648 THE 
‘GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 20, 1875. 
AUTUMN TINTS OF TREES.* 
OCTOBER is well known to be the month when the 
foliage of trees exhibits the greatest variety of rich 
. Some, however, as in the case of the Ash, 
Walnut, Elder, &c., only assume 2 dingy green tint. 
On October 30 man 
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others with smooth leaves, but which eventually fall 
off more or less coloured, Other kinds then in leaf, 
but with foliage more or less hairy, generally fall off 
in their green condition, such as the Celtis occiden- 
oeil common Fig, 
Catalpa syringzefolia, &c. 
` During the whole ‘of October — year the tints of 
unb on. ornam co and fore have bee 
ighly interestin eciam so than they have 
been at Edinburgh for UE a m ын of a 
rich crimson or red h 
ades of brown 
5 
c. Som 
for along time in 
while others fall immediately the yellow tint comes 
deep brown hue, they y remain much longer 
on the trees than many of the yellow tints. "This is 
in the Ameri arti the 
Quercus rubra, Amelanchier vul me 
ds | again assumes a green 
ue, and ultimately goes off of a dark Brats colour, 
not un e green varieties, but retains its leaves 
in the : e from f ord Eos 4 
being genera! a dingy yellow green. In the variety 
cultivated under the name of AST o-Platanus 
var. although no difference i in 
the when out, purple 
tinge to the under-side of the leaf becomes 
conspi durin eaves 
from the tree in autum is dis- 
e purple tinge 
tinctly Mere although the esi of the leaf hasthe 
w hue peculiar to the typical species. 
Ihe iaa or Mens iig Acer Pseudo-Platanus 
u y comes out in сога . pale 1 colour ; 
hee i g leaf f: 
ated or hit parts are of a golden 
the green of the dingy 
ME seater species. 
utescens comes out in 
and continues so for many 
uring er the leaves "become per- 
fectly green, and were so on Octol 
rays of the setting sun have 
. similar effect is also 
covered 
so Regit ie November mening of the Edinburgh | 
yellow colour, while the tat was of a deep red hue. 
да both appear in n about the same time they 
aiio ted as LN reground trees, 
the h of August st leaflets fell from 
the Leow trees (Robinia Pseud-Acacia), all of a deep 
r that mon eriod 
anges were taking place e juices of this tree, 
e foliage of the Robinias all assum 
че September th 
uliar blue-green uA 
of a dark green colou 
Owing to the rich d varied "A and the peculiar 
Вань ъл attending the change in the colour of 
the foliage of certain trees, it — ы highly desir- 
able to have some eminent chemist to M ч the 
epos contained in the leaves, so as to afford us a clue 
o the various colours which many of them у 
In due time they fell off, 
assume. 
Although the tiets of fne акорда vegetation at 
Edinburgh have this yea rem ncs Ar Mae 
does not е follow that the same varieties 
ks. mar po pi conn. Хь; other soils and Жо 
Toug a ey of 
rised n 
essc both ы their norm 
is may be accounted for by the 
country ; perhaps 
iron. Iron rods for this purpose are made by М. 
арса of rtis s, and have been successfully em- 
ployed by M. Méry- Picard, an engineer, who exhibited 
resting on pie 
The three вајн а аге made of 
d 
or weepi phora are suitable for pu š 
Cotoneaster buxifolia and microphylla, Juniperus 
squamata and Sabina, dh sagen! : Hypericum 
een the roc a charming 
appearance саная the slope of v: ыма to the 
edge of the wate 
е CULTURE IN POTS.* 
E Rose is at all times strikingly beautiful, but 
more estate so during spring an early 
summer months, Valuable at all times and seasons, it 
Zi ^ 
FIG, 133.—RUSTIC BRIDGE. 
— я re "— experienced = rege rg 
during t er compared with other parts o 
Britain, Although denies ашан» prevailed here, 
the under. or subsoil has been excessively 
ovember in muc 
high winds, and afterward 
denuded the trees of their leaves 
ing us of iani enjoying m any of their beautiful 
dolus te CN McNab, Royal Botanic Gar- 
ENS, Edinburgh 
RUSTIC BRIDGES. 
THE ornamentation of water and its borders is one 
of the most important features of the landscape gar- 
drawings will show the style of 
5; hey may be constructed of wood 
is especially so for the ornamentation of the conser- 
vatory, and I know of no more pleasing sight than 
that of a rites furnished with well balanced plants 
deep green luxuriant foliage. So well do they 
associate and ы Gene with other sping subjects, 
that it is of their culturre in pots for this purpose, as 
wellas for exhibition, that I narrate the method I 
have hitherto adopted: MÀ — considering the 
imit 
— China, 
ho wish 
i — list as means or conv: узы 
very good time to procure them 
pepe; when well established, naa useful d 
can be purc in 8-inch pots. As cele as 
after — them from the nursery examine their 
d that many eben — e will be 
oots, for He foun е 
benefited b a « id t into ro-incl урон, 
4 le you uei M € авар 
ME rder or not—a poin 
for the Rose is зы arci “of - 
owing mixture of soil will be found sui 
to them: strong turfy loam three parts (if 
other pat twelve сани эе much ‘the — the 
al wa Lo S oO Class, 
paper read at the Ed 
November 8, mn 
