NATURE'S CALENDAR 



by the approach of cold weather and of 

 snow, and delayed until the next spring. 



In the salt water oysters and clams be- 

 gin spawning; and the larval young of 

 lobsters, crabs, and many lesser Crustacea 

 and worms crowd the surface water, 

 while the starfish come towards the shore 

 to breed, and grow numerous and destruc- 

 tive on the oyster-beds. 



Many of the flowers generally accredit- 

 ed to June begin to blossom in May, such 

 as the azaleas, potentillas, and huckle- 

 berries. Although it is called the month 

 of roses, and though many of that faniily 

 do bloom during this month, such as the 

 dog roses, the delicate yellow flowers of 

 the cinquefoil, and the banks of snowy 

 bloom where the crinkled white flowers 

 of the blackberries conceal their wicked 

 thorns, still June is peculiar for the num- 

 ber of orders of plants in blossom. 



A few orchids, arethusa, for instance, 

 and the magnificent white and purple 

 lady's slipper can be found ; but in look- 

 ing over a list of June blooming plants, 

 the number of flowers with wax-like 

 petals is noticeable ; especially are there 

 many species of the heather tribe. When 

 the odor of the richly scented white 

 azaleas comes floating over the swamps, 

 mingled with the lemon-like fragrance of 

 the wild grape, and one discovers the 

 white bells of pyrola,wintergreens, and the 

 ghostly Indian pipe growing in the same 

 bit of woodland, and then goes down to 



