June and Early July 



timid grace which we rarely miss in the 

 earHer ones. 



On the rocky hillsides the glory of the 

 mountain - laurel is at its height. The 

 wood openings reveal what look like 

 drifts of snow — the snow of the Alps by 

 dawn or early twilight — for in sunny 

 places the flowers of this laurel are pure 

 rose- color, although in the deeper woods 

 they are white. The thick, glossy leaves 

 form an effective background to the 

 dense clusters of wholesome - looking 

 flowers. Perhaps the firm, fluted, pink- 

 tinged buds are even prettier than the 

 blossoms. Pick a freshly opened cluster 

 and observe that each of the ten little 

 bags of pollen is caught in a separate de- 

 pression of the wheel - shaped corolla. 

 Brush the flower, lightly but quickly, with 

 your finger or a twig, and you see that 

 the bags are dislodged by the jar with such 

 force that your finger is thickly dusted 

 with pollen, and you understand how the 

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