Literary Pilgrimages of a Naturalist

by Winthrop Packard

INDEX

A
Achilles, [156], [157]
Adam, [117]
Alcott, [99], [100], [102]
— Louisa, [101]
Alder, white, [68]
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, [30]
Allen, Ethan, [171]
Amesbury, [129]
Anemone nemorosa, [143]
Angle-wing, [56]
Antietam, [193]
Apple, Baldwin, [6]
— russet, [115]
— wild, [127]
Appledore, [44], [46], [48], [49], [50], [52], [56], [59]
Arbutus, trailing, [94], [138], [140], [141], [142], [146], [199]
Arcady, [37]
Argynnis, [67]
— cybele, [39]
Asclepias cornuti, [37]
— tuberosa, [38]
Assabet, [101]
Asters, [37], [49], [86], [107], [113]
Astræa, [150]
Atlantis, [45]
Azalea, [9]
B
Babylonian kings, [187]
Bayberry, [9], [25], [46], [52], [81], [88]
Bee, bumble, [25], [41]
— honey, [57]
Beech, [21], [177], [200]
“Bemis Place, the,” [35]
Bilbao, [119]
Billington, [139]
— sea, [139]
Birch, [27], [69], [128], [200]
— black, [2]
— white, [21]
— yellow, [27], [171]
Birds
Bittern, [210]
Blackbird, [32], [36], [140]
Blackpoll, [207]
Bluebird, [169]
“Bob white,” [13]
Cedar wax-wing, [127]
Chewink, [23]
Creeper, black and white, [207]
Crow, [126]
Cuckoo, yellow-billed, [198], [211]
Duck, [63]
Finch, purple, [194]
Flycatcher, great-crested, [14]
— olive-sided, [55]
Grosbeak, [194]
Gull, [56]
— herring, [129], [130]
Hawk, fish, [131]
— night, [210]
Heron, great blue, [57]
— little green, [71]
Jay, [126], [200]
— blue, [205]
Kingbird, [56]
Kingfisher, [70], [71]
Maryland yellow-throat, [52], [201], [202], [204]
Mourning Dove, [13]
Nuthatch, white-breasted, [171]
Oven-bird, [203], [204], [205]
Owl, [200]
“Peabody bird,” [199]
Quail, [13]
Robin, [2], [3], [55], [127], [139], [193], [194]
Sandpipers, [56], [70]
Skylark, [2]
Snipe, Wilson’s, [131]
Sparrow, song, [52], [55], [140], [169], [203], [206]
— white-throated, [199], [211]
Swallow, [7]
— barn, [5], [6], [53]
— tree, [53], [54]
Tanager, [194]
Thrush, [193], [194]
— hermit, [208]
— water, [203]
— wood, [195], [196], [208]
Vireo, [21]
— red-eyed, [205], [206]
— warbling, [194]
Warblers, [194], [199]
— Canadian, [206], [207]
— parula, [200], [202]
— wood, [86]
Whip-poor-will, [197], [210]
Black Mount, [2], [3], [4], [13]
Blackberries, [47], [81]
“Blobs,” [142]
Blueberries, [4], [81]
— low-bush blacks, [4]
— pale blue, [4]
Blue flag, [22], [47]
Blue Hill, [32], [33]
Bluets, [152]
Bolles, Frank, [197], [200], [207], [208]
Boston Light, [76]
Bouncing-Bet, [89]
Bradford, William, [75], [76], [105], [137], [138], [139], [146], [147]
Bulkeley, Rev. Peter, [77]
Burial Hill, [105], [137], [138], [139], [147]
Buttercup, [146], [186]
— bulbous, [153]
Butterflies,
Angle-wing, [56]
Argynnis, [67]
— cybele, [39]
Baltimore, [41]
Cabbage, [56]
Colias, [27]
Colias philodice, [40]
Fritillary, great spangled, [39]
Grapta interrogationis, [144]
Hesperiidæ, [144]
Hunters, [56], [144]
Lycæna pseudargiolus, [144]
Monarch, [39], [56]
Mourning cloak, [143], [146]
Papilio turnus, [38]
Pyrameis huntera, [144]
Sulphur, [40]
Vanessa antiopa, [143]
C
Cabbage butterfly, [56]
Cadiz, [119]
Caltha palustris, [142]
Camaguay, [111]
Cape Cod, [75], [145]
Cape of Good Hope, [148]
Caraway, [43]
Cardamine pratensis, [142]
Carrageen, [54]
Cedar, [11], [127], [128]
Cedar berries, [127]
Cedar, red, [9], [25], [37]
Cedar wax-wing, [127]
Ceylon, [63], [148]
Charter Street, [148]
Checkerberries, [140], [141]
