Gentian, Blue-Fringed, 26, 166, 180, 187, 238; origin of name of, 180 _Gentiana crinita_, 166, 238; Bryant’s verse to, 238 Geological surveys, northern Massachusetts, 9 _Geranium columbinum_, 169 _Gerardia_, 234-236 Giant, The, Mount Carmel (Conn.), 129, 130, 158 Ginger-Root, 164, 179, 220 Glacial Age, 8, 9, 185, 189; hills of the, 86, 142, 204, 221; ancient lake beds of, 203, 221. _See_ Erosions, Pot-holes, _and_ Boulders Glebe or Church land, by law established, Pownal (Vt.), 188, 198-200, 204 Glen of Comus, District Fourteen, 21, 25, 36, 44, 55, 72, 133, 137, 141, 147, 149, 152, 178 _Gnaphalium decurrens_, 237 Goatsucker Family, 215 Goddess of Liberty (N. Y. City), 231 Golden Arnica, 236 Golden Chestnut of Nevada, 165 Golden Gate of Hoosac Valley, 96 Golden-Ragwort, 162 Golden-Rod, 121, 237 Goldthread, 19, 41, 134, 171, 187, 209 Gould Farm, base of Greylock, Adams (Mass.), 223 Granite rocks, “mutton-backed,” 158 Grape-vines, wild, 103, 164, 181 Grass-of-Parnassus, 237 =Grass Pink=, haunts of, 47, 63, 70, 87, 90, 91, 120, 282; fragrance and color of, 91. _See_ _Limodorum tuberosum_, or Meadow-Gift Gray, Dr. Asa, quoted on beauty of Fringed Habenarias, 105 Great Spirit, anger of the, 218 “Great Vermonter,” boulder of the, 9 Green, Esq., Edward, cabin of, 144 Greenfield (Mass.), 7 Green Mountains, 27, 46, 47, 186 Green Mountain Boys, 97 Green River, Williamstown (Mass.), view of, 120 Gregor Rocks, North Pownal (Vt.), 183; rare ferns of, 188, 191, 192, 194, 213; bluebells of, 192, 196; legend of, 192, 193; natural dam of, 204 Greylock, Mount (Mass.), name of, 10, 212; height of, 10; observatory on, 10, 219; Heart of, 11; clouds upon, 97, 129; brotherhood of, 210, 213; road to summit of, 213, 214; Hawthorne’s description of, 215; Thoreau’s ascent of, 216, 218; trees of, 217; view from, 220; geological and glacial observations of, 221, 223; landslide on south brow of, 222; stone stairs on, 223 Griffin, President, of Williams College (Mass.), 10, 219 Ground-pigs, 177 Ground-Pine, 24, 194 Grouse, hiding of the young of, 175 Gulf Road, Pownal Centre (Vt.), 16, 56, 98, 139, 198 =Gyrostachys=, generic description, 263; haunts of, 109, 166, 238. _See_ Ladies’ Tresses =G. cernua=, specific description, 265 =G. gracilis=, specific description, 266 =G. ochroleuca=, specific description, 265 =G. plantaginea=, specific description, 264 =G. Romanzoffiana=, specific description, 264 H