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Poke the Beater a of June, one of the shrubs in flower 
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in flower, oe victifolia. This latter has the calyx of a 
flow ushed with the 
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rose, or snowball, V. Opulus var. sterile, has been covered with 
its balls of white 
touch of bright color has been added to the pea by 
exposures comparatively dry ridges, and found asso- 
ciated with other ericaceous plants such as huckleberries and 
azaleas. There wo plants of this in the Fruticetum whi 
firmer ewes It is worth more general cultivation. 
Another shrub, not yet quite in full bloom is Benthamia Kousa, 
of China and Japan. uae is a pelerve of our own flowering 
dogwood, but has the large instead of blunt, 
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giving the flower cluster 
Meteorology = May.—The total precipitation for the month 
was 3.24 inch The maximum temperatures for each week 
on nw oi 84° on the 11th, 78° on the 21st, and 86° 
on the 25th. The minimum temperatures were 49° on the 2nd, 
45° on the 1oth, 41° on the roth, and 53° on the 23d 
