108 GREEN AUTUMNAL FOLIAGE. 



nal beauty. The reputation of the exquisite lace-like flowers 

 has doubtless eclipsed the glory of the foliage. It is large 

 for a shrub, lustrous and oval in contour, and the leaves 

 have a dark, rich green in fall. 



The American persimmon is a noteworthy tree for its 

 green in fall ; but the Japanese persimmon, or Icaki^ shows 

 a richer, glossier foliage, like orange leaves in color. Un- 

 fortunately, it is not bardy in the Middle 

 and Northern States. 



Few shrubs are prettier in the fall 

 tban the evergreen thorn ( Cotoneaster 

 or Cratcegus pyracantha). The small 

 glossy dark-green leaves and 

 orange-colored berries, all pro- 

 tected ])y masses of thorns, char- 

 acterize the finest 

 foreign Cratagim 

 which is thorough- 

 ly healthy in Amer- 

 ica, as it is also at- 

 tractive in very late fall and 

 even A\iuter. 

 INDIAN BEAN. CVrcis Japonica, the Japan 



(CATALPA EXNOMOIDES.) T T i T T -i i 



Judas tree, has heart-shaped 

 leaves, glossy, tough, and retained late in fall. It is rare 

 and choice, and decidedly attractive both for its flowers 

 and leaves during at least five months of the year. In 

 spring, early pink flowers wreathe the stem, before the 

 leaves put forth. 



The best green-leaved spirea in fall is, perhaps, S.prinri- 



