THE PITCH PINE. 425 



strolling in grounds laid out in gaudy flower-beds and 

 smooth shaven lawn, the tired eye rests with tranquil 

 delight upon rude pastures bounded by loose stone-walls, 

 and hills embroidered with ferns and covered with boul- 

 ders. 



The pines are not classed with deciduous trees, yet 

 they shed their leaves in autumn with constant regular- 

 ity. Late in October you may see the yellow or brown 

 foliage, then ready to fall, surrounding the branches of 

 the previous year's growth, forming a whorl of brown 

 fringe, surmounted by a tuft of green leaves of the 

 present year's growth. Their leaves always turn yellow 

 before they fall. In the arbor-vitse there is a curious 

 intermixture of brown leaves with the green growth of 

 the past summer ; but, before November arrives, all the 

 faded leaves drop, and the tree forms a mass of unmin- 

 gled verdure. 



