XIII. 



MIDSUMMER FLOWERS AND 

 MIDSUMMER VOICES. 



I^FTER blossoming profusely throughout 

 latter June and the first half of July, 

 the Japanese honeysuckle, as if to em- 

 phasize its attractions, again bursts into delicious 

 bloom during late August and September. The 

 tiger-lilies have been constant through late July 

 until late August, when most of the species have 

 passed. But the crowning glo^ of the , lilies is 

 auratum, which extends its blossoming period 

 throughout August and September, no species of 

 the genus being so continuous to blossom. The 

 odors of Lontcera Halleana and Lilium aura- 

 tum are not unlike, and numerously planted in 

 front of the verandas they flood the whole house 

 with perfume in the evening. A beautiful flower 

 becomes doubly beautiful when it prolongs the 

 usual flowering season, and, judged by this 



