Liparis, Lily-Leaved, 162. See _Leptorchis liliifolia_ Limekilns, North Adams (Mass.), 13, 214 Limestone ridges, Pownal (Vt.), 198 =Limodorum=, generic description, 282; comrade species of, 62, 85; haunts, 88, 90, 178, 181, 202; origin of name, 91, 282. _See_ Grass Pink, or Meadow-Gift =L. tuberosum=, specific description, 282; haunts, 47, 83, 87, 89, 90, 91; structure of, 91, 92 _Limnanthemum lancunosum_, 180 Linnæus, quoted on origin of plant names, 58, 126 _Liriodendron Tulipifera_, 234 =Listera=, generic description, 267 =L. auriculata=, specific description, 268 =L. convallarioides=, specific description, 268 =L. cordata=, specific description, 269 Llewellyn Park, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234 Lloyd Spring, Mount Œta (Vt.), 234 _Lobelia_, 187, 235, 236 _L. cardinalis_, 233 _L. spicata_, 236 _L. syphilitica_, 236 Logger’s Depot, 208 =Long Purples=, 110. _See_ Purple-Fringed Orchises, genus _Habenaria_ Lorenna, a little flower hunter, 36-38, 40, 41, 98 Lowerre (N. Y.), swamps and hills of, 157, 158, 164, 234 _Lycopodium_, 194; origin of name, 182 _L. obscurum_, 182 _L. Selago_, 182 Lyte, Henry, translations of Dodoens’ _History of Plants_ (1578), quoted, 110, 111, 195 M Magnolia Family, 233 _M. Virginiana_, 235; or Sweet Bay, 235 Maiden-Hair Ferns, 12, 57, 70, 194, 199, 232; Spleenwort, 161, 212 Mail-coach, first, in Hoosac Valley, 7 Major, a valued hound, 62, 100; as a good comrade, 15, 19, 46, 67, 72, 99, 146, 150, 211 Manhattan Island (N. Y. City), 158 Mann Mountain, Pownal (Vt.), 98 Manzanita, an evergreen shrub of Nevada, 165 Marathon, Plains of, 97 Marbledale (Conn.), 235 Marble Quarry, North Adams (Mass.), 225, 228, 229 Marl, formation of, 101 Marsh Buttercups, 5 Marsh Marigolds, 4, 18, 129, 141, 162, 171, 187 Marvel’s, Ik, home, New Haven (Conn.), 130 Mary or Marianus, “Our Lady the Virgin Mary,” 58, 59 Mason, Elijah, Farm, 201 Massachusetts, 3, 91; highest land, 10; border fort, 11; State line, 96; coast and highlands, 105 Mayflowers, 24. _See_ Arbutus May, month of, 126; charm of, 133, 134; showers of, 137; excursions: 1st, 125, 153; 2d, 133; 7th-15th, 133; 14th, 3; 15th, 133, 134, 157, 165; 18th, 167; 19th, 104, 188; 20th, 138; 23d, 139; 25th, 56, 57; 29th, 141; 30th, 55 Mayunsook River, North Branch of Hoosac River, 224; valley of, 222, 224, 229 McLean’s Woods (N. Y. City), swamp of, 162 =Meadow-Gift=, 91. _See_ Grass Pink, or _Limodorum_ Meadow-Rue, 171 Meadows, wild, 56, 67, 137, 180, 181; paths of moles and rats in, 65, 66 _Medeola Virginiana_, 20, 162; origin of name of, 162 Meehan, Thomas, quoted, 93 _Mentha_, 132 _Menyanthes trifoliata_, 26, 67, 180. _See_ Buckbean