FOEEST TEEES AND FOEEST SCENEEY 



brilliancy at this season it would be 

 difficult to match. They exhibit, in 

 truth, a gamut of beautiful tones, from 

 pale yellow to deep orange, and from 

 bright scarlet to vivid crimson. They 

 are among the first to change the 

 color of their leaves, but are quickly 

 followed by other species of trees, 

 whose varying hues blend together and 

 enrich the autumn landscape. The 

 " scarlet " and " red " oaks now justify 

 their names; the flowering dogwood 

 and the sweet gum show their soft 

 depth of purple; the milder tulip tree 

 takes on a golden tint and shimmers 

 in the sun, mingling with ruddy horn- 

 beams, browned beeches, variegated 

 sassafras trees, or the fiery foliage of 

 the tupelos. The swamps are aflame 

 with the brilliancy of red maples, con- 

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