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To tli(^ ciiltivared iil.inis in tlic fdrcooiu^- list should hf .•idded the Idliowiiii;-, of 

 recent iiitrodiietiou ;iiid mainly of foreii;'n ori<iin, whose rime of llow erinii' ^^'i^ "<'f 

 ascei'taiiied. 



PfiJiii trijnl i<il(i (iiircii. 



Iili'slii jKi/j/cdr/i'i. 



Sinitlidfcrtts Siirliifiillu. 



Ci'rridi/thiilluiii JuiiiniicuiK . 



Ccrr/i/ciia (irhiiri'sciiis. 



If(ll-,'lli<l liiilcis. 



J\'/in(/<)/)/j)iis h'i'rriiiidcs. 



PeripJnra (Wn'cii. 



B/riis ii.rointitini . 



Sophura Ja.po n ira . 



CotonHUSter ? 



Laurns v.ohilis. 



Eh'(/(/i> IIS loiHjipi's. 



Miicliira (iiiraiitii/cii, heda^es, Fairhaven. 



'l"iu! leaves of deeidnons trees, notably of tiie VAtn and Ash, conniienet; to full eafly 

 in Septeiubef, but ratliei- liii'htly. l)nfiu,<>' the month of (_)ctol)er they i)ut on their 

 most brilliant antiiiniial tints of lemon, orange, and brown yellows, and dark red, 

 crimson, scarlet, russet, purple, and grays. Of the yellow class are tlie elm. beech, 

 chestnut, witch ha/el, sugar maple, hickories, and birches, while the red maple, 

 tu|)elo. oaks, American Hornbeam, the various species of IJhus, Virginian creeper, 

 llie cultivated .Xmpelopsis Veitchei or Boston ivy, blackberry, huckleberry, blue- 

 berries, especially Vaccinium corymbosum, &c.. assume reddish tones. 



The maples are generally more or less variegated with both red and yellow, mak- 

 ing tliese trees esi)ecially attractive, but tlie prevailing hue of the sugar maple is an 

 orange yellow, and that of the reil maples a bright red or scarlet. The highest and 

 brightest coloring of the foliage here is from the fifteenth to the twentieth of Octo- 

 ber, or al)niit ten days later than it is in the central and western parts of this State, 

 whicli fact may be due to the proximity of the sea. I>y the first week in November 

 the trees are quite bare of tViliagc. with the exception of the oaks and beeches, and 

 those of foreign origin, sudi as Ulmus cainpestris. Tilia parvifolia, Populus alba, 

 Salix Babylonica, Crata'gus Oxyacantha, Kuoninuis. Acer ])lataiioides. Fagus sylvat- 

 ica. I.onicera Japonica. etc. : these last mentioned retain their more slowly ripening- 

 leaves for a fortnight longer, while the leaves of the oaks and beeches which ai-e shel- 

 tered from the wind, persist nearly througli tlie Winter. 



