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to learn their habits; the best of them are maples (red 

 and scarlet), the Japanese polymorphum, the striatum, 

 the sugar, the circinatum, and Tartaricum ginnali, a 

 brilliantly red kind. Then come the Nyassa multiflora, 

 sour-gum or pepperidge, the red oak, the scarlet oak, 

 the white oak {Quercus alba), the swamp white oak 

 (Quercus bicolor), and the pin oak (Quercus palustris) 

 and the liquidambar: these with the dogwoods, an- 

 dromedas, the sumacs {Rhus aromatica,Khus glabra, and 

 Rhus typhina), and Berber is thunbergi, our excellent 

 friend of the spring flowering kinds. In addition to 

 the beautiful fall colour, there are the bright red berried 

 kinds, Japanese Rosa rugosa, other roses, the barberries, 

 and other hawthorns. 



There is one shrub that is becoming deservedly pop- 

 ular and that is really in almost a class by itself, and 

 that is the Euonymus alatus. Its red is unique. There 

 is nothing just like it. The crimson is not exactly a 

 fiery one, but there is a glow in the heart of it that is 

 quite indescribable. You notice it afar off. Perhaps 

 this red is not better than the velvety sheen of the dog- 

 wood autumn colour, but it is a surprise and a delight. 

 The hydrangeas are a family which, while not noticeable 

 for the colour of the leaf, make an important feature on 

 the autumn lawn. They have large massive foliage 

 and some species a silvery under surface, but their chief 

 beauty is the flower. This grows in great trusses of a 

 white colour which fade in September to pink, red, 

 purple, and brown colour. Beside this flower which 

 comes at a season when hardly anything else is in bloom. 



