XII. SAUCY JAYS AND POLYPORES 149 _Third Season_ XIII. THE SWAMPS AND HILLS OF MOSHOLU AND LOWERRE, NEW YORK 157 XIV. THE SWAMP OF ORACLES—HOOSAC VALLEY 167 XV. WHITE OAKS AND GREGOR ROCKS 183 XVI. ALPINE BLOSSOMS OF THE DOME 201 XVII. THE CASCADE AND BELLOWS-PIPE, NOTCH VALLEY, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS 212 XVIII. THE NATURAL BRIDGE OF MAYUNSOOK VALLEY, NORTHERN BERKSHIRE 224 XIX. ORANGE MOUNTAINS, AND SALT MEADOWS, NEW JERSEY 231 APPENDIX—NEW ENGLAND ORCHIDS 239 INDEX 285 [Illustration] Illustrations The photographs in this list marked thus * were taken by Miss Katherine Lewers, the others by the author. The coloring is the work of the author. Of the fifteen genera of _Orchidaceæ_ in New England, all save _Listera_, _Tipularia_, and _Aplectrum_ are represented in these illustrations. PAGE The Pink Moccasin-Flower (_Cypripedium acaule_)* _Frontispiece_ _Colored_ The Large Yellow Moccasin-Flower (_Cypripedium hirsutum_)* 4 _Colored_ The Botanizing Can, or Vasculum, Showing the White-Petaled Lady’s Slipper and Maiden-Hair Fern* 8 Mount Greylock’s Brotherhood—the Berkshire Highlands, from Mount Œta, Bennington County, Vermont, Showing the College Town of Williamstown in the Valley* 10 The Western Gateway of Hoosac Mountain, the Entrance to Hoosac Tunnel, North Adams, Massachusetts 14 Source of photograph unknown. Ball Brook, in the Swamp of Oracles, Pownal, Vermont* 18 The Showy Lady’s Slipper—the Queen of the Indian Moccasin-Flowers (_Cypripedium reginæ_)* 24 _Colored_ The Fleur-de-Lis (_Iris versicolor_)* 28 The Fountain of Arethusa, near the Bogs of Etchowog, Pownal, Vermont 30 Round-Leaved Sundew (_Drosera rotundifolia_) 32 The Carnivorous Plants, commonly called Pitcher Plants, and Dumb Watches (_Sarracenia purpurea_) 34 The Bogs of Etchowog, Showing the Dome in the Distance, Pownal, Vermont* 36 The Ram’s-Head Lady’s Slipper (_Cypripedium arietinum_) 42