develops at the fall of the year a bright rust-colour which is very Winter. 



conspicuous. The weeping form is also distinct and beautiful. Trees for 



P bo timid villosa^ a deciduous form, is a small, erect-growing Colour effect 



tree, not unlike a Pyrus in appearance, whose autumn colouring 



is amber and orange ; it is very rarely seen in English gardens, 



but quite worth growing, though it does not appear to be of 



very vigorous constitution. I obtained our specimens from my 



neighbour, Mr Cutbush, at Barnet. Liquidambar styraciflua 



is perhaps too well known for description. It prefers a lightish 



soil, is rather troublesome to start, but when once established 



grows rapidly. The change of foliage varies very much on 



different specimens from red and orange to purple and green, but 



it is almost always beautiful. 



The Maple class is too large to deal with in a paper of this 

 description, but their reputation for gorgeous foliage is well 

 established in America, and though perhaps not so resplendent 

 in this country, there is hardly one of them which is without 

 merit when the leaves begin to colour. The true Sugar Maple 

 (Acer saccbarinum] is a hardy free grower and one of the 

 cheapest and most effective of its genus. 



Disanthus cercidifolia. I have known this only for two 

 or three years, and cannot speak as to its constitution or special 

 characteristics, but the quality of its autumn foliage is undoubted, 

 the tender green circular leaves turning to a beautiful uniform 

 rosy-pink. 



Parrotia persica, a medium-sized tree, and like the 

 Disanthus a member of the Hamamdis order, takes on a fine 

 autumn colouring in which purple and orange predominate. It 

 is quite hardy. 



Enkianthus japonicus and Stuartia pseudo Camellia are 



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