124 WOOD AND GARDEN 



much brighter look ; the whole bush shows fine warm 

 colouring, the leaves having turned to a rich red. 

 Perhaps it is because it is a native that this grand 

 shrub or small tree is generally neglected in gardens, 

 and is almost unknown in nurserymen's catalogues. 

 It is the parent of the well-known Guelder-Rose, which 

 is merely its globe-flowered form. But the round 

 flower leaves no berry, its familiar white ball being 

 formed of the sterile part of the flower only, and the 

 foUage of the garden kind does not assume so bright 

 an autumn colouring. 



The nights are growing chilly, with even a little 

 frost, and the work for the coming season of dividing 

 and transplanting hardy plants has already begun. 

 Plans are being made for any improvements or altera- 

 tions that involve ground work. Already we have been 

 at work on some broad grass rides through the copse 

 that were roughly levelled and laid with grass last 

 winter. The turf has been raised and hollows filled ia, 

 grass seed sown in bare patches, and the whole beaten 

 and rolled to a good surface, and the job put out of 

 hand in good time before the leaves begia to fall. 



