302 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



bays but the entire edge is indented and the 

 branch veins run to the ridges of the crenatures. 

 A bright, glossy green is the normal summer 

 hue of the Hornbeam leaf: but as the Autumn 

 approaches, a bright orange, or golden brown, 

 tint suffuses the entire leaf edge, sometimes ex- 

 tending in places towards the leaf centre along 

 the parallel spaces between the veins. As the 

 colouring increases it spreads further towards the 

 mid-stem, and a very pretty effect is produced 

 when the green has retired to the centre and is 

 surrounded by glowing orange or golden brown. 

 Sometimes the green colour remains only along 

 the veins whilst all the remainder of the tissue is 

 orange, yellow, or light golden brown. 



About the time when cosy bunches of nuts 

 begin bo peep out from the thick shrubbery of 

 wayside hedges, the Hazel foliage, always of a 

 light, cheerful green, begins to turn to a golden 

 hue. The Hazel leaf will repay close examina- 

 tion : for though in the hedgebank it may some- 

 times seem to wear a rugged edge, it will be found 

 when held in the hand that its outline is cut 



