1 20 Walks in New England 



Looking Unto the Hills 



THE earth in our latitude is now at the 

 height of vigorous life. Now is all 

 growth thrifty and spirited ; in the hot 

 days which wilt down poor humanity the great 

 forest trees luxuriate, and show such shining 

 glory of foliage as brings close to the lover of 

 Nature the delight of all this proud vegetation, 

 the joy of the maples, the elms, the oaks, the 

 beeches, the birches, the sempiternal pines and 

 hemlocks in the July sun. What luxury is ex 

 pressed in the imperial chestnut, blossoming on 

 all the hills and asserting its lordship over thou 

 sands of acres of woodland ! In the city there are 

 also the European lindens in honeyed bloom, and 

 the catalpas, kcelreuterias, and honeysuckles. 



It is a season emphatic in its wealth of life. 

 The flowering of the fields and the thickets is less 

 in number and variety than in the spring, but it is 

 gorgeous in colour. The predominance of yellow 

 has begun, and the black-eyed Susans produce 

 concrete sunshine over meadows and pastures. 



