In June, also, come six or eight species of Cornus, or dogwood, each beautiful in its way. These shrubs, which are generally found in rich soil in rocky, open woods, are rare in New England, but abundant in the Middle States. The brilliant little bunchberry, however, which belongs to the Cornus family, delights in the deep cold woods of Maine, where it grows luxuriantly, its rich red berries charming the eye in the depths of the forest.
In the gloom of shady woods, at the roots of pine and oak trees, the young botanist may perhaps be startled to see an array of little ghosts, as it were, springing from dead leaves, and without one touch of the green of summer, but waxen-white in every part, leaves, stems, and all, sometimes having a faint shade of pink or tawny yellow. This is the Indian-pipe, with none of the healthful honesty of other plants, but stealing its existence from surrounding neighbors; and with this ghostly parasite we will close the list for June, not that it is exhausted, for hundreds stand waiting, but it would take a book to tell of them all.
FLOWERS OF JUNE.
| COMMON NAME. | COLOR. | LOCALITY, ETC. |
| Alpine azalea | Wh., rose-color | White Mts., rocky hills; N. E. |
| Alum-root | Greenish-purple | Rocky woodlands; Conn. to Wis. |
| Alum-root, downy | Purplish-white | Rich woods; Lancaster, Pa. |
| American ipecac | Rose-color | Deep woods; N. Y., Pa., and West. |
| Arrow-wood | White, light blue berries | Wet places. Common North. |
| Bell-shaped sullivantia | White | Limestone cliffs; Ohio, Wis. |
| Bird's-eye primrose | Pale lilac | Shores of Western lakes; Mt. Kineo, Me. |
| Black snakeroot | Greenish-yellow | Copses, open glades. Common. |
| Black huckleberry | Reddish, berries black | Woodlands. Common. |
| Blue-tangle | White, berries dark blue | Low copses; New England. |
| Bunchberry | White flowers, red berries | Damp, cold, deep woods; Me. |
| Burning-bush | Dark purple | Shaded woods; N. Y., Pa., South. |
| Bush honeysuckle | Honey yellow | Rocks and thickets; Northward. |
| Buttercups | Yellow | Banks and fields. Common. |
| Cassiope | Wh., rose-color | White Mts., Adirondacks, Me. Rare. |
| Chervil | White | Fields and copses; Lancaster, Pa., N. J. |
| Chinquepin, American lotus | Pale yellow | Conn., N. J., West. lakes. Rare. |
| Clustered bell-flower | Deeper blue | Road-sides; Danvers, Mass. |
| Coffee-tree | White racemes | River-banks, rich soil; N. Y., Pa., West. |
| Collinsia | Blue and white | Moist soil; N. Y., Pa., West. |
| Common elder | Flowers white, berries black | Banks, rich soil. Common. |
| Cornel, panicled | Flowers and berries white | Thickets and river-banks. |
| Cornel, red osier | Whitish, berries white | Damp New England pastures. |
| Cornel, silky | White, berries pale blue | Wet places. Common. |
| Cow-lily | Bright yellow | Still waters. Very common. |
| Cranberry-tree | Wh., red berries | Low, damp grounds; N. J. |
| Crowberry | White | Mountains; New England. |
| Cuckoo-flower | Rose-color, wh. | Bogs, swamps; Vt., N. J. |
| Dahoon holly | Yellow-white | Swamps of Virginia. |
| Dwarf raspberry | White | Hill-sides; N. E. to Pa. Common. |
| Dwarf wild rose | Deep pink | Dry rocky banks and fields; N. E. |
| Evening primrose | Pale yellow | Sandy fields; N. J. and South. |
| False indigo | Violet | River-banks; Pa., South, West. |
| Feverwort | B'wnish-purple | Rich woodlands. Common. |
| Flowering dogwood | Purplish-white, red berries | Rocky woods; Conn., N. J., South. |
| Flowering raspberry | Deep red purple | Copses, wooded banks; New Eng. |
| Fumitory, climbing | Purplish-white | Wet woods; West. |
| Great-spurred violet | Pale violet | Damp shady woods; Mass. Rare. |
| Great willow-herb | Pink-purple | Low grounds, burned pastures, and woods. |
| Green violet | Greenish-white | Open woods; N. Y., Pa. Rare. |
| Green-weed | Yellow | Dry hills; Mass., Middle States, W. |
| Hedysarum | Violet-purple | Mountains; New England, Me. |
| Herb-robert | Red-purple | Shady ravines, wet woods; N. E. |
| High blackberry | White | Woods, pastures, banks. Common. |
| Ilex holly | Greenish | Moist woodlands; sea-coast, N. J. |
