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rarely an even yellow. Rusty green and yellow. 

 Orange with patches of yellow. 

 Cork-Elm: Bright clear yellow. 

 Slippery Elm: Dull yellow. 



Fringe Tree, Chionafilhus. — Orange and yellow. 



Hercules Club, Aralia. — Bronze-red touched with 

 yellow. Conspicuous, very beautiful. 



Hickorys, llicoria. — All the hickories turn a yellow 

 more or less russet with dead and dying cellulose. 

 — Tall hickories clad in the golden tans of autumn, 

 dropping nuts and husks upon the ground beneath. 

 — Clear to rusty yellow. 



Hop Hornbeam, Ostrya. — Clear yellow. 



Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Carpinus. — Combination of 

 bright red, deep scarlet, and orange. 



Horse-Chestnut, Msculus. — Leaves dull yellow, often 

 shrivel brown, sometimes fall with little change of 

 color. 



Linden, Basswood, Tilia. — Clear pale yellow. 



Liquidamber, Sweet-Gum, Li quidamher. —The au- 

 tumnal coloring is not simply a flame, it is a con- 

 flagration; in reds and yellows it equals the Maples, 

 and in addition it has the dark purples and smoky 

 browns of the Ash. 



Maples, Acer. — Red Maple: Young trees in swamps 

 usually color first. Intense scarlet, scarlet deep- 

 ening into crimson. — Burning bushes. — Single 

 branch often turns a brilliant red when rest of tree 

 is green. — Rarely yellow, sometimes crimson 



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