June

the sixth month of the year. The term is a Latin family name, meaning young. It has thirty days. The longest day of the northern summer and the longest night of the southern winter occur June 21st. In the north June is a month of flowers--"the month of roses." In the far south it may be a month of icicles. The name is applied to a number of plants and insects. Kentucky blue-grass is called June-grass because it heads in June. A clumsy brown beetle with a white grub is known as the June-bug. The shad bush or service-berry is called also the June-berrry. June is a favorite month with the poets.