November 16.
I now take notice of the green polypody on the rock.
December 13, 2020
P. M. – To Nawshawtuct by boat with Sophia, up Assabet.
The river still higher than yesterday.
I paddled straight from the boat's place to the Island.
I now take notice of the green polypody on the rock and various other ferns, one the marginal (?) shield fern and one the terminal shield fern, and this other, here inserted, on the steep bank above the Hemlocks.
I admire the fine blue color of the cedar berries.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, November 16, 1853
By boat with Sophia, up Assabet. See October 6, 1856 ("Carried Sophia and Aunt up the Assabet"); November 14, 1855 ("Up Assabet with Sophia. A clear, bright, warm afternoon.”)
The river still higher than yesterday. See November 15, 1853 ("The river has risen yet higher than last night, so that I cut across Hubbard's meadow with ease."); See also November 14, 1855 ("The rain has raised the river an additional foot or more, and it is creeping over the meadows.")
I admire the fine blue color of the cedar berries. See November 30, 1853 ("The twigs of young cedars with apparently staminate buds have even a strawberry-like fragrance, and what a heavenly blue have the berries! - a peculiar light blue, whose bloom rubs off, contrasting with the green or purplish-brown leaves."). Note Juniperus virginiana, sometimes known as red cedar, is a species of juniper. The berry-like female seed cone is dark purple-blue with a white wax cover giving an overall sky-blue color ~ wikipedia
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