AS THE YEAR PASSES 
The crisp rustle of the leaves grows 
more pleasing as the brown transi- 
tory covering deepens in the hollows 
and yields to the caprices of vagrant 
winds* Where the Red Maple still 
displays its foliage it is the most 
brilliant of forest trees* Every leaf has a special 
design in crimson, yellow, and green* Some are 
daintily tipped with the richest hues, others vary 
their brilliant reds with a tracery of pale yellow and 
surviving green, while others show a uniform richness 
of colour in every vein and fibre* When the sun looks 
through and the wind pulls at the clinging foliage the 
masses of colour glow and gleam in vivid intensity. 
Oaks still cling to their rich and varied foliage, and 
seem scarcely to miss their generous contribution 
to the crisp covering on the ground* They like to 
retain their leaves, and often a brown bunch will 
remain here and there throughout the winter, gather- 
ing a transient covering of snow from every storm. 
In this they show a sympathy with some of their 
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