IN LEAFY JUNE. 189 



eies is Hesperia Pocahontas (Airy tone zabulon^ Scud- 

 der), sometimes called the Mormon. Its wings are 

 blackish brown, marked in the center with tawny 

 orange-brown. It is very abundant in early June, 

 and feeds and nests among the roadside grasses. 



The leafy month of June is glorious in the abso- 

 lute purity and diversity of its greens. Look at that 

 shining white-stemmed tree yonder ; it is the gray 

 birch, whose pea-green, varnished leaves flash the sun- 

 light through the intervening branches of the brown 

 and rugged pine, until the sparkling color dazzles the 

 eyes. At the farther side of the road is a thicket 

 of speckled alder ; its color is deep somber olive. 

 Look at the tips of the red maple near by, and note 

 the pinkish green of the yet immature leaves. Here 

 is a baby red oak ; its large leaf is deep olive- 

 green, its budding leaf is bright red. Yonder is a 

 white poplar ; how remarkable is its flickering, pale 

 color ! 



If we are fortunate enough to see the splendid 

 yellowwood (Cladra.stis tinctorid) in full bloom 

 toward the end of the month, we will think that 

 it is one of the most beautiful trees of June. No 

 apple tree of May in snowiest array can equal it, 

 for there is little of grace in the gnarled apple, and 

 naught but grace in the yellowwood. So rich is 

 it in nectar, too, that all the insects from the sur- 



