82 JUNE EFFECTS ON THE LAWN. 



well as dwarf and enduring. In color it is generally light 

 greenish-yellow, but the color becomes deepened at the tips, 

 and is changed still more by contrast with the reddish- 

 brown envelopes or scales of the leaf-buds dropping off 

 now fi'om one branch and now from another at this season. 



In June we do not look among the arbor vitses, whether 

 Asiatic or American, nor among the so-called cypresses of 

 Japan ( Metinosporas) for any loveliness of tint peculiar to 

 that season. The junipers, silver firs, and sevei'al of the 

 pines on the other hand are peculiarly and supremely beau- 

 tiful at this season. To l)egin with, few evergreens can 

 show more beauty than is found on the young growth of 

 our common Canadian Juniper (Junipej'ns Canadensis). 

 Its low, solid masses are thoroughly penetrated by light 

 soft shades, and where the plant chances to stand among a 

 lot of distinct evergreens the effect is still more striking. 

 Of a similar light tint is Juniperus oblonga pendvla, the 

 true weeping juniper, and a native of Armenia. It is not 

 altogether hardy. 



Then Avhat can be finer than the lovely light green 

 shades of the Irish and Swedish Junipers. Such picturesque 

 forms and lovely colors would be invaluable for lawn 

 planting if they were only possessed of hardiness and 

 adaptability to light dry soil. The bluest of evergreens, 

 JuniperusVirqiniana glaiica and Juniperus venusta^ have 

 also specially lovely June tints. 



Not many of the pines are particularly remarkable in 

 June. Perhaps Pinus excelsa, the Bhotan pine, is most 

 noteworthy at that season, although the dwarf Scotch is 

 decidedly atti-active in its early coat of fresh green. Pimcs 



