Part 71

Perkins’ Hill, 188

Pes Aquilegia, origin of name, 168

Pes Columbinus, origin of name, 169

Petersburgh Hills, 203

Phegopteris hexagonoptera, 160 P. Dryopteris, 160

Phlox subulata, 157. See Rock Pinks

Pickerel-Weed, 64

Pied de Pigeon, 169

Pigeon Cherry Blossoms, 119

Pine Grove, Pownal Pond, 143; trees, 87, 141, 165; rest beneath, 146

Pinus resinosa, 117 P. rigida, 186 P. divaricata, 117 P. Mariana, 117

Pinxter-Flower, 232

Pipsissewa, 24

Pitcher Plant, haunts, 32, 33, 35, 65, 67, 69, 105, 142, 181

Pittsfield (Mass.), stages to, 198

Plains, Huckleberry, 115

Plant World, the, cited, 126, 169

Platt, “a friend of mine,” a character of Hawthorne’s, 218, 219

Pleasant Valley, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234

Pleurisy-Root, 234

Pliny, orchises known to, 109; Natural History quoted, 240

Plymouth (Mass.), 24

Poe Cottage, Bedford Park (N. Y. City), 161

=Pogonia=, generic description, 259; haunts, 62, 63, 70, 73, 83, 85, 88, 125, 178, 181, 202; delicate, 89; origin of name, 90, 259; New England species, 259. See Sweet Pogonias =P. affinis=, specific description, 261; origin of name, 261 =P. ophioglossoides=, specific description, 260; origin of name, 90, 260; flowers, 90, 94; fragrance, 90; roots, 91; fertilization, 94. See Snake-Mouth Pogonia =P. trianthophora=, specific description, 260; origin of name, 260; range, 260 =P. verticillata=, 187; specific description, 261; origin of name, 261

Point of Rocks, Mosholu, and Lowerre (N. Y.), 161, 164, 165

Pollen and Pollinia of Orchids, 93

Pollywogs, or tadpoles, 63, 69, 144

Polygonum amphibium, 84, 143; name of, 84; genus, 144, 145