IN THE FRONT YARD. 61 



is very attractive in its coat of many colors. The 

 spiraea arguta, the first to bloom in the spring, makes 

 its exit into winter with sumptuous garments of gold, 

 red and purple. This great show is IvTature's last at- 

 tempt to enliven the world when the flowers are all 

 gone and the leaves begin to fall, and it is well to help 

 her with her last carnival of colors. 



