JUNE DAYS IN FIELD AND FOREST 



BY R. W. SHUFELDT 



(PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR) 



THERE is no month in all the year that holds out 

 greater inducements for one to lay aside everything 

 and get out into the open than does the month of June. 



RED AND GREEN FRUIT OF JUNE BERRY 



Fig. i There are several species of the June berry in this 

 country, and they are all small trees or *shrubs. As a genus 

 they fall in the Rose family, and their leaves are simple and 

 arranged in racemes. 



This is true for every inch of the country, from Maine to 

 Mexico, from the Atlantic coast to that of the Pacific 

 June is the month for everything that renders the world 

 of nature so charming and so enticing. Hundreds of 

 flowers are then in bloom ; the beauty of woods and for- 

 ests and isolated trees is then at its height; while animal 

 life of all kinds, land forms as well as aquatic ones, is 



in stages most interesting for study and observation, and 

 in most, regions,, especially throughout the more northern 

 sections, one has all one may desire by way of early sum- 

 mer days, with azure skies, gentle showers, and exhila- 

 rating climatic conditions. 



Throughout the northeastern Atlantic States, from 

 Pennsylvania southward, the flowers of the Shadbush 



Fig 



SLENDER BLUE FLAG 

 2 Various Irises or Flags occur in our flora; this is 



Iris prismatica of the Iris family; the upper flower shows 

 very well the origin of the Fleur-de-lis. June is the month 

 for them; and when growing in masses, they are strikingly 

 beautiful and impressive. 



have already dropped their white petals ; while well down 

 toward Virginia this favorite shrub has already passed 

 to the fruiting stage, and those familiar with it call its 



