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CHAPTER VII. 
JULY. 
Summer flowers are now in perfection; and though we 
have lost the singular Orchis tribe, and some of the pretty, 
simple spring plants, we have many new genera which are 
interesting. Hitherto we have found but few of the com- 
pound flowers, such as the Daisy, Colt’s-foot, Dandelion, 
and others; but now they are beginning to be numerous, 
and during this and the following month there are several 
in blossom. We also find the St. John’s Worts, which 
are striking and pretty plants, with many others equally 
attractive. The corn-fields are in full beauty from the 
ripening grain, and the handsome flowers peculiar to those 
localities. Those who reside near heaths will have the 
