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JUNE EFFECTS ON THE LA WN 



work. The flowers are small aucl of a purple or violet color. 

 Many of these fine old hardy plants are in danger of being 

 forgotten in the rush for new and rare varieties. 



A special glory of June, a glory entirely unequalled 

 in its way at any othei' time of the year, is found in the 

 several genera of hardy climbing vines. Many of them are, 

 of course, familiar to the reader, and probably none more 

 so than the honeysuckles. They make a numerous family 



of varieties, with thick, 

 glossy green leaves 

 and abundant sweet- 

 scented flowers. The 

 Belgian, or striped 

 monthly, red and 

 white, is perhaps at 

 once best known and 

 most generally popu- 

 lar. Canadensis is pink 

 and straw color, with 

 the straw color pre- 

 dominating. One of 

 ' the best yellow ones, 

 indeed one of the best 

 of all iLoneysuckles, is 

 Hallea/na from Japan. 

 This A^ariety is ever- 

 green to a very consid- 

 erable degree, which 

 much increases its value. Then in June there are lovely 

 clematises, that love to climb over stumps or on a screen or 



FOUR GOOD CLEMATISES. 



