462 ON COLOUR IN TREE SCENERY. 



The varied and telling colours of spring, as a rule, quickly 

 subside into the universal green, and the bright leaves of 

 autumn fall speedily before the frost and gales of that 

 season. Yet both are desirable. The warm red and 

 yellow tints of the unfolding leaves are peculiarly cheering 

 in the cold days of early spring, and should be introduced 

 freely when planting. The splendour of the American 

 forests in autumn is a theme on which many travellers 

 have loved to dwell, and leaves from these forests may 

 be seen in that admirable Institution, the South Kensing- 

 ton Museum. The trees we have long had under culti- 

 vation, and they are not only available, but capable of 

 being wrought up with magnificent effect in this country. 



Among the most effective of spring trees, the Corstor- 

 phine Plane (Acer Pseudo Platanus lutescens) (yellow), the 

 Acer colchicum rubrum (red), the Purple Horse Chestnut 

 (^Esculus Hippocastanum purpureum) (purple), and the 

 Silver Poplar (Populus argentea) (white) may be instanced. 

 The shades of green at this season are also innumerable, 

 although for the most part gradually subsiding into one 

 nearly uniform tint. 



The brightest among the leaves of autumn are perhaps 

 the Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea), the Liquidambar (L. 

 Styraciflua), the Stag's-horn Sumach (Rhus typhina), the 

 Ostrya virginica, and several varieties of Cherries, Pears, 

 and Maples ; these usually die off bright red. Of yellow 

 shades may be instanced the Lombardy and Ontario 

 Poplars (P. fastigiata and P. candicans), the Norway 

 Maple (Acer platanoides), the Horse Chestnut (^Esculus 

 Hippocastanum), the Salisburia adiantifolia, the Lime(Tilia 

 europaea), the Tulip tree (L. tulipiferum), the White Mul- 

 berry (Morus alba) the Gleditschia triacanthos, the Mag- 

 nolia tripetala, the Juglans amara, the Acer Negundo, the 

 Kolreuteria paniculata, the Birch (Betula alba), and certain 

 varieties of Cherries, Pears, Thorns, and Maples. 



As examples of planting for pictorial effect, nothing 

 can be more beautiful in the flower garden than pillars 



