A Year in the Wonderland of Trees

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When the Leaves Begin to Turn: September: Trees

A COLOR INDEX TO THE ART GALLERY IN THE AUTUMN WOODS Trees have their characteristic autumn colors. These colors, together with the Picture Index of Leaf Forms in Section III of this chapter, will help you identify them for your tree book. In using the following grouping of trees according to autumn coloring1 (Compiled from Parkhurst's Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, and Keeler's Our Native Trees.) take as a basis of comparison in each group the leaf of some tree you know well; the Black Walnut for the "Bright Yellow" group, the Hickories for the "Pale or Rusty Yellow" group, and so on. Bright Yellow: Black Walnut, Tulip Tree, Cucumber Tree, Ailanthus, Striped Maple, Judas Tree, Kentucky Coffee Tree, Yellowwood, Wild Red Cherry, Wild Black Cherry, Scarlet Thorn, Shadbush, Mulberry, Chestnut, Common Aspen, Large-Toothed Aspen, Balsam Poplar.

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