_Nepeta Cataria_, 132 Newark (N. J.), 231 New Bedford (Mass.), 80 New England, 24, 40, 42, 57, 106, 187; Orchids of, 239 New Jersey, Orange Mountains and Salt Meadows, 231 New Hampshire Grants, 198 New Haven (Conn.), 3, 80, 105, 108, 120, 125, 131, 235; old canal to, 130 New York City (N. Y.), 3, 5, 125, 158, 161, 167, 187, 190, 234 Nigger Hill, White Oaks, 196 Nightshade, Deadly, 217 None-so-Pretty, 237 North Adams (Mass.), 5, 6, 7, 18, 39, 40, 49, 57, 133, 192, 197, 212, 215, 222, 224; Seal of the City of, 7 North Corners (North Pownal, Vt.), 192 Northern Gap, showing the hills of Bennington County, from Mount Œta, Pownal (Vt.), 86 Northfield Road, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234, 235 North Pownal (Vt.), 188, 192, 235 Notch Brook, 111, 113 Notch Road, 213; view from, 214; roarings of, 217, 218; Hawthorne’s walks through the Notch, 218; Thoreau’s comparison of the Notch vales with those of Staten Island (N. Y.), 218; formation of the Notch, 221 Notch Valley, North Adams (Mass.), 111-113, 212, 217 _Nymphæa_, 83; origin of name of, 83; flapping pads of, 145; _N. advena_, 69, 144 Nymphs, wood, 152 O Oak Hill, White Oaks (Mass.), 196; Pownal (Vt.), 141 October, month of, 180, 238 Œta, Mount, Pownal (Vt.), 3, 11, 38-40, 62, 80, 85, 89, 95, 120, 139, 188, 193, 207, 210, 212, 238; summit of, crowned with farms, 97; a foothill of the Dome, 96 _Ophioglossum vulgatum_, 129 _Opuntia Opuntia_, 158 Orange Mountains (N. J.), 131, 165, 231, 233-235; solitudes of, 232 =Orchidaceæ=, haunts of, 118, 238; tropical, 136; botanical description of, 241; New England species of, 241, 242; origin of name, 109; North American species of, 241 =Orchid Family=, 17, 45, 106, 133, 166, 187; roots of, 46, 110; extinction of, 48, 53, 71, 136; self-fertilization of, 52, 77; venders of, 53; seedlings of, 77, 136; torsion of seed-capsule of, 80, 92, 93; cultivation of native species, 82; straight seed-capsule of, 92; pigmy of the, 105; insect agency in fertilization of, 108; species in literature, 109-111; origin of name Orchis, 109; germination of seeds of, 135, 136; craze over, in culture, 136; botanical description of, 241; genera of New England, 242 =Orchis=, generic description of, 247; species, 106; high organism, 106; differences between _Orchis_ and _Cypripedium_, 108; origin of name of, 109; oldest species of the family known in literature, 109-111 =O. aristata=, endemic to Alaska, 106 =O. mascula=, native of England, and resembles _O. spectabilis_ of New England, 106 =O. morio=, native of Europe, and resembles _Habenaria psycodes_ and _Habenaria grandiflora_, of New England, 110. See common names of _Orchis_