| Indian-pipe | Waxy white | Dark shady woods; New England. |
| Inkberry | White flowers, berries black | Sandy grounds; Cape Ann. |
| Labrador tea | White | Cold bogs and mountain woods; New England. |
| Leather-flower | Purple | Rich woods; N. J., N. Y., West. |
| Low blackberry | White | Low woods, road-sides. Common. |
| Magnolia, sweet-bay | White | Cape Ann, Gloucester and Manchester woods. |
| Marsh five-finger | Purple | Cool bogs; New England to Pa. |
| Marsh violet | Pale lilac | White Mts., high lands N. Rare. |
| Meadow-sweet | White | Damp soil, banks; N. J., West. |
| Mountain laurel | Pink and white | Rocky hills, damp soil. Common. |
| Mountain sandwort | White | Mountains; New England. |
| Nine-bark | Wh., rose-color | Rocky river-banks; West. |
| One-flowered pyrola | White-pink | Deep cold New England woods. |
| Pale laurel | Light purple | Cold peat bogs and mountains. |
| Partridge-berry | Purple and white, red berries | Dry woods, creeping. Common. |
| Persimmon | Pale yellow | Woods and old fields; R. I., N. Y. |
| Pimpernel | Scarlet, blue, wh. | Waste sandy fields; Mass., N. J. |
| Pitcher-plant | Deep purple | Peat-bogs and swamps; New Eng. |
| Poison-ivy, climbing | Greenish | Rocky thickets, low grounds. |
| Poison sumac | Dull color, very poisonous | Swamps and wet pastures. |
| Pond-lily | White, pink | Ponds, pools, and still waters. Common. |
| Prince's-pine | Pale pink | Dry woods. Common. |
| Pyrola | Greenish-white | Rich woods; Conn., N. J., N. Y. |
| Queen of the prairie | Peach-color | Open meadows; Pa., prairies W. |
| Red anemone | Red | Rocky hills; Vt., N. Y. Rare. |
| Red elder | Flowers white, berries red | Rocky woods; New England. |
| Round-leaved cornus | White, berries blue | Rich soil, copses; Middle States. |
| Roxbury wax-work, climbing | Red berries | Thickets; N. E., Middle States. |
| Seneca snakeroot | White | Rocky soil; N. E., West, South. |
| Sheep-laurel | Crimson | Hill-sides, pastures. Common. |
| Shrubby cinque-foil | Yellow | Wet grounds; N. E. Common. |
| Silver-weed | Yellow | Brackish marshes and meadows; New England, West. |
| Small cranberry | Rose-color | Peat bogs; N. E., Middle States. |
| Spotted wintergreen | Pink and white | Open woods; Middle States. |
| Staghorn sumac | Greenish | Hill-sides, dry banks. Common. |
| Strawberry-bush | Greenish-purple | Wooded banks; N. Y., Ill., South. |
| Sundew | White | Bogs, wet pastures; New Eng. |
| Sundrops | Yellow | Open fields; N. J., N. Y., Pa. |
| Supple-jack, climb'g. | Greenish-white | Damp meadows; Va. and South. |
| Swamp-honeysuckle | White-pink | Swamps; New England sea-coast. |
| Swamp-rose | Pink | Swamps and pastures. Common. |
| Swamp-saxifrage | Greenish | Bogs, wet pastures. Common. |
| Sweet-brier | Pale pink | Rocky banks, road-sides; N. E. |
| Sweet-cicely | White | Rich moist Northern woods. |
| Tall bell-flower | Bright blue | Rich soil; N. Y., N. J., West. |
| Three-toothed cinque-foil | White | Brunswick, Me., White Mts., Cape Cod. Rare. |
| Twin-flower | Pale pink | Moist, mossy woods; Me., N. J., N. Y. |
| Valerian | Pale pink | Wooded banks; Lancaster, Pa., O. |
| Wild elder | Greenish-white | Rocky banks, thickets. Common. |
| Wild flax | Yellow | Wet, boggy grounds; New England, West. Rare. |
| Wild honeysuckle | Light yellow | Rocky banks; Catskill, Ohio, W. |
| Wild licorice | White | Sandy shores; Western N. Y. |
| Wild lupine | Purple, blue, pink, white | Sandy open fields; Mass., Conn. |
| Wild monk's-hood | Bright blue | Rich shady hills; N. Y, N. J., S. |
| Wild pea | Purple, white | Dry sandy soil; North and South. |
| Wild red raspberry | White | Thickets, road-sides; N. E., South, and West. |
| Wild sarsaparilla | White | Moist woods; North and West. |
| Wild touch-me-not | Orange, brown | Thickets, shades, beside streams. Common. |
| Wood-sorrel | Violet | Rocky, damp woods; Orange, N. J., South. Rare. |
| Wood-sorrel | White, red veins | Deep cold woods; Mass. to Pa. |
| Wood-sorrel | Yellow | Copses and open fields; everywhere. |
| Yellow-wood | Showy white flowers | Rich woods and hills; Middle States. |
SWINGING "BRER RABBIT."—Drawn by Palmer Cox.