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A world of green hills

Chapter 14: INDEX
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A series of travel sketches and nature essays set in the Blue Ridge, combining keen natural-history observation with candid portrayals of local people and customs. The author records drives along mountain roads, studies of birds and plants, reflections on small communities, and responses to alterations of the landscape such as dams. Close attention to seasonal detail, bird behavior, and regional speech produces a mosaic of place that blends field notes, anecdote, and gentle cultural commentary, emphasizing both natural beauty and everyday life in the hills.

INDEX

Anemone, 153, 216.

Arbor-vitæ, 217.

Arbutus, trailing, 133, 148, 153, 158, 205.

Asplenium Ruta-muraria, 227.

Azalea:—
arborescens, 138.
calendulacea, 138.
nudiflora, 137, 206.
vaseyi, 137.
viscosa, 138.


Barren strawberry, 153, 178.

Blackbird:—
crow, 202.
red-winged, 123.

Bladder-nut, 216.

Bloodroot, 153, 160, 178, 216.

Bluebird, 125, 266.

Blue-eyed grass, 244.

Bobolink, 208.

Box turtle, 248.

Butterflies, 218.

Buzzard, turkey, 126, 132, 159, 271.


Cancer-root, 260.

Carolina hemlock, 93.

Catbird, 51, 173, 198, 275.

Catchfly, scarlet, 244.

Chat, 5, 126, 203, 239, 247, 257.

Checkerberry, 133.

Cheilanthes vestita, 229.

Chewink, 132, 159.

Chickadee, Carolina, 126, 148, 184, 196, 239.

Chinaberry-tree, 8.

Chokeberry, 132.

Clintonia, white-flowered, 46.

Columbine, 214, 218.

Cowslip, 264.

Crab-apple tree, 50.

Cranesbill, 216.

Creeper:—
black-and-white, 148, 155, 196, 264.
brown, 41, 74, 78, 126.

Crossbill, red, 159, 180, 249, 272.

Cuckoo, 273.

Cystopteris bulbifera, 228.


Deerberry, 273.

Dogwood, flowering, 208, 257.

Dove:—
Carolina, 196, 273.
ground, 273.

Draba, ramosissima, 214.


Finch, purple, 230.

Fish-hawk, 209.

Flycatcher:—
Acadian, 125, 239.
least, 45.
olive-sided, 41, 94, 126.

Fringed polygala, 160.


Galax, 134, 154.

Gaylussacia ursina, 133.

Ginger, wild, 216.

Gnatcatcher, blue-gray, 21, 23, 231, 269, 279.

Goldfinch, 132, 211, 230, 275.

Grackle, bronzed, 202.

Grosbeak:—
blue, 249.
cardinal, 125, 224, 272.
rose-breasted, 51, 119, 128, 132, 180, 187, 258.

Grouse, ruffed, 155, 159, 267.


Halesia-tree, 38, 50.

Hepatica, 153, 160, 178, 216.

Houstonia, 153.

Huckleberry, 132.

Humming-bird, 23, 203, 235, 241, 268, 280.


Indigo-bird, 231, 255.

Iris, vernal, 134, 160, 205, 266.


Judas-tree, 146, 208, 257.


Killdeer, 199.

Kingbird, 275.

Kingfisher, 49, 208.


Lady’s-slipper, yellow, 46.

Laurel, mountain, 140.

Lungwort, 172.


Magnolia Fraseri, 93.

Mandrake, 216.

Maryland yellow-throat, 122, 209.

Mitrewort, 178, 216.


Night-hawk, 231, 271.

Nuthatch:—
red-breasted (Canadian), 40, 126, 159.
white-breasted, 196, 239.


Orchis spectabilis, 216.

Oriole:—
Baltimore, 124, 202, 278.
orchard, 275.

Osprey, 209.

Oven-bird, 132, 157, 195, 196, 223, 230.


Painted-cup, 94, 134.

Pellæa atropurpurea, 227.

Pewee, wood, 203, 239.

Phalarope, Wilson’s, 95.

Phœbe, 75, 123, 224, 230, 278.

Potentilla tridentata, 133.


Ragwort, 216.

Raven, 22, 68.

Redstart, 240.

Rhododendron:—
Catawbiense, 137, 141.
maximum, 137.
punctatum, 136.

Robin, 51, 198.

Rose acacia, 134.


Sand myrtle, 134.

Sandpiper:—
solitary, 72.
spotted, 73, 199, 278.

Shadbush, 153, 160.

Shortia galacifolia, 93.

Snowbird, Carolina, 78, 115, 126, 132.

Sparrow:—
chipping, 148, 230.
field, 132, 148, 159, 205.
lark, 190.
song, 128, 199, 278.
white-throated, 30, 157, 196, 239, 255.

Spring beauty, 216.

Stone-crop, 216.

Sumach, fragrant, 260.

Swallow:—
barn, 74, 75, 201, 278.
rough-winged, 32, 75, 201, 218, 278.

Sweetbrier (Eglantine), 67, 276.

Swift, chimney, 132, 145, 201, 230.


Tanager:—
scarlet, 132, 203.
summer, 23, 231, 240, 277.

Thrasher, brown, 30, 51, 126, 148, 196, 198.

Thrush:—
Louisiana water, 66, 126, 203, 219, 230.
olive-backed (Swainson), 23, 240, 247, 253, 267.
wood, 51, 247.

Trillium:—
grandiflorum, 215.
stylosum, 56.

Tufted titmouse, 126, 196, 223.

Tulip-tree, 160, 166, 217.


Violets, 133, 160, 161, 162, 166, 177, 214.

Vireo:—
mountain solitary, 118.
red-eyed, 119, 195, 223, 230, 255.
warbling, 202, 278.
white-eyed, 127.
yellow-throated, 196, 230, 255.


Walking fern, 217.

Warbler:—
Blackburnian, 126, 128, 195, 240, 255.
blackpoll, 127, 196.
black-throated blue, 121, 126, 180, 240, 254, 255.
black-throated green, 23, 195, 255.
blue yellow-backed (parula), 45, 123, 195, 223, 230, 248, 258, 265.
Canadian, 121, 126, 240.
Cape May, 261.
cerulean, 236, 251, 255, 258, 265, 267, 268, 271, 281.
chestnut-sided, 126, 132, 195, 196, 255.
golden-winged, 21, 51, 126, 193, 195.
hooded, 125, 155, 254.
Kentucky, 125, 127, 156.
magnolia, 235, 263.
myrtle, 127, 195, 196, 255.
Nashville, 269.
pine, 23, 195.
prairie, 23, 127, 206, 230, 266.
redpoll, 195.
summer yellow (golden), 127, 195, 278.
worm-eating, 178, 195.

Whippoorwill, 5, 59, 231, 247.

Woodpecker:—
downy, 196.
hairy, 241.
golden-winged, 159, 196.
pileated, 32, 48, 180, 246, 250.
red-headed, 241.
yellow-bellied, 180.

Wren:—
Bewick, 126, 148, 198, 202.
Carolina, 126, 231.
house, 150, 198, 203, 275.
winter, 155, 198.


Xanthorrhiza, 189.