JUNE EFFECTS ON THE LAWN 



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Very nnmei'ous and distinguished are the flowering 

 shrubs of June, but the nioi'e noteworthy trees perhaps 

 shouhl have our first attention. If the horse-chestnut were 

 as fine in August as June, it is possiljle Ave might deem it 

 as valualjle an ornamental tree as the Norwa}' majile or 

 purple beech. In ad<litinn to finely rounded contours and 



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HORSE-CHESTNUT TREES, CENTRAL PARti, NEW YORK. 



broad light-green foliage, the horse-chestnut has conspicuous 

 flowers in May, Avhich few hardy tiees have at any 

 time of the year. And what lovely flowers the horse- 

 chestnut has ! There are many varieties distinguished l;)y 

 either peculiai' leaves or flowers shaded with various de- 

 grees of white and [link, but perhaps the finest of all is the 

 red-flowerino- horse-chestnut. The odor of the flower is not, 



