18th, 198; 19th, 201; 22d, 212

June, month of, 134, 142, 165; excursions: 5th, 141; 6th, 57, 167; 8th, 55, 79, 82; 9th, 187; 10th, 56, 147; 14th, 62, 75; 15th, 82, 179; 16th, 183; 18th, 185; 19th, 75; 20th, 68, 70, 82, 187; 21st, 72, 74, 186, 190; 25th, 57; 26th, 83, 145; 30th, 84

Kalmia, 6, 173, 184, 218

Kimball Bogs, 27, 72, 142; farm, 28, 36

Kurtz, Dr. F., Arctic Expedition of, 60

Labrador Tea, 6, 187

Ladd Brook, 15

=Lady’s Slipper=, generic description, 242; origin and history of name, 58, 242. See Moccasin-Flower and Cypripedium =European Yellow Lady’s Slipper=, first species designated under genus Cypripedium (1740-1753), 53, 242. See Cypripedium calceolus and Calceolus Marianus =Fragrant White Lady’s Slipper=, mention of, 243. See C. Montanum =Large Yellow= or =Downy Yellow Lady’s Slipper=, specific description, 245. See C. hirsutum =Ram’s-Head Lady’s Slipper=, specific description, 42, 243; origin of name, 37; haunts, 39, 40, 41, 43, 80, 99, 100, 103, 104, 167, 174, 206; rarest orchid of North America, 60, 81; Witch Hollow colony, 95, 99, 100; musk-like fragrance of roots, 134; destruction of, by worms, 135, 138. See C. arietinum =Small White= or =Prairie Lady’s Slipper=, specific description, 244. See C. candidum =Small Yellow= or =Fragrant Yellow Lady’s Slipper=, specific description, 246; dates of flowering, 3, 18. See C. parviflorum =Two-Leaved= or =Stemless Pink Lady’s Slipper=, specific description, 246; albinos of, 147, 148, 175; range northward and southward, 247. See C. acaule =White Petaled= or =Showy Lady’s Slipper=, specific description, 244; haunts, 3, 6, 35, 55, 77, 78, 86, 148, 185, 207, 211; dates of flowering, 3, 19, 26, 79; cultivation, 3, 80, 81; albinos, 61, 137, 184; seedlings, 77, 78, 81; ancient colony, 78. See C. reginæ

Lady’s-Thumb, 145

=Ladies’ Tresses=, generic description, 263; haunts, 109, 166, 237. See Gyrostachys =Early Broad-Leaved Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 264 =Hooded Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 264 =Little Simple Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 266 =Nodding Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 265 =Slender Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 266 =Yellow Ladies’ Tresses=, specific description, 265

Lake of Dawn, 12. See Aurora’s Lake

Lake Whitney, New Haven (Conn.), 130, 131

Lambkill, 6, 173, 187

Lansingburg (N. Y.), 7

Laurel, American Mountain, 6, 173, 184, 218

Le Moyne, F. F., quoted on seedlings of C. reginæ, 81

Leopard’s-Bane, 235

Leopard-Flower, 161

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