OCTOBEE. 479 



LIME Pale orange. 



MAPLE Light yellow. 



WILD CHERRY .... Bright red. 



POPLAR Yellow, or Citron. 



BIRCH Straw colour. 



ELM Yellow and brown. 



PEAR Frequently vivid crimson. 



HOHSE-CHESNUT ..Orange and ferruginous. 



DOG-WOOD Sanguine, changing to vinaceous. 



BEECH Auburn to deep umber. 



LARCH Dull orange. 



SPINDLE-TREE . . . .Crimson lake. 

 WYTCH HAZLE . . . .Brownish yellow. 

 COMMON HAZLE . . .Yellowish.* 

 GUELDER ROSE . . .Deep red or pink. 



But besides this, many denizens of the grove pre- 

 sent such variable tints that no one in particular can 

 be fixed upon as the general component of the foliage; 

 thus the sovereign Oak either exhibits a changing 

 vesture of light green and yellow, or holds his green 

 cloak firmly below his bald antlered head long after 

 the leaves of every other deciduous tree have fallen, 

 finally putting on a sober russet hue, which remains 

 till late in the spring. The " wannish gray" of the 

 Willow is scarcely altered till just before the leaves 

 drop, subsiding into a pallid primrose tint ; and the 

 Alder keeps its foliage green to the last. The syca- 

 more has been well described by COWPEE as 



" Capricious in attire ; 



Now green, now tawny, and, ere autumn yet 



Has chaug'd the woods, in scarlet honours bright." 



* Late in the autumn, however, if the foliage continues on, taking a 

 dull orange or reddish hue, as noticed by CLAKE hi a Sonnet inscribed to 

 Autumn. 



" Where o'er broad hazel-leaves thy pencil mellows, 



Red as the glow that mornings opening warms, 

 And ash or maple 'neath thy colour yellows, 

 Robbing some sunbeam of its setting charms." 



