Chapter I: Front Matter

A YEAR AMONG THE TREES;
OR,
_THE WOODS AND BY-WAYS OF NEW ENGLAND_.

BY WILSON FLAGG,

AUTHOR OF “STUDIES IN THE FIELD AND FOREST,” “A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS,”
“HALCYON DAYS,” ETC.

The temples of the gods made desolate,
They leave the earth to curses born of art;
Degenerate man resumes the bow and quiver,
And beauty sleeps until another dawn.

BOSTON:
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.
1890.

COPYRIGHT, 1881,
BY ESTES AND LAURIAT.
BOSTON.

COPYRIGHT, 1889,
BY EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.,
BOSTON.

INDEX.

A. Ailantus 267 Alder _Alnus serrulata_ 265 American Elm 74 American Wayfaring-Tree _Viburnum lentago_ 185 Andromeda 209 Animals of the Primitive Forest 12 Apple-Tree _Pyrus malus_ 70 Arbor-Vitæ _Thuya occidentalis_ 299 Arrow-Wood _Viburnum dentatum_ 187 Ash _Fraxinus Americana_ 8 Ash, Mountain 86 Aspen, large _Populus tripida_ 257 Aspen, small _Populus tremuloides_ 258 Autumn Woods 188 Azalea 18

B. Balsam Fir _Abies balsamea_ 288 Barberry _Berberis communis_ 48 Bayberry _Myrica cerifera_ 178 Beach-Plum _Prunus maritima_ 72 Bearberry _Arbutus uva-urs_ 143 Beech-Tree _Fagus Americanus_ 145 Benzoin _Laurus benzoin_ 135 Bittersweet _Celastrus scandens_ 151 Blackberry _Rubus procumbens_ 152 Black Birch _Betula lenta_ 237 Black Poplar _Populus nigra_ 247 Black Spruce _Abies nigra_ 291 Black Walnut _Juglans nigra_ 164 Buckthorn _Rhamnus catharticus_ 270 Burning-Bushes 269 Butternut _Juglans cinerea_ 163 Button-bush _Cephalanthus occidentalis_ 172 Buttonwood 174