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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[Juke, 
A BRIGHT AND HAPPY DAY IN JUNE. 
In tine Field on :i BrigJil June 
I>siy. 
June is the “ month of Hoses,” and as the rose 
is the “Queen of Flowers,” it is easy to see that 
this month is the most royal month of the whole 
year. The fact that I have my birth day come in 
June, does not make me speak more highly of the 
present month than others less fortunate in their 
time of birth. All agree in placing the “sixth 
month ”—as the “Friends,” or “ Quakers ” call it, 
at the head of those that are the most pleasant. It 
is well worth bearing the chilling blasts of March, 
the raw winds and rains of April, and the uncertain 
days of May, in order to come to those “ rare 
days ” which the poet writes about, that June is 
bo sure to bring us. But what are some of the rea¬ 
sons why June is so much loved by us all, both old 
and young ? In the first place it is a growing month. 
Everything feels so full of life, that it fills us with 
hope and gladness. It is a bright month; the 
rains, cold and dreary, of the spring are over, and 
the sun shines clear and bright. To be sure it 
rains occasionally, but only to clear off and leave 
all things the cleaner and brighter for the warm 
shower. Besides, it is not,so hot that one suffers 
if obliged to be out of doors. The sultry days 
that make us all think of winter, as a contrast, do 
not usually come until June has gone. But to the 
children, especially, June is the best month, be¬ 
cause of the abundance of flowers which it brings. 
The road-sides, meadows, and woods, are all full of 
the brightest and freshest of flowers. The trees, 
shruhs, and herbs, are fragrant with the bloom of 
thousands—yes, millions of flowers, and the busy 
bees are happy in the rich harvest of honey which 
they employ “each shining hour” in gathering. 
The engraving here given is not an artist’s exag¬ 
geration—no over-drawn picture of the out-of- 
door pleasures which a June day brings to the chil¬ 
dren throughout our broad land. The air is warm 
and the ground is dry, and there is no danger from 
a romp, bare-headeu rt may be, through the fields 
in search of flowers. What baskets and armfuls 
can be found, and then comes the sport of arrang¬ 
ing them in all sorts of pretty shapes—bouquets, 
wreaths, etc. The favorite one of the party must 
of course have a crown prepared for her, and thus 
represent the “ Queen of months.” I am much in 
favor of letting the children have more holidays in 
June than in any other month, because they can be 
so much more pleasantly spent. It does a whole 
district school good to drop the books and leave 
the recitation room to spend a day in the woods 
and fields. I am not sure that more information 
of real lasting value is not gained in a day thus 
passed, than in a whole week in the school-room. 
For children to be out-of-doors in fine weather is 
one of their greatest sources of happiness, and 
when we take into consideration the influence it 
has upon the health, all should see that it is a bles¬ 
sing that can not well be sacrificed. I hope that 
every family of children may have many a day to 
spend, and pass it in something like the manner 
that the little group, seen in the picture, are enjoy¬ 
ing it. Learn to love nature, and to know her when 
she is iu her happiest mood. Go into the woods 
and fields when they are the most charming, and all 
will be better and wiser for it. Uncle Hal. 
