80 JUNE EFFECTS ON THE LA WN. 



giving our roses the rigbt amount and kind of attention, at 

 least ^ve should plant them in retired nooks in the shelter- 

 ing skirts of other plantations. 



The Rosa rugosa from Japan, however, is an exception to 

 this rule, as its leaves are entirely healthy and hardy in all 

 exposures. The leaves are dark-green, crinkled, and attrac- 

 tive, the flowers single, which is for me an advantage, and 

 the fruit large and sliowj-. It is, in a word, one of the most 

 ornamental shrubs for the lawn. 



Up to this point we have been considering hardy 

 deciduous plants, properly so-called, and perhaps as regards 

 their forming any distinctive feature of June we would be 

 hardly justified in mentioning evergreens at all, if it were not 

 for the exquisite young growth of some particular varieties. 



Let us then note a few leading varieties of evergreens 

 that exhibit this peculiarity. All hemlocks are lovely in 

 their soft, young growth, and delicate tendrils of June, but 

 there is a variegated form that is touched all over at this 

 season with lighter shades on the young growth in a very 

 attractive manner. This variegation differs in perfection a 

 good deal from year to year. The young growth of most 

 spruces is also fine, and specially noteworthy on the dwarf er 

 foi-ms, such as Gregory's dwarf ( Picea excelsa Gregoriana). 

 An extremely dwarf American black spruce has likewise 

 pleasing tints on its young growth, but its form is so strik- 

 ing, that this beauty of the young growth is overlooked in 

 contemplating the compact masses of this most eccentric of 

 evergreens. There is a variety of the American white 

 spruce (Picea alba) called Grlory of the Spruces, which 

 has a warm golden tint in the midst of its young green. 



