Part 30

Lady's-slipper, showy (Cypripedium spectabile), 6-8.

Lady's-slipper, stemless or pink (Cypripedium acaule), 6, 71.

Lark, shore or horned (Otocoris alpestris) and prairie horned lark (O. a. praticola), 163, 164, 287; in confinement, 288; notes of, 163, 164, 287, 288.

Larkins, his house in the Catskills, 37, 56, 57; directions from, 38, 39; his dog, 59, 60.

Licks, of Kentucky, the, 225.

Lilies, scarlet, 98.

Lily, meadow, 17. See Pond-lily.

Limestone, of Kentucky, 234.

Linnæus, quotation from, 266.

Lion's-foot, 30.

Liver-leaf, or hepatica, 14.

Loon (Urinator imber), 309.

Loosestrife, purple, 12, 29.

Lynx, Canada (Lynx canadensis), 198.

Mallow. See Marsh-mallow.

Mammoth Cave, general impressions of, 241, 242, 248; relics of 1812, 242; the clock, 243; timidity of visitors, 243, 244; a dark city, 244; as a sanitarium, 244, 245; the Star Chamber, 245, 246; musical rocks, 246, 247; water in, 247, 248; Goring Dome, 248; the entrance, 248, 249; a river of cool air, 249, 250.

Maple, red, 17.

Maple, sugar, keys of, 152; starting of the sap, 159; a good sap day, 160, 161.

March, a typical day of, 161; tokens of, 219, 220.

Marigold, marsh, 19.

Marsh-mallow (Althæa officinalis), 12.

Martin, Mrs., her Home Life on an Ostrich Farm, 86.

Martin, purple (Progne subis), eggs of, 65.

Meadow-beauty, or rhexia, 10.

Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), 236; notes of, 165, 167.

Medeola. See Indian cucumber root.

Melilotus. See Clover, sweet.

Milkweed, marsh, 13.