Chelone glabra, [41]
Cherry-bird, [208], [210]
Cherry, wild, [46], [50], [81], [83]
Chestnut, [68]
“Cheviot Hills, The,” [33]
Chewink, [23]
Chicory, [1]
China Sea, [148]
Chipmunks, [107]
Chocorua, [3], [201], [206], [207], [208], [209]
Chocorua, Lake, [197], [203], [208]
— mountain, [197], [208]
— woods, [198], [211]
Chokeberry, [50]
Cicada, [207]
Cineraria maritima, [84]
Cinquefoil, [51]
Civil war, [185], [186], [189]
Clark’s Island, [135]
Clematis, [47], [48], [107], [113]
Clethra, [62], [66]
Clover, white, [58]
Colias, [27]
— philodice, [40]
Concord, [63], [65], [71], [90], [91], [92], [96], [97], [98], [99]
— Bridge, [91]
Confederate, [191]
Convolvulus, [111]
Coreopsis, [44]
Corydon, [37]
Country brook, [26], [27], [28]
Cowslip, [142]
Crabs, [55]
Cranberry, [51]
Cranberry bog, [12], [140]
Cranes-bill, [47]
Creeper, black and white, [207]
Cress, bitter, [142]
Crow, [126]
Cruciferæ, [56]
Cuckoo, yellow-billed, [198], [211]
Custom House, [150]
D
Daisy, [186]
— ox-eye, [23]
Dandelions, [51], [152]
Dandelions, fall, [109]
Deerfield River, [164], [181]
Derby, Elias, [150], [158], [159]
Derby Street, [148]
Dexter, “Lord” Timothy, [124]
Dickens, [123]
Dreadnaught, [120]
Duck, [63]
Dummerston, [177]
Dunkirk, [119]
Dusty-miller, [84]
E
Elder, [46], [50]
Emerson, [90], [97], [99], [100], [102]
Eos, [61]
Epigæa, [140], [141]
Eric the Red, [143]
Essex Institute, [150], [161]
Eve, [52]
Everlasting, [192]
F
Ferns
Cinnamon, [22], [109]
Hay-scented, [22]
Interrupted, [22]
Lady, [22]
Maidenhair, [95]
Royal, [22], [109]
Finch, purple, [194]
Firefly, [31]
Florida Keys, [145]
Flycatcher, great-crested, [14]
— olive-sided, [55]
“Flying Dutchman, The,” [120], [148]
Forget-me-not, [22]
Fox, [107]
Fragaria, [153]
Free Press, [123]
Fritillary, great-spangled, [39]
Frog, tree, [209]
G
Gallows Hill, [149], [151], [153]
Garrison, William Lloyd, [123]
Gaultheria, [141]
Genista, [154]
Geraniums, red, [44], [58], [59]
Gerardia, [68]
— flava, [41]
— golden, [40], [41]
— tenuifolia, [67]
Gettysburg, [193]
Ghettos, [150]
Goldenrod, [27], [49], [86], [107]
— seaside, [128], [130]
Gosnold, [76]
Grand Army, [186]
Grand Turk, The, [150], [158], [159]
Granite, [49]
Grant, [195]
Grape, fox, [111]
Grapta, interrogationis, [144]
Gratiola aurea, [70]
Greenbrier, [8], [81], [111]
Greenbush, [106]
Green Harbor, [2], [3], [7], [10], [12]
Grimes, C. S., [165], [173], [178]
Grosbeak, [194]
Guadeloupe, [119]
Gulf Stream, [64]
Gulistan, [188]
Gull, [56]
— herring, [129], [130]
Gurnet, [136], [145], [147]
H
Habenaria fimbriata, [36]
— psycodes, [35], [38]
Hard-hack, [153]
Harold, [94]
Harraden, Jonathan, [156], [157]
Hastings, [94]
Hathorn, Judge, [150]
Hawk, fish, [131]
Hawk, night, [210]
Hawthorn, [142]
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, [98], [102], [149], [150], [151], [160], [162]
Haystack mountain, [164], [165], [172], [182]
Hedge-hyssop, [68], [70]
Hemlock, [16], [21], [172], [201]
Hepatica, [95]
Heron, great blue, [57]
— little green, [71]
Herring, [128], [130]
Hesperiidæ, [144]
Hildreth, Richard, [124]
Holly berries, [127]
Hollyhock, [19]
“Home Sweet Home,” [117]
Homer, [138]
Hoosac Tunnel, [181]
Huckleberry, [4], [50], [88], [128]
— low-bush, black, [46]
Hunter’s butterfly, [56], [144]
Hyla, [52], [209]
I
Immortelles, [192]
Indians, [32], [85]
Indian pipe, [42]
Ireland, [119]
Isles of Shoals, [44], [49]
Ivy, [107]

