OCTOBER 103 



Tliere are oiiougli bare trees along" the river banks 

 to give a sombre November effect. While October 

 is known as tlie niontli of finest autmnn foliage, 

 for a complete snrv(\y September and November 

 must be included. In Kansas, in some seasons, 

 the colorini;- is very beautirul till tlie middle' of No- 

 vember, and some striking and characteristic ef- 

 fects may wait till that month. Miss Cooper gives 

 only the following note for November, dated on 

 the third: '^The woods are not absolutely bare, 

 however, there are yet patches iu the forest where 

 the warm coloring of October has darkened into a 

 reddish brown; and here and there a tree still 

 throws a fuller shadow than belongs to winter.'* 

 The region of which she writes is nearly in the 

 latitude of central Iowa, and many kinds of tree 

 which she mentions (though she rarely gives the 

 exact species) are found in Iowa. All know the be- 

 ginning and end of the process from summer 

 greenness to winter bareness; but few have the 

 patience or leisure to follow the stages in much de- 

 tail. One might, if life were spacious enough for 

 such pursuits, note each kind of tree, each favorite 

 individual, year after year. Within the field of 

 ordinary observation few better opportunities to 

 revise and extend our color vocal)ulary are found 

 than those afforded by autumn foliage. Miss Coop- 

 er's color terms are interesting. Such apparent 

 inconsistencies as are found are probably readily 



