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shrub, and lead plant carry on their bloom effect into the next 

 month. 



Herbs are in their greatest profusion; rose campions {Agros- 

 temrnd)', columbines {Aquilegia) ', Astilbes; golden chamomile 

 (Anthemis) ; St. Bruno's lilies (Anthericum) ; milkweeds 

 including the orange butterfly weed (Asclepias ti(herosci) ; 

 poppy-mallows ( Callirhoe) ; harebells ( Cam2Xinula)^ in great 

 variety ; forget-me-nots {Mgosotis) ; lupins {Lupinvs) ; the 

 graceful, pendent flowered alum-root {Heuchera) ; violets ; 

 speedwells (Yeronica) ; tick-seeds or Coreopsis; pinks in their 

 sweet odors and varied colors; foxgloves {Digitalis)', fleabanes 

 {Et'igeron) ', cranesbills {Geranium) ; blanket flowers or Gail- 

 lardias, in wondrous combinations of color; cross-wort {Cruci- 

 anellas) ; Primulas; evening primroses {Oenothera), profuse in 

 their golden shades ; spider-worts ( Tradescantia) and day- 

 lilies {Hemerocallis). 



Yet the above are but a smattering of the wealth of herbaceous 

 plants for the month of June. Three families have not been 

 mentioned as yet and are surely indispensable. I refer to peonies 

 with their wondrous variety in color, size, and shape, irises in their 

 marvelous range of color, and Pyrethrums which also seem to 

 have reached their limit of improvement. Surely Ave have much 

 to anticipate in our gardening of the future if improvement is to 

 continue as it has in the past fifty years. 



July ushers in the sweet chestnut with its wealth of yellow, 

 clustered flowery showing to advantage against the glossy green 

 foliage. .Our landscape gains new interest during its period of 

 bloom. Catalpas, too, are coming into their perfection and rival 

 the horse-chestnut of the ])revious month in the size, coloring, and 

 abundance of its flowers. Sumacs also are interesting though of 

 more subdued color, and late in the month the Chinese pagoda 

 tree {SojiJiora) produces abundantly veiy large open panicles of 

 creamy white flowers. Last of all the Japanese varnish tree 

 {Koelreuteria) attracts attention with its large showy o])en pani- 

 cles of l)right yellow flowers contrasting effectively with its richly 

 varnished foliage. In shrubs July is well provided with the 

 dyer's broom ( (xeniata tinctoriti) which gives the vicinity of 

 Salem and Marblehead distinction in its golden tinge to the land- 



