COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



One of the gayest autumn pictures in my own garden is 

 where a group of Waahoo and Snowberries occupies an 

 angle of the wall. The Waahoo grows tall like a little tree, 

 and in the autumn after the leaves have fallen is hung all 

 over with the most fetching rose-coloured seed receptacles 

 that finally burst and hang out scarlet ear drops that cling 

 nearly all winter. The Snowberry (Symphoricarpos race- 

 mosus) is a very old-fashioned shrub now generally over- 

 looked in the rush for exotic novelties, but this should not be, 

 for its autumn beauty is undoubted and in the spring the 

 tiny blossoms provide a rare feast for the honey bees. The 

 Waahoo grows wild in my neighbourhood, making the 

 roadsides and neglected dooryards delightfully bright in 

 autumn. The birds do not seem fond of the scarlet ear 

 drops but eat the Snowberries with relish. The two to- 

 gether are charmingly gay. 



Among the shrubs and trees that have scarlet berries are 

 the following: the Washington Thorn (Crataegus cordata), 

 C. nitida, the Cockspur Thorn (C. Crus-galli), the English 

 May (C. oxyacantha), the Mountain Ash (Sorbus Aucu- 

 paria), the Dogwood (Cornus florida), the native Holly 

 (Ilex opaca), Black Alder (Ilex verticillata), I. Sieboldi, 

 Japanese Bush-honeysuckle (Lonicera Morrowii and L. 

 tatarica), Berberis vulgaris, B. Thunbergii, the Highbush 

 Cranberry (Viburnum americanum), Sambucus racemosa, 

 and Cotoneaster horizontalis. 



And as the weeks steal one upon the other "mesmeric 

 fingers softly touch" the glowing beauty of the garden. 

 Now the scarlet flush is gently smoothed away, the yellow 



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