Part 78

Unifolium Canadense, 20, 176

Usnea, 186

Vaccinium, 119, 159 V. corymbosum, 118 V. Pennsylvanicum, 118 V. vacillans, 118

Vagnera stellata, 21 V. trifolia, 21

Valerian, American, 47 V. European, 47 V. False, 162

Van Courtlandt Farm, 166; Mansion, 163, 166, 202

Veery, 153. See Thrush

Venus-Hair Fern, 194, 195

Venus of classical literature, 58, 59

“=Venus Slippers=,” 34. See Lady’s-Slipper

Veratrum viride, 5, 47

Verbascum Thapsus, 238

Vermont, 10, 18, 40, 43

Virgil quoted, 119, 159

Virgin’s-Bower, 140

Viola dens-canis, 126. See Dog’s-Tooth Lily

Viola or Violets, 5, 126, 130, 141, 165, 232; origin of name, 159 V. bicolor, 159 V. blanda, 5, 159. Sweet White Violet V. Canadensis, 159, 172, 208. Sweet Canada Violet V. pedata, 157-159. Bird’s-foot Violet V. pubescens, 157, 159. Downy Yellow Violet V. rotundifolia, 158. Round-Leaved Violet

Vitis cordifolia, 181

Wake Robins, 5, 104; Painted, 41; Nodding, 163

Walden Farm, Notch Valley, 213, 214, 220

Walking, 3, 15, 75

Walking Fern, haunts, 4, 190, 191, 193, 198-200, 213, 228

Walloomsac River, Bennington (Vt.), 188, 202

Wall-Rue, Spleenwort Fern, 191, 192, 194

Wars, the French and Indian, 97

Washington (D. C.), 126

Washington Heights (N. Y. City), 158

Washoe Valley (Nevada), 165