June and Early July 



heads abound by the dusty highway. 

 The striped leaves suggested the markings 

 of the rattlesnake to some imaginative 

 mind : and so the plant has been dubbed 

 "rattlesnake weed," and the supersti- 

 tious have used it as the cure for the bites 

 of the rattlesnake. Narrow leaves and 

 pretty, spotted flowers on hair-like stalks 

 grow in many circles about the slender 

 stems of the yellow loosestrife. 



The blackberry vines are less white than 

 they were ten days ago, and hard, green 

 berries are replacing the flowers. The 

 slender, light blue clusters of the larger 

 skull-cap are beginning to be noticeable. 

 Through the grasses glistens the wet scar- 

 let of wild strawberries. In the thicket 

 are shrubs, whose green buds are still 

 too firmly closed for us to guess their 

 names, unless we chance to recognize 

 their leaves. There is always something 

 to look forward to — something to come 

 back for — even along the roadside. 

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