AUTUMNAL FOLIAGE 



spotted on a yellow ground. — Its virtues not its 

 sins are as scarlet. — A glory of color comes to the 

 leaves of the Red Maple, for they illumine the 

 countryside with their scarlet hue. 



Sugar-Maple: The coloring glows in red which 

 deepens into crimson, it flames in yellow that 

 darkens into orange. These wonderful leaves will 

 show colors as pure as any on the finest porcelain; 

 a bright green leaf will show a single spot of crim- 

 son; a dark red shows a single lobe of rose-pink; 

 the next will have a patchwork of yellow and 

 scarlet like a palette set for a sunset picture. — 

 Yellow and red together with all the variations 

 possible through the mingling of these with one 

 another and with sunlight. — Deep red on one- 

 half the tree, the other half green, often entire 

 tree a mass of rich yellow with a deep scarlet blush. 

 White Maple: Usually yellow, rarely showing a 

 little red, the yellow usually pale. Rarely bears 

 the vivid red leaf of either the Sugar or the Red. 

 Oaks, Quercus. — Vary upon the chord of brown: red- 

 brown, gold-brown, bronze-brown, amber-brown. 

 — Predominance of what we call leather colors 

 with a considerable mixture of certain shades of 

 red that are pecuHar to the Oaks. We rarely find 

 pure yellow or pure scarlet in the fohage of any 

 species of Oak.— Oaks are more tenacious of their 

 leaves than any other of our native trees except 

 ihe Beech. 



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