June and Early July 



timid grace which we rarely miss in the 

 earlier ones. 



On the rocky hillsides the glory of the 

 mountain - laurel is at its height. The 

 wood openings reveal what look like 

 drifts of snow the snow of the Alps by 

 dawn or early twilight for in sunny 

 places the flowers of this laurel are pure 

 rose- color, although in the deeper woods 

 they are white. The thick, glossy leaves 

 form an effective background to the 

 dense clusters of wholesome - looking 

 flowers. Perhaps the firm, fluted, pink- 

 tinged buds are even prettier than the 

 blossoms. Pick a freshly opened cluster 

 and observe that each of the ten little 

 bags of pollen is caught in a separate de- 

 pression of the wheel - shaped corolla. 

 Brush the flower, lightly but quickly, with 

 your finger or a twig, and you see that 

 the bags are dislodged by the jar with such 

 force that your finger is thickly dusted 

 with pollen, and you understand how the 

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