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fresh green. In beech there are three colors, — light 

 red, yellowish red, and green. A few days later the pale 

 yellow tinge of hornbeam is entirely gone, and has given 

 place to a rusty brown. Meanwhile the willows remain 

 still perfectly green. 



XLIV. 



Angelica — Leaves of Angelica — Bramble — Blackberry — Scabious — 

 Honeysuckle — Tufted Hair-grass. 



OF foreground plants, the angelica may be men- 

 tioned for its important size. The leaves are but 

 little seen, being for the most part low down upon the 

 stem, but they become a very pale green, and turn 

 whitish or yellowish, often also inclining to purple. At 

 the same time the angelica becomes brown in the um- 

 bels, because the fruit is ripening fast ; in doing which 

 it turns from green to brown. A little later, the leaves 

 turn pure Naples yellow. Once more, for the last time, 

 we must mention the bramble, now most rich in color 

 with deep crimson or bright vermilion, passing to russet 

 and green, and the abundant black fruit for a rich dark 

 at the bottom of the scale. When the morning mists 

 of October clear away and the bright sunshine succeeds, 

 as it does regularly about eleven o'clock, all the black- 

 berry leaves glitter in the bright light, and many of 



