110 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



green hues until late into October when finally the 

 leaves become mottled, yellowish or brownish and 

 fall. 



Asiatic trees and shrubs cultivated here assume 

 their wonted tints and so also do those of central 

 Europe. The trees of Japan and China color with us 

 rather later than the native trees and lengthen the 

 season fully two weeks. 



Whilst I have dealt primarily with trees as the 

 principal objects of admiration in autumnal scenery, 

 I must not omit mention of the shrubs which clothe 

 the wayside and forest floor, or the climbers which 

 drape both bushes and trees or form tangled thickets 

 of themselves. It is true that there are more of these 

 than there are of trees which do not change color 

 materially but remain green until the fall of the leaves. 

 But a great many do change very materially, and it is 

 interesting to note that reds predominate in the shrubs 

 and yellows in the trees. Reds and purples distinguish 

 the Cornels, Sumachs, Poison Ivy, Viburnums, 

 Virginia Creepers, Fox Grape and others, and yellow 

 the Spicebush. Indeed, there is so small a propor- 

 tion of yellow in the shrubbery that it is hardly dis- 

 tinguishable in the general mass of scarlet, crimson, 

 and purple which forms so marked a contrast with the 

 unchanged greens of many associate shrubs. In mis- 



