338 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



we have seen those which we will indicate in the 

 following enumeration, giving priority, as we do 

 so, to those shades or markings which predomi- 

 nate : pale straw with a few green spots, and the 

 tips of the serratures on the leaflet margins a 

 pinkish red ; pale green, with the principal veins 

 brown, giving an appearance of brown stripes on 

 the leaflets ; orange with dark red spots and 

 freckles, green spots and pinkish red serratures ; 

 rich, golden-orange with pale red, orange red and 

 deep red spots and blotches, an overspreading 

 hue of pale red merging into the orange ground, 

 and serratures of deep red and pale red and crim- 

 son ; dark green with dark purple bands (in the 

 spaces between the principal veins) blotches, 

 splashes and spots and a few reddish spots ; 

 purplish red with golden green, orange and yellow 

 spots and other small markings ; dull, almost 

 bronze, green, with blood-red bands edged with 

 orange and dark purple blotches ; golden russet, 

 nearly covering the entire leaf, but having dark 

 brown veins and spots of deep red and green 

 with an almost indefinable hue of red overspread- 

 ing the russet ; orange with pale, golden green, 



