LEAF GAIETY 



summer green wanes and gives way to russet ! Plant it 

 by the water-side, where, above all places, it loves best 

 to be, that, reflected on the water's surface, it may awaken 

 to fresh life the sad grey of the garden pool. And to keep 

 it company, group the Cedar from Japan (Cryptomeria 

 japonica), green beneath the summer sun, red-brown 

 when autumn falls. 



Among plants that climb or cling are many of sur- 

 passing charm of leaf in the fall of the year, and none 

 perhaps excels in splendour the old, old Ampelopsis 

 Veitchi, but some have bolder claims to recognition, for 

 instance, the true Virginian Creeper (Vitis quinquefolia) 

 and Vitis Coignetiae. The latter is an especially rampant 

 climber with large leaves that take on most glorious 

 autumn tints. 



Though leaf gaiety is found chiefly in such as are 

 hastening to die, others bring chief joy while in full fresh 

 life. Some are as silver, others as gold, some are gold 

 and silver too. Among the yellow or golden-leaved shrubs 

 are the golden cut-leaved Elder, the yellow-leaved Nut 

 and Mock Orange, while among trees of this distinction 

 none surpasses the golden Elm called Louis van 

 Houtte. Among shrubs with silvery leafage Elaeagnus 

 argentea stands high in the planter's estimation, and 

 Atriplex Halimus may also claim inclusion. There are 

 many in which gold and white and green commingle, 

 and a few of the best are Spaeth's Dogwood (Cornus 

 alba Spaethi) ; several Ivies e.g. aurea elegantissima and 



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