June and Early July 



with toothed, bright green leaves heavily 

 veined on the under side, and flat clusters 

 of white flowers on which are huddled 

 little groups of sleepy fireflies. In and 

 out twist the prickly stems, shining, deco- 

 rative leaves and greenish blossoms of the 

 cat-brier. The carrion-vine, too, sends 

 forth its delicate young shoots, but the 

 foul odor of its dull clustered blossoms, 

 which has attracted all the carrion-liking 

 flies in the neighborhood, drives us hur- 

 riedly from its vicinity. 



About the trunks and close branches 

 of slim cedars twine the strong stems and 

 rich, glossy leaves of the poison-ivy. If 

 we are wise we tarry here no longer than 

 by the carrion-vine, for the small white 

 flowers, which are now fully open, are 

 said to give forth peculiarly poisonous 

 emanations under the influence of the 

 June sun. 



In the woods the maple-like leaves and 

 white flowers of the laurestinus, or ma- 



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