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magnificent - the woods in their autumnal colours.
It seems that many trees (at least those that ripen
their fruit in fall) lose their leaves as soon as their fruit
is ripe.  This is particularly noticeable with the Walnuts.
The White Walnut ripens first it begins to loose its
leaves with the first falling of its ripe fruit and had lost
nearly all its leaves be the time the Black Walnut is
ripe.  With the dropping of its fruit it, too, drops its
leaves.  To-day not a walnut was found which still
retained a leaf.  Hemamelis is found somewhat more
it [in] bloom.  Its leaves turn yellow then drop and about the
time nearly every leaf has fallen it begins to flower.
In the Linden & Judas Tree, the leaves turn yellow before
falling. Robinias have lost all their leaves. In the
Beech, the leaves turn gradually brown, at first the thin
portions between the veins turns, the veins being seen of an intensesly
green colour in a light yellow background.  at length the
leaf becomes an opaque dark brown, which finally dries
on the tree.  The Poke plant which has been green 
all summer is now of an intensely carmine color.
        