Part 67

Marathon, Plains of, 97

Marbledale (Conn.), 235

Marble Quarry, North Adams (Mass.), 225, 228, 229

Marl, formation of, 101

Marsh Buttercups, 5

Marsh Marigolds, 4, 18, 129, 141, 162, 171, 187

Marvel’s, Ik, home, New Haven (Conn.), 130

Mary or Marianus, “Our Lady the Virgin Mary,” 58, 59

Mason, Elijah, Farm, 201

Massachusetts, 3, 91; highest land, 10; border fort, 11; State line, 96; coast and highlands, 105

Mayflowers, 24. See Arbutus

May, month of, 126; charm of, 133, 134; showers of, 137; excursions: 1st, 125, 153; 2d, 133; 7th-15th, 133; 14th, 3; 15th, 133, 134, 157, 165; 18th, 167; 19th, 104, 188; 20th, 138; 23d, 139; 25th, 56, 57; 29th, 141; 30th, 55

Mayunsook River, North Branch of Hoosac River, 224; valley of, 222, 224, 229

McLean’s Woods (N. Y. City), swamp of, 162

=Meadow-Gift=, 91. See Grass Pink, or Limodorum

Meadow-Rue, 171

Meadows, wild, 56, 67, 137, 180, 181; paths of moles and rats in, 65, 66

Medeola Virginiana, 20, 162; origin of name of, 162

Meehan, Thomas, quoted, 93

Mentha, 132

Menyanthes trifoliata, 26, 67, 180. See Buckbean

Meriden (Conn.), 129

Merrimack River, 190

Merwin, a little guardsman of the swamps, 70; home of, 70, 87; mother of, 73-75, 88

Meyers’ sugar kitchen, 89, 187; road, 86

Milkweed Family, 234

Milton, John, quoted, 21, 141, 149, 153

Minister and School Lots, 198