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JUNE EFFECTS ON THE LA WN. 



in any of the varieties, specially attractive, but the color of 

 the lic-li ml tlowcrs is very beautiful, particularly if the hue 

 of the leaf is light-gold, like several 

 varieties that are by no means rare. 

 Indeed, few more attractive objects 

 can be seen on the lawn than a red- 

 flowering horse-chestnut in full 

 bloom, and its beauty is specially 

 peculiar to the months of 

 May and June. 



The catalpa should be men- 

 tioned doubtless for its large 

 purple flowers in July. These 

 flowers grow in spikes and 

 are attractive. It is a hardy, 

 large-leaved tree, but strag- 

 gling and irregular in appearance. 

 Among summer-flowering trees, 



RED-FLOWERING HORSE-CHESTNUT. 



(*KULI RHONDA.) however, if not among summer- 



flowering shrubs, the white fringe ( Chionantlius Vircjinica) 

 stands almost pre-eminent, whether we view it as a shrub 

 or tree. The foliage, to begin with, is broad, solid, and 

 lustrous, rich enough to make the fortune of any ordinary 

 plant. Yet in June we forget this attractive foliage as we 

 lose ourselves in admiration of the cloud-like mass of fleecy 

 flowers, which, examined closely, seems veritable lace of the 

 most delicate texture. So numerous are these flowers that 

 I have seen a specimen of white fringe stand out against a 

 background of dark evergreens like a pure white cloud 

 attached to the greensward. The fringe-tree is choice, 



