FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
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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