282 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



tissue. The entire edge of a leaf, to the depth, 

 inwards, of an eighth of an inch, is occasionally 

 found of a rich crimson, whilst yet the summer 

 green is spread upon the rest of the surface. 

 Markings of red or crimson or reddish brown 

 sometimes also of golden brown and orange are 

 often splashed upon one and the same leaf and 

 interspersed with patches of green. A fine effect 

 is produced when an almost encrimsoned leaf is 

 mottled with bright yellow or golden brown ; and 

 the principal veins will sometimes remain bright 

 green whilst the whole of the adjacent tissue is 

 coloured red or orange or golden brown. We are 

 of course indicating only the prominent and, we 

 may say, the representative shades of autumnal 

 colouring; for a volume could not exhaust the 

 catalogue of the actual variations which may be 

 found in our woodlands. 



Fruit and not foliage has given its reputation 

 to the Cherry : and the glossy freshness of the 

 pendant clusters has served to draw the eye from 

 the beauty of the leaves. Even when in Autumn 

 they are dyed with glowing colours, Nature is 



