PREVAILING COLORS 



IV. PREVAILING COLORS OF 

 AUTUMN LEAVES 



To describe satisfactorily the colors of our 

 autumn leaves is an almost impossible task. 

 So much of that color which impresses the be- 

 holder is made up of sunlight, so varied and so 

 broken are the hues, so different in sunshine 

 and in shadow, that it has seemed best to gather 

 the descriptions of many writers, hoping that 

 in the multitude of observations a correct im- 

 pression may be conveyed. It would be quite 

 futile to attempt to arrange or describe these 

 colors according to the nomenclature of any 

 school. For convenience the list has been ar- 

 ranged in alphabetical order. Dashes separate 

 the descriptions of different writers: 



Ashes, Fraxinus. — White Ash: The colors of this Ash 

 are unique and distinguished from all other trees. 

 Under favorable circumstances the coloring process 



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