— poison, [110]
J
Jamshid, [188]
Jay, [126], [200]
— blue, [205]
Jewel Weed, [22]
Job’s Hill, [23], [24]
Jones, Paul, [155]
Joppa, [125]
— flats, [122]
Juniper, [25], [69]
K
Kathan farm, [177]
Kelp, [55], [57]
Kenoza lake, [24]
Khan, Genghis, [188]
Kingbird, [56]
Kingfisher, [69], [70], [71]
L
Ladies’ Tresses, [86]
Launcelot, [144]
“Legend of Ara-Cœli,” [34]
Lichen, [9], [108], [184], [185]
— reindeer, [10]
Lilac, [17], [29], [186], [187], [188], [189]
Liliputian, [85]
Lily, pond, [32], [42]
— water, [82]
Lincoln, [63]
Liverpool packet, [120]
London pride, [19]
Long Point, [75], [76], [77]
Lotos, [101]
Love-in-a-mist, [44]
Lycæna pseudargiolus, [144]
M
Madeira, [119]
Magnolia, [162]
Maidenhair fern, [95]
Manomet, [136], [143], [145], [147]
— head, [135]
— heights, [146]
Maple, [21], [68], [128], [140], [164], [165], [171]
— sap, [179]
— sugar, [164], [171], [180], [182]
Marigold, [44]
— marsh, [142]
Marjoram, [19]
Marshfield, [1], [3], [6], [14]
Maryland yellow-throat, [52], [201], [202], [204]
Massachusetts bay, [105]
Mayflower, the, [10], [76], [94], [95], [105], [135], [136], [142], [147]
Mayflower, [139], [141], [142], [143], [146], [147]
Meadow Sweet, [67]
Memorial Day, [184], [185], [186], [187], [190], [191], [192], [195]
Merrimac, [15], [20], [27]
Miantowonah, [32], [42]
Mica, [49]
Milkweed, [37], [39], [40], [41]
Mint, wild, [20]
Minute Man, [91], [92], [93], [99]
Mirror, New York, [105]
Mogg Megone, [16]
Monarch butterfly, [39], [56]
Monotropa uniflora, [42]
Morning glory, [49]
Mourning cloak butterfly, [143], [146]
Mourning dove, [13]
Mussels, [54]
N
Naples, [145]
Naples, bay of, [145]
Newbury, [118]
Newburyport, [118], [119], [121], [123], [125], [129]
Nuthatch, white-breasted, [171]
O
Oak, [68], [140]
Oak, red, [21], [99]
— white, [21]
Octavia, Miss, [132]
Odysseus, [160]
Odyssey, [160]
Old Curiosity Shop, [123]
“Old Oaken Bucket, The,” [104], [114], [117]
Omar, [188]
Orchid, [38]
— larger, fringed, [36]
— small purple-fringed, [36]
Oriole, [162]
Oven-bird, [203], [204], [205]
Owl, [200]
P
Papilio turnus, [38]
Parsnip, wild, [49]
Parula, [200], [202]
Paugus, [203]
Peabody, [150]
Peabody Academy of Science, [161]
“Peabody Bird,” [199]
Peabody, Joseph, [158]
Peaked Hill Bar, [87]
Peregrine, [3]
Persepolis, [187]
Persia, [187], [188]
“Pickles for the Knowing Ones,” [123]
Pierpont, John, [123], [124], [132]
Pilgrim, [37], [75], [77], [82], [87], [89], [105], [137], [142], [144], [146], [147]
— cemetery, [3], [6], [12]
— children, [1], [141]
— descendants, [3]
— mothers, [78]
— scouts, [80]
— shrines, [78]
— warriors, [81]
Pine, [16], [21], [68], [129], [191]
— pitch, [85]
Pink, [44]
— clove, [34]
Pipsissewa, [42]
Plantain, [51]
Plum, beach, [81], [88], [128]
Plum Island, [132], [133]
Plymouth, [2], [94], [135], [138], [142], [143]
— bay, [10], [145]
— colony, [105], [137]
Plymouth rock, [105]
Ponkapoag, [31], [33], [34], [35]
— brook, [35]
— pond, [31], [32], [42]
Poplar, silver-leafed, [88]
Poppies, [19], [44], [58]
— shirley, [49]
Port au Prince, [119]
Port Hudson, [193]
Potentilla, [152], [153]
Provincetown, [76], [77], [80], [87], [136]
“Prynne, Hester,” [160]
Puritan, [89], [154]
Pyrameis huntera, [144]
Pyrola, [42], [140]
Q
Quail, [13]
Quartz, [49]
Queenstown, [120]
R
Race Point, [75], [76], [78], [80]
Rajah (ship), [150]
Raspberry, [46]
Revolution, the, [186], [189]
Robin, [2], [3], [55], [127], [139], [193], [194]
