JUNE WILD FLOWERS. 11 ; 



That lovely trailing evergreen, Epk/cea repens 

 — the May flower — ought it not to have hatl a 

 fuller notice — the emblem of Nova Scotia, as 

 the Maple Leaf is of Canada ? June does indeed 

 revel in a wealth of floral treasures. This year, 

 owing to the absence of ar scorching sun, 

 .several May flowers will prolong their exist- 

 ence far into June, the Lillium 2>ifto, Dog- . 

 Tooth Violets, Ladies' Slippers, Kalmias, 

 Smilacina, &c. 



I love in early June to saunter under 

 he green domes of nature to catch the 

 melody of the robin at sunset, "to listen 

 to the rustling music of leaves, to watch the 

 ferns unrolling their fronds and to collect the 

 mosses and the lichens ; " sweeter still, for 

 a lover of flowers and wild scenery, to add 

 the traditibnal Spring visit of the grim fern- 

 clad ruins of Bigot's Chateau, at Charlesbourg, 

 so thrillingly described in Kirby 's ' ' Chien 

 d'Or " novel, or else to wander on the moist 

 shores of Lake Calvaire, at St. Augustin, — to 

 gather in, at its first appearance, the big pond 

 lily, amidst the tangled aquatic plants, styled 

 by the Canadian peasant "Hair of drowned 

 men," " Cheveux de noy^s," because the most 

 expert swimmer would fail to extricate him- 

 self froin their deadly embrace.. 



Let us hear Mr. Sturton discourse on the 

 June flora round Quebec ; " If we now stroll 



