The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-10-26
THE OFTOBEH u-DDUS.

Between late summer AID cal lv fall I
the difference in the woodlands h,re- ,
aboutS is as much one of udGr us aught .
else. Blossoms of the wood distinguish |
the spring, and all-pervading greenery
the full tide of summer, the odor Of
fallen leaves, Of balsamic gums and of
spicy fruits the autumn. The odor O.
the fallen leaves. although shut in
beneath a covering of snow now and
then in midwinter. is never wholly alb
sent at any other season. 1t has all
summer its damp days Of intensity
and its dry days Of fam ness, but with
the approach of autumn it begins to
strengthen permanently, and this
strengthening continues until the
whole space between the boes of the
great trees is deeply spread with the
laid russell carpet. There are enough
leaves down now to give the character
lStlc autumn scent to all the woodlands
of the great parks ana the suburbs
generally.
One looks IN vain to the thickly
feat hered dark green oaks, the vivid,
wellthatched beeches, tie monumental
tulip trees fer any evidence Of loss
that shall account for the fallen leaves.
They and the gum trees. and. indeed,
seemingly most others. sill wear t2eir
crowns Of su inner Y ndIre. Bat the
old hlrkorics are turned Il dirty green
ish brown, and much lii ned, while
the tai, Shaft-like Young hckoIies are
sploc Cd wi h gold. The hu t,rnuts
too, HAY dropped Ihr.r leaves IN Iar-e
part, 80 that one sees tttii few sticky.
aromatic nuts, and he mitropical.
femirine spr ad and d cop Of II eir
limbs. The sassaf as trees are turn
ing their miltens to red, but still hold
on to them, while t e elms are ghostlv
by the te tie.
With the hn Ca'p OF leaves have
come back to the woodlands Iivip g
voices of the brooks. Notodv as vet
has managed IL say in words h tire
less Y r,p at d II r>SIge f tn wood
and brooks on II Rusklm hiss some
where come near to conveying the
noise of the founta is i, slowly fills
the pitcher. 1t is the short, t'reit!ng
flat no eS, following rapidly where
some low obstruction makes mimic
wat rlal, tha' batfl, expressions in
words or in music, and these seem to
be the characteristic notes of the wood |
land brock. They 90 on ceastless in
fine monotone. and call up to the
listener visions of other woodlands and |
other brooks seen and heard long ago,
while the odor Of the leaves. appea ing
to the sub lest sense Of memory, calls
up vet more distant visions with photo
graphic clearness.
There is neIlow,r touch in the
woodland sunshine than in early Sep
TENDER, and the blossoms a'e fewer.
SO, 100, are he birds. The fruits are
ripper. Haws are rosy that We're pale,
and hips hay ueepaucd from samon-
yellow to sa'mon-r,d Wood apples
have REDEEMED and mellowec as their
native taltness has been su2artd BY
month of genial suns ine. Wood grapes
are gone. save here and there chicken
in rare thick punches that vet await
the magic toIch of frost TO sweeten a
little their piquant tar
Ches nus are ripening. and every |
other burr shelters fat white worm
placed within long ago by the ovipo i
tor of IA provided ,ns, ct. Considering
the vast number of chestnut worms
sold and eaten it is Il marvel
that the race Of that particular insect
does not become extinct There are
yet green acorns set in exquisite moss
trimmed cups the most beautiful Of
the acorn kind. New beechnuts are
viibie, nr.d such of the trilled hazel
NUS as were not hollow shams were
ripe and eaten weeks ago.
One notes in looking at the forest
n the mass that its tops and here and
there an outstanding tree are ripening
like sunny side Of a pear, SO that the
distant woodland begins to suggest
family bouquet of few blossoms and
much greenerv. By-and-b by will come
the reversal of these proportions, and
every great cod hill vii seem mer.ly
Il heap Of confused gloom. Meanwhile
the woodlands are edged with tneir
autumn broidery of purple and gold,
'ess abundant than usual one thinks,
because Of he long drought. but still
a vision of exquisite harmony, perhaps
natures finest combination of cplorS.
-Ncc Iork .SuD.
'.Sceing is believing: Nonsense. |
see WcthereIl ev. ry day and wouldn't
believe him on his oath.'-Ncn IorL |