tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post109236752208690211..comments2023-05-31T09:43:17.901+01:00Comments on The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau's Journal: 13-Aug-1854Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-1092449299063053362004-08-14T03:08:00.000+01:002004-08-14T03:08:00.000+01:00Dave, you bring up an interesting problem that ari...Dave, you bring up an interesting problem that arises when I read Thoreau as a naturalist. He identifies much with an almost colloquial terminology. Not to say that what has worked out in 2004 as standard terminology is better or even proper, but it certainly differs. I think we need an annotated Journal. Now who out there can spend his/her lifetime doing that. A worthy effort indeed, but one of son rivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08737522883393951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-1092444237482951112004-08-14T01:43:00.000+01:002004-08-14T01:43:00.000+01:00By "brakes" I presume he means bracken fern. Is "a...By "brakes" I presume he means bracken fern. Is "aralia" wild sarsaparilla, or Hercules' club? I'm guessing the former, since it is more nearly the same height as bracken.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02596390440496594901noreply@blogger.com