ON COLOUR IN TREE SCENERY. 461 



ful in a word, unless familiarly acquainted with the latest 

 introductions of this kind he would, I submit, be drawing 

 his conclusions from incomplete information. 



In order to bring my views to a practical test, I have 

 here a diagram, in which I have merely sought to obtain 

 the identical colours existing among trees and shrubs, and 

 must refer you to the specimens exhibited to show that 

 these colours really exist. This diagram, hastily executed, 

 will perhaps also give some idea of the effect of the 

 arrangement of the colours which we possess*. The light 

 green here is supposed to represent the Larch, the dark 

 green the Yew, the reddish purple the purple Beech, the 

 yellow the golden Oak, and the white the variegated Acer 

 Negundo. There is also introduced here the ordinary 

 green of nature, which may fairly be taken as the ground- 

 work of our operations. Now, I am well aware, and would 

 not ignore the fact, that the colours of the leaves of trees 

 are influenced in some degree by cultivation and soil, but 

 this does not affect my argument, as in the majority of 

 cases they still bear the same relation to each other. 



I have now to offer a few general remarks with brief 

 examples in support of the views which I have advanced. 

 Let us remember that we are working with pictorial trees 

 for pictorial effect. We have spring pictures, summer 

 pictures, autumn pictures, and permanent pictures. 

 Summer and permanent pictures are the most valuable 

 because of their greater durability. Specimens of these 

 are before you, and a list of their names will be given by 

 and by (see pp. 236 and 251.) The materials for spring and 

 autumn pictures can only be shown in spring and autumn. 

 The varying tints of the unfolding leaves of some trees 

 in spring, and the glowing colours of the leaves of other 

 trees in autumn, must be familiar to all observers, and 

 these trees are beautiful in their seasons, whether regarded 

 individually or in combination. But they are transitory. 



* It is not considered necessary to reproduce this. 



