340 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



finally deep blood -red with dark brown tips, and 

 a slight golden tinge upon some of the veins. 



These colours and markings of the Bramble, 

 noted upon foliage which we ourselves have not 

 only passed and closely examined but have 

 gathered and carefully preserved, are, as we have 

 said, only representative of the wealth of beauty 

 which this charming trailer adds to the abounding 

 and surpassing loveliness, in lane, field and forest, 

 of autumnal leaves. 



