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presents one of the most splendid sights of the year, with 

 its dark-green foliage literally studded with scarlet or 

 crimson fruit. The European Euon/ymus and its varieties 

 display the finest masses of color, although the American 

 kinds bear very attractive fruit. Both countries have 

 sorts that turn purple in fall notwithstanding the fact that 

 the prevailing hue of the genus is green until veiy late. 



There are also bush honeysuckles, mountain ashes, the 

 black alder, Ilex verticillata, and the snow-ball, Viburnum 

 lantana, all remarkable for their brilliant crimson or orange 

 berries. Very remarkable, too, is the snowberry or Sym- 

 pJioricarpus racemosus bearing clusters of snow-white waxen 

 fruit. The dark-purple berried Indian currant, Symphori- 

 carpus vulgariSj is less remarkable though very attrac- 

 tive. Callicarpa purpurea, with steel-blue bead-like ber- 

 ries, is also very pretty in autumn. Mahonias have small 

 bright-blue seed-vessels in autumn, and such broad, shining, 

 picturesque foliage that no well appointed shrubbery can 

 afford to neglect fhem. The little broad picturesque Ber- 

 beris TJiunbergii has also charming autumn tints and bright- 

 red berries. 



Nor should we forget the lovely effects accomplished 

 by climbing vines in fall. Most remarkable for color and 

 vigor is the Virginia creeper or Ampelopsis in all is forms. 

 The crimson garlands it wreathes about the naked or dead 

 trunks of prominent trees are very effective, because so con- 

 centrated and so distinctly contrasted with adjacent sombre 

 coloring. More beautiful, if possible, than our Virginia 

 creeper is its near relative Ampelopsis Veitchii or tricuspi- 

 data of Japan. This vine is unquestionably the finest of 



