JUNE EFFECTS ON THE LA WN. 



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Very numerous and distinguished are the flowering 

 shrubs of June, but the more noteworthy trees perhaps 

 should have our first attention. If the horse-chestnut were 

 as fine in August as June, it is possible we might deem it 

 as valuable an ornamental tree as the Norway maple or 

 purple beech. In addition to finely rounded contours and 



HORSE-CHESTNUT TREES, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK. 



broad light-green foliage, the horse-chestnut has conspicuous 

 flowers in May, which few hardy trees have at any 

 time of the year. And what lovely flowers the horse- 

 chestnut has ! There are many varieties distinguished by 

 either peculiar leaves or flowers shaded with various de- 

 grees of white and pink, but perhaps the finest of all is the 

 red-flowering horse-chestnut. The odor of the flower is not, 



