GREEN A UTUMNAL FOLIA GE. 107 



We propose to include no plants the foliage of which 

 suffers from mere white frost, and even to include some the 

 leaves of which will endure a severe freezing without 

 injury to their beauty. There is doubtless a season in 

 late August and early September, during which the lawn 

 should be carefully supplied with such foliage and flowers 

 as will yet flourish; but we have chosen a later period, 

 which is sometimes deferred until the middle of October, 

 and which is more neglected and needy. 



One would think the maples would be valuable for 

 their green in fall and so they unquestionably are. They 

 are healthy, thrifty, and vigorous, but no variety very 

 remarkable for its late green exists among them unless 

 it be the little colchicum maple, properly called Acer 

 Icetum. The foliage of this tree is pleasing and of curi- 

 ous outline. Delicate red stems support the leaves, and the 

 general appearance is bright and cheerful. It is a choice, 

 uncommon maple, to which I have already referred with 

 respect, and should be more employed as a single specimen 

 on the lawn. 



The common catalpa ( C. syringcefolia), much spoken 

 of nowadays for its enduring wood, and most valuable to 

 the lawn planter for broad, shadowy foliage, retains its 

 green color well in fall. There is also a dwarf form, C. 

 Bungeii, sometimes misnamed Kcempferi, rounded like a 

 hemisphere, with veiy delicate autumnal greens. The 

 A r alia Japonica is drooping and graceful and effective in 

 its autumn green. 



C/iionanthm Virginica,, the white fringe, old, well- 

 known, and choice, is not usually spoken of for its autum- 



