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The time to complain to 
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The man who pays the bill should 
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banker, the professional man or the 
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Ornamental Fruits of June 
The first of a series on ‘‘Ornamental Fruits 
for Every Month” by the author of most 
of the articles on trees and shrubs in the 
“Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.” 
HE first attractive fruits of the season 
ripen about middle June. Among them 
are three delightful bush honeysuckles. 
The blue-fruited honeysuckle (Lonicera 
cerulea), has pretty dark blue berries cov- 
ered with a bluish white bloom. It is a 
neat, compact little shrub, the native form 
scarcely exceeding three feet, while the 
European form, which is the more common 
in cultivation, grows about twice as high 
and iseven more compact. It is especially 
noticeable because it is one of the first 
shrubs to burst into leaf in spring. It 
thrives even in rather densely shaded places. 
A very handsome honeysuckle which fruits 
about the same time is the slender-stalked 
bush honeysuckle (Lonicera gracilipes), a 
Japanese species with cherry-like scarlet 
fruits hanging on slender stalks from the 
under side of the branches. It forms a 
dense shrub about six feet high, but un- 
fortunately the pink flowers appear so early 
that they are often injured by frost and 
then, of course, no fruits are produced. 
Another pretty early honeysuckle is the 
Siberian Lonicera hispida with oblong, 
orange-red fruits in pairs surrounded by 
two large yellowish white bracts and borne 
on nodding stalks. The white trumpet- 
shaped flowers are also conspicuous. It 
is a perfectly hardy shrub with spreading 
stiff branches, but is rare in cultivation. 
A very charming little shrub is the spurge 
laurel (Daphne Mezereum), with sweet- 
scented pale rosy flowers in early spring, 
followed toward the end of June by bright 
scarlet berries clustered along the branches 
beneath a terminal tuft of leaves. They 
last usually through July. This shrub 
rarely grows higher than three or four feet 
and delights in a shady place and humid 
soil. It is a native of Europe but has be- 
come naturalized in some places in the 
Eastern States. A very pleasing contrast 
can be made by planting with it the white- 
flowered form which bears yellow fruits. 
The smoke tree (Rhus Cotimus), presents a 
unique appearance with its great masses of 
large feathery panicles resembling a cloud 
of purplish smoke resting upon the shrub. 
The “smoke” looks its best from the end 
of June to the end of July when the tiny 
fruits begin to drop, but the feathery fruit- 
stalks stay on the bush until the end of 
September. The smoke tree is usually a large 
spreading shrub from six to twelve feet high, 
but sometimes becomes a tree of about twenty 
feet. In autumn the foliage assumes beauti- 
ful colors, ranging from orange to scarlet. 
It is a native of Southeastern Europe and is 
likely to suffer in exposed positions in cold 
winters. A sunny position and well-drained 
soil suit it best. The American smoke tree 
(Khus cotinoides) is less showy in fruit, but 
as beautiful or perhaps even more so in its 
autumnal coloring. 
By the end of June the different species 
of the shadbush or Juneberry (Amelanchier) 
begin to ripen their berry-like fruits which 
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