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[Number 297, 



species, after changing to their usual brilliant autumn colors, 

 have now nearly all fallen and left the stems bare, or with only 

 the main leaf-stalks persisting. Our Poison Sumach, Rhus 

 Vernix, is the tirst of all to drop its foliage; the Poison Ivy, 

 R. Toxicodendron, holding them for a somewhat longer time. 

 Of plants of the Pea family, the Amorphas have lost all foli- 



shed their leaves. The early fall of the leaves of these, as 

 well as of many other plants, is often caused by fungous dis- 

 eases. This is particularly true of the Amelanchiers or June- 

 berries, which by this time are generally entirely bare. Except 

 some sub-evergreen kinds, most of the Cotoneasters are also 

 in poor condition as regards foliage, but the fruit still persists. 



Fig. 67.— Chi-ysantheniurn, Florence Percy — naturally f^rown. — See page 453. 



age, and most of the Siberian Caraganas are bare or nearly 

 so, although some forms of C. arborescens still hold a good 

 many leaves in a green condition. The true Lespedeza bicolor 

 lost its leaves and dropped its fruit several weeks ago. 



Few of the shrubs or small trees of the Plum family bear 

 good foliage up to this time, and the hardiest are the first to 



Among Spiraeas, S. sorbifolia was long ago quite leafless, 

 S. media followed, and on this October 20th, S. cana, S. pruni- 

 folia, S. hypericifolia and S. chamjedryfolia offer little or noth- 

 ing attractive, so far as foliage is concerned. The Asiatic 

 Physocarpus Amurensis is nearly leafless, while our native 

 Nine-bark, Physocarpus opulifolius, is still green. Few kinds 



