124 Woodland fine in colour 



stream to Oaks massed with silvered stems. Almost 

 every native tree and shrub is beautiful in colour of 

 flower, leaf, or fruit. Scarlet Dogwood, Red and Yellow 

 Willows, Gorse, Broom, Holly in berry, Rowan, our 

 native Barberry (a lovely thing in fruit in groups), the 

 Spindle-tree, and the Wild Guelder Rose, are among 

 our trees that give the most brilliant effect; but for 

 refined colour that of our common woodland trees in 

 picturesque planting is best of all. 



Although we are mainly concerned here with the trees 

 that give us fine colour, yet undergrowth is always with 

 us, and our own native things Bracken, Briers, and 

 Wild Roses are often very good in colour. It is easy 

 to add to these, if we care to, the number of Wild Roses 

 in cultivation now being so large. Dogwoods help very 

 much as undergrowth, as also do Viburnum and Hazel. 

 Although we are chiefly considering the colour of foliage, 

 we cannot put out of view the good colour of some 

 shrubs, such as Box, Furze, and Broom, and for poor 

 places and bare, poor soils we have our native Heaths, 

 which give as good a ground colour as any plants can 

 give. 



Oaks. The most beautiful colour of our native Oak 

 is in the time of bud and early leaf, when a wood of 

 Oaks is so striking for its charm and variety, especially 

 if from a near height. In autumn, Oak also takes fine 

 colour, and next we have the colour of the stems in 

 winter. The American Oaks, so little grown with us in 

 woodland, are unrivalled for depth of hue. What can 

 be more effective in autumn than Quercus tinctoria ? 

 The Red Oak, too, has its charms in the reddish tint of 

 the decaying leaves. Two others are nearly equally good 

 the American White Oak and the Chestnut-leaved Oak, 



