AUTUMNAL FOLIAGE 



Osage Orange, Toxylon. — A clear bright yellow. 



Persimmon, Diospyros. — Orange or scarlet, sometimes 

 fall without change of color. 



Poplars, Popiilus. — All the Poplars turn a clear bright 

 chrome yellow. 



Sassafras. — Red and yellow, often pure yellow. — Rusty 

 yellow. — The glory of the autumn foliage of the 

 Sassafras is like the glory of a sunset, all mingled 

 with purple and red and gold. 



Sourwood, Oxydendrum. — In autumn bright scarlet. 



Sumach, Rhus. — Scarlet and yellow. — The Sumach in 

 the swamp begins to look Hke the burning bush 

 on Horeb. 



Sweet Viburnum, Viburnum. — Deep red, or red and 

 orange. 



Sweet-Gum. See Liquidamber. 



Sycamore, Planus. — Leaves turn dull orange and wither 

 before faUing. — The petiole encloses the leaf bud. 



Tamarack, Larix. — Pale yellow. — The Tamarack casts 

 a soft yellow veil, a yellow haze, over the face of 

 the northern country where it dwells. 



Tupelo, Sour-Gum, Nyssa. — Its autumnal coloring is 

 superb, the foHage becomes one glowing mass of 

 scarlet, sometimes dashed with orange. It is the 

 most fiery and briUiant of all that brilliant group: 

 the Maple, Dogwood, Sassafras, Liquidamber, and 

 Tupelo. The tree has different names; in the 

 South it is generally called Sour-Gum, in the Mid- 

 dle West, Pepperidge, and in New England it re- 

 tains its pretty Indian name Tupelo. 



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