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double-flowering Bramble with pompons of light pink ; Golletia spinosa 

 (white), covered with Lilac-like blooms in mid- September ; Ceanothus 

 americanus (white), a very free flowerer ; also the light blue deciduous 

 variety, as to the proper name of which I am not certain ; and latest of 

 all, not flowering till September, Caryopteris Mastacanthus (Heliotrope 

 blue), which is one of the Sage family. 



Besides the above plants which I have suggested as producing a 

 good autumn effect when planted in groups, I would recommend 

 the following as suitable for single specimens : Taxoclium distichum, 

 or the deciduous Cypress, prefers the neighbourhood of water, but will 

 do quite well without, and develops at the fall of the year a bright 

 rust-colour which is very conspicuous. The weeping form is also dis- 

 tinct and beautiful. Photinia villosa, a deciduous form, is a small 

 erect-growing tree, not unlike a Pyrus in appearance, whose autumn 

 colouring is amber and orange ; it is very rarely seen in English gardens, 

 but quite worth growing, though it does not appear to be of very vigorous 

 constitution. I obtained our specimens from my neighbour, Mr. Cutbush, 

 at Barnet. Liquidambar styraciflua is perhaps too well known for descrip- 

 tion. It prefers a lightish soil, is rather troublesome to start, but when 

 once established grows rapidly. The change of foliage varies very much 

 on different specimens from red and orange to purple and green, but it is 

 almost always beautiful. 



The Maple class is too large to deal with in a paper of this descrip- 

 tion, but their reputation for gorgeous foliage is well established in 

 America, and though perhaps not so resplendent in this country, there is 

 hardly one of them which is without merit when the leaves begin to 

 colour. The true Sugar Maple [Acer saccharinum) is a hardy free grower 

 and one of the cheapest and most effective of its genus. 



Disanthus cercidifolia. — I have known this only for two or three 

 years, and cannot speak as to its constitution or special characteristics, but 

 the quality of its autumn foliage is undoubted, the tender green circular 

 leaves turning to a beautiful uniform rosy-pink. 



Parrotia persica, a medium-sized tree, and like the DisantMis a 

 member of the Hamamelis order, takes on a fine autumn colouring in 

 which purple and orange predominate. It is quite hardy. 



Enkianthus japonicus and Stuartia Pseudo-camellia are two plants 

 seldom seen in England, of which the dying leaves become deep red. 



All the American Oaks are more or less effective at this season of the 

 year ; but far the best of them in my judgement, both for brilliance and 

 for the length of time during which it retains its clear crimson colour, is 

 Quercus coccinea, Anthony Waterer's variety. 



The Amelanchiers, or Snowy Mespilus, are equally valuable for their 

 blossom in spring and their foliage in autumn. The three best with 

 which I am acquainted are A. canadensis, A. oligocarpa, and A. asiatica. 



I have found Bubus fruticosus fol. var. a general favourite when grown 

 as a creeper on a pole. About the second week in September, when part 

 of the fruit has ripened, the presence of the four colours, black and red in 

 berry, and silver and green in leaf, all clearly defined, produces a unique 

 effect. 



Within the limits of this paper I cannot deal at length with autumn 



