"Walden" published.

August 9

Wednesday – To Boston.

"Walden" published. Elder-berries. 

Waxwork yellowing.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, August 9, 1854

"Walden" published. See March 28, 1854 ("Got first proof of "Walden.”); August 2, 1854 ("Fields to-day sends me a specimen copy of my "Walden." It is to be published on the 12th. "); See also August 9, 1853 ("This is the season of small fruits. I trust, too, that I am maturing some small fruit as palatable in these months, which will communicate my flavor to my kind."); August 18, 1853 (“[N]ow is the season of fruits; but where is our fruit?”); June 17, 1854 (“The season of small fruits has arrived. We are a little saddened, because we begin to see the interval between our hopes and their fulfillment.”)

Elder-berries. See August 11, 1856 ("Elder-berries in a day or two."); August 15, 1852 ("Elder-berry ripe."); August 22, 1852 ("The elder bushes are weighed down with fruit partially turned"); August 23, 1856 ("Elder-berries, now looking purple, are weighing down the bushes along fences by their abundance. "); August 24, 1851 ("Elderberries are ripe."); August 27, 1859 (" Elder-berry clusters swell and become heavy and therefore droop, bending the bushes down, just in proportion as they ripen. "); August 29, 1854 ("The cymes of elder-berries, black with fruit, are now conspicuous."); August 31, 1853 ("Great black cymes of elder berries now bend down the bushes."); See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, Elder-berries

Waxwork yellowing. [Climbing Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) ] See August 2, 1853 ("The waxwork berries are yellowing."); August 2, 1856 ("Some waxwork leaves have felt the heat and slight drought. Their green is spotted with yellow, distinct yellow and green; others a very delicate clear yellow; others faded quite white."); August 31, 1852 ("Waxwork berries orange now,")

August 9. See A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, August 9

A Book of the Seasons,  by Henry Thoreau, "Walden" published

A Book of the Seasons,  by Henry Thoreau

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