228 EVERSLEY GARDENS 



colour was vivid in June, one knew it would 

 be twice as intense in October. 



But some of our native shrubs are not to be 

 despised. The long shoots of the Guelder 

 Rose of the garden, and its wild cousin from 

 the woods, are deep in colour now and the 

 latter is yet further decked with bunches 

 of scarlet berries. The pretty Spindle Tree 

 (Euonymus Europaus) of our hedgerows is 

 covered with a fringe of pink coral above 

 the rich purples and reds of Bramble leaves ; 

 and the crimson clouds of Wild Rose and 

 Sweet-briar fruit in every hedge, shine bril- 

 liantly against the blue misty distance. But 

 the greedy blackbirds and a flock of missel 

 thrushes, showing a taste for imported as 

 against home-grown products, discovered the 

 delights of the handsome berries of Rosa Rugosa 

 early in the season, and have stripped every 

 bush bare, long before hunger could be pleaded 

 as an excuse. 



Enough, however, of shrubs ; for there is 

 one tree (among many others) that no Autumn 

 garden should be without the common Balsam 



