CHAPTEK XL 



IN LEAFY JUNE GREEN LEAVES AND A FEW 

 BEETLES AND BUTTERFLIES. 



RICH in emerald -green foliage and cobalt-blue 

 skies, decked with the dainty pink of countless wild 

 roses, and attuned with the songs of many birds, the 

 month of June is the most beautiful one of all the 

 year. To one who can not enjoy the brilliant green 

 which adorns the roadside the aspect of Nature is 

 crude and lacks aesthetic interest. But what a pity 

 not to know that a large part of Nature's beauty is 

 this very force of color after which the impressionist 

 strives ! A picturesque green roadside in New Eng- 

 land or Illinois is quite as available a subject for an 

 impressionist's picture as any roadside in France. 

 "We may learn to tolerate Nature in her verdant 

 robes, but we are ready to quarrel with the artist 

 who in copying her uses such vivid, chalky greens. 

 I think I can show, however, that the roadside is 



painted with as brilliant colors as those contained in 



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