Part 68

Mints, ancient name of, 132

Mitchella repens, 24

=Moccasin-Flower=, generic description of, 242; haunts of, 5, 8, 26, 36, 40, 44, 48, 49, 141, 203; origin of name of, 59; seedlings of, 77. See Lady’s Slipper and Cypripedium =Large Yellow= or =Downy Moccasin-Flower=, specific description, 245; haunts, 56, 57, 60, 62, 134, 152, 168, 173, 184; most generally distributed species, 60. See C. hirsutum =Ram’s-Head Moccasin-Flower=, specific description, 243; history, 98. See C. arietinum =Small White= or =Prairie Moccasin-Flower=, specific description, 244; haunts, 61, 184, 245. See C. candidum =Small Yellow= or =Fragrant Yellow Moccasin-Flower=, specific description, 246; haunts, 57, 59, 60, 159; rare species in New England, 60; fragrance, 159, 178; seedlings in McLean’s Woods (N. Y. City), 163. See C. parviflorum =Two-Leaved= or =Pink Moccasin-Flower=, specific description, 246; haunts, 33, 36, 44, 67, 103, 104, 116, 120, 134, 141, 147, 174, 175, 206; colony of two hundred plants, 78, 141, 147; most common species in New England, 81; albinos, 147, 148, 175; evident evolution, 148. See C. acaule =White Petaled, Showy=, or =Queen of the Indian Moccasin-Flowers=, specific description, 244; haunts, 55, 68, 71, 72, 75, 142, 152, 172, 184; albinos, 61, 137, 184; as decoration for church chancel during Williams College Commencement, 70; testing a frozen sod, 82. See C. reginæ

Moneses uniflora, 24

Monkshood, 171

Monotropaceæ, 165

Monotropa uniflora, 164. See Indian Pipe

Montclair (N. J.), 131

Montpelier (Vt.), 6

Monumental Rock, Mosholu (N. Y.), glacial erosions on, 165; rock pinks growing on, 166

Mosholu (N. Y.), 60, 158, 160, 163, 166, 172, 188, 234; swamps and hills of, 157, 158, 165

Mount Vernon (N. Y.), woods of, 131, 163, 173, 184

Mountains, Nature’s retreats, 238

Mullens, St. Peter’s, 238

Müller, Professor, quoted, 77

Mushrooms, poisonous, 183, 184

Mustard Family, 162; white species, 162

Names of plants, Roman, or Latin, 128

Nardus rustica, 179

Natural Bridge, North Adams (Mass.), 222, 224; Hawthorne’s description of, 225, 226; paths to, 225; deepest pool or pot-hole, 226; formation of arch of, 226-229; rainbows, 227

Nature, man’s triumph over, 8; solitudes of, 64, 65, 203; weeping of, 137; pristine condition of, 144; tragedies of, 173

Nature Study, 48; classrooms for, 139

Nepeta Cataria, 132

Newark (N. J.), 231

New Bedford (Mass.), 80

New England, 24, 40, 42, 57, 106, 187; Orchids of, 239

New Jersey, Orange Mountains and Salt Meadows, 231

New Hampshire Grants, 198