JUNE DAYS. 65 
They are members of an ancient family. In that strange 
scene described by Homer in the tenth book of the 
Odyssey, in which Circe changes some of the compan- 
ions of Ulysses into swine, we read that, after the trans- 
formation: “Thus were they penned there weeping, 
and Circe flung them acorns and mast and fruit of the 
cornel tree to eat, whereon wallowing swine do always 
fatten.” 
The viburnums resemble the cornels somewhat 
when in flower, and some of them in fruit. Besides the 
hobble-bush which blooms early, we have in June these 
five species, the cranberry-tree (V. Opulus, L.), the 
sweet viburnum (V’. Lentago, L.), the withe-rod (V. 
cassinotdes, L.), the arrow-wood (V. dentatum, L.), 
and the maple-leaved viburnum (V. acerifolium, L.). 
The viburnums are easily distinguished from each other 
by their leaves, and two of them take their specific 
names from this character. They, too, like the cornels, 
succeed each other, so that for several weeks we can 
always find one or more of them in bloom. 
June is a favorite month for many of the orchids. 
The arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa, L.), one of the most 
beautiful of the American wild flowers, the tway-blade 
(Liparis lilitfolia, Richard), two of the pogonias (P. 
verticillata, Nutt.) and (P. ophioglossoides, Nutt.), at 
least two of the habenarias, Hadenaria Hookert, Torr. 
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