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PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



Silvery Green. 

 WMte and grey Poplars. Cedar of Mount Atlas 

 Willows, several Deodar 

 Turkey Oak Pinus excelsa 



Buckthorn. Pinus Webbiana 



Towards the end of spring and in the beginning of 

 summer all the greens are extremely vivid; but even 

 then some of the species^ such as the larch and balsam 

 poplar_, are peculiarly light. In June the young shoots 

 and leaves display little variety. In July and August 

 each tree and shrub shades off into its own particular 

 green. Later in autumn the evergreens acquire their 

 winter tints. In October^ or earlier^ previous to the 

 fall of the leaf, the ordinary hues of the deciduous tribes 

 give place to an extraordinary diversity of colours. For 

 example, the larch, oak, and elm take various shades of 

 yellow or yellowish brown. The scarlet oak, beech, and 

 vtdld cherry grow red. The ash and sycamore sadden 

 into a grepsh tea-green. If, in planting the park and 

 pleasure-grounds, all varieties of colour are to be taken 

 into accoimt, the tints of the ripening leaf ought not to 

 be forgotten, as we fear they too often are. It should 

 be remembered that the ripening and faU of the leaf 

 sometimes occupy five or six weeks of a season, which, 

 if chastened with sadness, is to some minds a period of 

 intense enjoyment. We may add that oaks, particu- 

 larly in copse-woods, and in the early stages of growth 

 elsewhere, often retain their leaves during most of the 

 winter. These supplementary tints of the departing 

 year alFord means of ornament not altogether unworthy 

 of attention. 



The flowers of certain trees also yield effective, though 

 transient, elements of colour. Some of our readers may 



