[80] Genus doubtfully reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont. [81] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont. [82] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of northern New England. [83] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of northern New England. [84] Genus not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont. [85] Salisbury, _Pard. Lond._, pl. 89. 1807. [86] Henry Baldwin, _Orchids of New England_, 93. 1894. [87] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont. [88] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Massachusetts. [89] Genus not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont. [90] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont. [91] Genera not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont. [92] Species not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although native of Vermont. [93] The common name, Putty-Root, arose from the putty-like consistency of the adhesive substance of the old corms or bulbs; used to mend broken china. The name Adam-and-Eve originated with the colored folk in Georgia and Alabama. The bulbs are not disagreeable to eat if baked, and many confess to be fond of them. The colored people in the South are said to wear these bulbs as amulets, and attribute great favor to them in casting lots. By separating the offsets, they designate them Adam-and-Eve, as the rule may be, and placing them in a bowl of water decide their good or ill fortune in obtaining work, or a lover, according as Adam or Eve “pops up.” INDEX A _Abies balsamea_, origin of name, 118. _See_ Balsam-Fir =Achroanthes=, generic description, 272 =A. monophylla=, specific description, 273 =A. unifolia=, specific description, 273; haunts of, 104, 108 _Acorus Calamus_, 25, 161 Adams, George, shanty of, 197 Æolian Glen, Bellows-Pipe, 217, 220; harps of, 12, 153 Æolus, Mount (Dorset Mountains) (Vt.), of Taconic origin, 142 Agriculture, Department of (Washington, D. C.), 125 Ague Tree, 186 Aiton’s _Catalogue of Plants_, 37 Albinos of =Cypripedium acaule=, 147, 148; of =Cypripedium reginæ=, 61, 137, 184 Alder, Speckled or Hoary, 23, 31 Allen, Grant, quoted, 53 _Allium_, 172 Alpine Blossoms of the Dome, 201 Amanita, 184 _Amelanchier Canadensis_, 119 Amidon’s Farm, 41, 174, 198; woods of, 98; pines of, 134, 135, 138 _Anaphalis margaritacea_, 237 _Andromeda_, 6 Anemones, 5, 171, 232 Anthony, Mount, Bennington (Vt.), 86, 97, 188, 204 _Antrostomus Carolinensis_, 205. _See_ Chuck-Will’s-Widow _Antrostomus vociferus_, 205. _See_ Whippoorwill =Aplectrum=, generic description, 283 =A. spicatum=, specific description, 284 _Aquilegia_, origin of name, 168, 169 _A. Canadensis_, 168 Arbor Vitæ, American, 118, 189