September 23, 2018
I see everywhere in the shady yew wood those pretty round-eyed fungus-spots on the upper leaves of the blue-stemmed goldenrod, contrasting with the few bright-yellow flowers above them, -- yellowish-white rings (with a slate-colored centre), surrounded by green and then dark.
Red pine-sap by north side of Yew Path some ten rods east of yew, not long done. The root of the freshest has a decided checkerberry scent, and for a long time — a week after — in my chamber, the bruised plant has a very pleasant earthy sweetness.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, September 23, 1860
Pretty round-eyed fungus-spots on the upper leaves of the blue-stemmed goldenrod. See September 23, 1852 ("A blue-stemmed goldenrod, its stem and leaves red. ") See also November 10, 1858 ("In the path below the Cliff, I see some blue-stemmed goldenrod turned yellow as well as purple.")
Red pine-sap. See note to September 23, 1857 (“The red variety is very common and quite fresh”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, Pine-sap and Tobacco-pipe
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