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COUNTRY RAMBLES. 



How wonderful the tints are on the creepers the Ampelopsis 

 Veitchii, for instance. Some are a delicate red, others are dark 

 purple, and as these cling closely to the wall the effect is very 

 striking. Just now they are in their gayest robes of beauty and 

 attractiveness. 



Has the reader ever noticed the table-like shape of the small 

 trees and shrubs on the railway banks? I think the platelayers and 

 other men engaged on the line and banks must twist the branches 

 into the shapes one notices. Now is the season of the sere and 

 yellow leaf; the Oak is quite stripped in places. 



ANOTHER MEMENTO OF THE GREAT FRUIT CROP OF 1900. 



Passing by one of the common lands of England this morning, I 

 fervently wished that the hand of the speculative builder would be 

 stayed, and the people's own held in trust for them for many 

 generations to come. 



The Traveller's Joy tree is all bearded now. The "bloom" on 

 the Blackthorn stems very noticeable; also the beautiful tints and 

 colours on the Colewort. 



