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pansies and violets, Primulas and barren-worts {^pimediuni)^ 

 \\\y of the valley, day lilies [HemerocalUs), rockets {Hesperis), 

 dwarf iris, and creeping phlox each adapted to its own use and 

 presenting possibilities to enliven every portion of one's grounds. 

 Why should we crave the evanescent effect of the tender bedding 

 plants to the exclusion of the above with so much beauty awaiting 

 our effort. 



June arrives with its marvelous horse-chestnuts, the tulip tree 

 with its soft-hued flowers, the golden chains or Laburnums, the 

 mountain ash {Sorbus), and the late blooming crabs and cherries. 

 The country I'oadsides are lined with the locust {Rohinici) ; 

 lindens, basswoods and limes virtually load the air with the 

 honeyed fragrance of their pale yellow flowers ; later in the 

 month the white fringe (^Chionanthus), %m.^\\ in stature, shows 

 w^onderful masses of purest white flowers amidst its rich, dark 

 green foliage. Finally the yellow-wood (Cladrastis) adds to its 

 graceful form a marvelous sight of hanging festoons of purest 

 white flowers, and in shrubs azaleas are continuing their won- 

 drous range of color. 



Rhododendrons take precedence in the popular appreciation but 

 to those who cannot afford their expense and care there remains 

 abundant material to select from. Lilacs in all their range of 

 color in which such improvement has been attained of late, 

 Weigelas, beautiful in all aspects of foliage or flower and won- 

 drous prolific of bloom, Spiraeas, Deutzias, dogwoods, snowballs, 

 privets in great variety, mock orange or Syringa (Philadelphus), 

 deliciously fragrant and of varied kinds. The woods teem with 

 their pendulous, yellow flowered barberries, their dockmackies, 

 arrow-woods, hobble-bushes, and Appalachian teas, all members 

 of a single family, the Viburnums, whose varied wealth of later- 

 berried effects renders them interesting long beyond the flow- 

 ering period, elders (Sambucits) and choke berries (Aronia or 

 /So)'bi(s), the showy mountain laurel {Kahnia latifolia) which 

 will continue to bloom in the deeper woods well into July. 

 Then the roses always associated with June and too numerous in 

 variety and too marvelous in their beauty and fragrance to other 

 than mention. The heather with all its associations is at its best 

 at this time and with other shrubs like the tamarisk, indigo 



