A Wealth of Flowers The "flaming June" that we are
experiencing has some flames that are bright far beyond the normal. There is, to give a particular example, a large locust-tree which brushes against a mill so old that it is mentioned in Domesday. Even motorists slow up to watch the blaze of blossom which is so thick as to obscure the leaves, and scents. the village street over a long space. No one can remember quite such a wealth of flower. Most flowering trees and shrubs—with the unfortunate exception of the apple—are enjoying or have enjoyed a bumper year. The crop of nuts and small fruit and of cherries is exceptional, and were ever the grea arches of the field rose more gaily adorned? For some unknown reaso it is more than usually distinct from the dog rose, though both, lik our garden roses, are now flowering magnificently.
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