AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



OAK, ELM, ASH. 

 PLATE 1. FIGURES 1 TO 14. 



ESTG of the forest by 

 virtue of qualities 

 of strength and 

 endurance which 

 give it real pre-emi- 

 nence, the foliage 

 of the Oak lends a 

 preponderance of 

 leafy beauty to the 

 autumnal forest 

 and strongly at- 

 tracts the eye by the charm and variety of its 

 colouring, wherever, by roadside, in meadow, or on 