Rock weed, [53], [54], [57]
Rose, damask, [34]
— wild, [9], [11], [24], [25], [26], [50], [58], [81], [113], [187]
Royal Society, philosophical transactions of, [166]
Rubaiyat, [188]
Rudbeckias, [23]
Rush, bog, [51]
S
Sadi, [188]
Sagittaria, [36]
Sahara, [82]
Salem, [148], [149], [150], [152], [154], [155], [156], [157], [158], [161], [162], [166]
Sandpipers, [56], [70]
Sandwich Range, [204]
Sandy Hook, [120]
Sassafras, [9], [69]
Saxifraga virginiensis, [143]
Saxifrage, [43], [191], [192]
Scarlet Letter, [122], [149], [161]
Senegambia, [148]
Shadbush, [46], [50]
Sinbad the Sailor, [136]
Skylark, [2]
Sleepy Hollow, [99]
Smelt, [128], [130]
Smilacina, [186], [189], [190], [192]
Smilax, [111], [190]
— rotundifolia, [81]
— wild, [81]
Smith, Capt. John, [33], [76]
Snake, green, [52]
Snipe, Wilson’s, [141]
Sparrow, song, [52], [55], [140], [169], [203], [206]
— white-throated, [199], [211]
Spiranthes, gracilis, [86]
Spofford, Harriet Prescott, [124], [129]
Spruce, [172]
Standish, Myles, [78], [85], [89]
Steeplebush, [24], [25]
Stevenson, [161]
St. John’s-wort, [47], [58]
St. Martins, [119]
Strawberry, [4]
— wild, [152]
Sudbury, [101]
Sumac, [9], [27], [50], [58]
— staghorn, [8], [26], [46]
Surinam, [119], [148]
Swallow, [7]
— barn, [5], [6], [53]
— tree, [53], [54]
Sweet-fern, [25], [81]
Sweet william, [19]
T
Tambourine bird, [23]
Tamerlane, [188]
Tanager, [194]
Thaxter, Celia, [49]
— —, garden of, [44], [58]
— —, grave of, [58]
Third Cliff, [112]
Thistle, [25]
Thoreau, [60], [65], [66], [67], [69], [73], [74], [98], [99], [100]
Thoroughwort, [67], [68]
Thrush, [193], [194]
— water, [203]
— wood, [195], [196], [208]
Toad-flax, [47]
“Tocsin, the,” [133]
Town Brook, [138]
Trillium, painted, [201]
— purple, [201]
Troy, [97], [138]
Truro, [86]
— North, [77], [78], [79], [85]
Turtle-head, [41]
U
Ulysses, [160]
Usnea moss, [200]
V
Vanessa antiopa, [143]
Violet, [153], [186], [190], [192]
— wood, [201]
Vireo, [21]
— red-eyed, [205], [206]
— warbling, [191]
Virginia creeper, [47]
Vishnu, [96]
W
Walden, [60], [62], [65], [66], [68], [69], [70], [71]
Wapping Old Stairs, [122]
Warbler, [194]
— Canadian, [206]
— wood, [86]
Warsaw, [150]
Water plantain, [37]
Water striders, [21]
Webster, Daniel, [2], [3], [6], [12]
— farm, [3]
— path, [10]
— place, [4]
— well house, [7]
West, Ebenezer, [158]
Whin, [154]
Whip-poor-will, [197], [210]
White Mountains, [45]
White, Peregrine, [1], [3], [6], [12]
— —, mother of, [10]
Whitefield, [123]
Whittier, [17], [20], [23], [24], [28], [123]
Whittier birthplace, [18]
— fireplace, [15]
Whittier’s mother, [16]
“Wild boat of the Atlantic, the,” [120]
Willow, [88], [140]
Wilmington, [164], [175]
Wind flower, [143]
Winslow, [12]
Witch Hazel,

[113]
Woad-waxen, [154]
Woodbine, [107], [110], [111]
Woodchuck, [12], [107]
Woodworth, Samuel, [104], [106], [110], [114], [115]
Y
Yarrow, [25], [47], [48], [49]

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

[Pg ix]: ‘The Birds of Chocorua’ replaced by ‘Birds of Chocorua’.
[Pg 118]: ‘In the heydey’ replaced by ‘In the heyday’.
[Pg 213]: ‘Azalia,’ replaced by ‘Azalea,’.
[Pg 213]: ‘Beech, 21, 177, 280’ replaced by ‘Beech, 21, 177, 200’.
[Pg 213]: ‘Bilboa,’ replaced by ‘Bilbao,’.
[Pg 214]: ‘Cardamine praetensis,’ replaced by ‘Cardamine pratensis,’.
[Pg 216]: ‘Gualaloupe,’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe,’.
[Pg 217]: ‘Odyssy,’ replaced by ‘Odyssey,’.