SYNOPSIS OF THE TINTS OF DIFFERENT TREES AND SHRUBS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
| Division I. | |
| Trees and Shrubs that display Yellow Tints alone, without ever a Purple or Red Leaf of any Shade. | |
| Althæa. | Section 1.—Verdure of summer unchanged, or with a slight and sometimes a considerable mixture of yellow leaves, before they fall. |
| Bayberry. | |
| Clethra. | |
| Dutch Myrtle. | |
| Elder. | |
| Locust. | |
| Privet. | |
| Willow. | |
| Black Walnut. | Section 2.—A general mixture of rusty green and yellow, sometimes pure yellow under favorable circumstances. The rust attaches only to dead leaves or to the dead parts of leaves. |
| Butternut. | |
| Catalpa. | |
| Chestnut. | |
| Elm. | |
| Grapevine. | |
| Hickory. | |
| Horse-Chestnut. | |
| Lime. | |
| Plane. | |
| White Birch. | |
| Beech. | Section 3.—Pure yellow, of different shades. |
| Birch. | |
| Honey Locust. | |
| Mulberry. | |
| Poplar. | |
| Tulip-tree. | |
| Green-Brier. | |
| Division II. | |
| Trees and Shrubs that display all Shades of Purple, Red, and Yellow. | |
| Apple-tree. | Section 1.—A predominance of green, with a slight and sometimes a considerable mixture of purple, red, and yellow, of different shades. All the rosaceous plants are included in this section or the following. Individuals of some of these species are occasionally brilliant. |
| Barberry. | |
| Blackberry. | |
| Cherry. | |
| Hawthorn. | |
| Lilac. | |
| Missouri Currant. | |
| Mountain Ash. | |
| Pear-tree. | |
| Peach-tree. | |
| Plum-tree. | |
| Quince-tree. | |
| Raspberry. | |
| River Maple. | |
| Rose. | |
| Spiræa. | |
| Blueberry. | Section 2.—Purple, crimson, and scarlet, with only a small mixture of yellow, if any. |
| Cornel. | |
| Hazel. | |
| Poison Ivy. | |
| Scarlet Oak. | |
| Smooth Sumach. | |
| Strawberry-tree. | |
| Tupelo. | |
| Velvet Sumach. | |
| Viburnum. | |
| Virginia Creeper. | |
| White Oak. | |
| Whortleberry. | |
| Mountain Maple. | Section 3.—Variegated tints, comprising all shades of purple, crimson, scarlet, orange, and yellow on the same tree, or on different trees of the same species. Leaves often striated, and sometimes figured like a butterfly’s wing. |
| Red Maple. | |
| Rock Maple. | |
| Poison-Dogwood. | |
| Smoke-tree. | |
| Snowy Mespilus. | |
| Striped Maple. | |
| The Ash. | Passing through all shades from a dark chocolate to violet, brown, and salmon. The ash is perfectly unique in its tints, having no reds, and being the only tree that shows a clear brown as one of its regular series of tints in the living leaf. |
English Maple. The leaves of the maple change first of all to an ochrey yellow, then to a deeper tone.
Ash. Fine lemon yellow, soon falling and leaving bunches of seeds of a brown hue.
Hornbeam. Bright yellow.
Elm. Generally orange, but with some irregular patches of bright yellow.
Hawthorn. Tawny yellow, but greatly modified by tones of deep reddish-brown, and brilliant clusters of berries.
Hazel. Pale ochrey yellow, with browner shades for the clusters of nuts.
Sycamore. A dull brown.
Oak. Yellowish green.
Horse-Chestnut. A great variety of beautiful rich hues, from a pale yellow to a bright crimson orange [?].
Beech. Also finely varied in color, but more of a maroon color than the chestnut.
Cherry. Most diversified and charming, in tints of yellow, red, crimson, maroon, and purple.
Note.—I perceive that the author does not distinguish between the tints of living and seared or dead leaves.
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