192 AT THE NORTH OF BEARCAMP WATER. 
bush not many years out of the acorn, was the 
color of newly-shed blood in its centre, but 
many small detached areas upon it remained 
green. From a sucker shoot of a poplar I gath¬ 
ered several strangely effective leaves. One 
was of sulphur yellow coarsely spotted with 
black dots; another was blackish brown with 
crimson veinings above, and clear yellowish 
white veinings below, — a most unique combi¬ 
nation. From an adjoining poplar I picked one 
uniformly black over three quarters of its area, 
but blotched with vivid green near its apex. 
Its veins were yellowish white both above and 
below. The clusters of lambkill leaves were 
very pretty. While the upper surfaces of the 
leaves were faded vermilion or pinkish salmon 
color, the under sides were buff, or very pale 
sage green. The willow leaves were queer, 
damaged looking things, a good deal nibbled by 
insects and much splashed with dark brown 
upon a yellowish olive groundwork. A bunch 
of violet leaves were clear golden yellow, while 
some of the more delicate ferns were nearly 
white. Truly the botanists have many pleasant 
problems before them if they are ever to ascer¬ 
tain why some green leaves turn black, and 
others brown, orange, yellow, red, purple, or 
white. 
An inspection of the mail led me to walk 
