Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-21
NE by one the leaves 1uttcr to
the ground, leaving bare limbs
to shiver in the oncoming cold.

How NarleBateu, now Slgnlg
ao,t how beautiful it has been. this
autumn, this sunset of the year, The
.n,ilipht, truly, has come; but the re.
Prospect is inspiring.
Enthused by the sorgcousness of en-
,irons sensing the fact that nature
Was undergoing a change that OIL every
hand had,a purport of divinity, an i'm
mutable symbol, strolled into tho
Garden and upon the hillside. bent OF
,3rinkine in the full sublimity Of au-
tnnnal beauty
I'm tile distance the mountains doomed
Win d majestic and vast display OF
,mr,lc, scarlet, green. gray and golden,
Nh 10 delightfully."- blended that words
fail TO depcture them; but everywlier.,
,bont me flushed forth color the moro
surprising and dclectablc because of its
odrrning vegetation of recent monoton-
Gus green. Fallen leaves left poly
chronatic carpet. which rustlcd where
my feet disturbed 1t.
Pondering over the charm OF it all, l
ra,nbled into the orchard, where deli
cate tints appeared with astonishing
variety and profusion. The crilnpcd
raspberry leaves were changing from
thcir summer color of oriental green to
almost every describable hue. one had
rromc pure Venetian red, borderod
with raw sienna. the under surface be-
ing pale shell pink, Another, from the
sanlc bush. was deep orange: and one
more Venetian red mottlcd with brown,
green and gold. The stems of all were
oxide red; and the most varicolorcd
branches were those which were cx-
posed most to the warm rays Of the
sun.
The strawberry patch was becoming
lIyid turkey red mingled with carmne
and summer green. Occasionally l
chance upon thrce-lcaf series showing
InGiun red at the eXtrcmities and bull
frog green at the bases. No leaves had
vet sunk to the ground; and the Whole
uatch was a glorious surprise.
The peach leaves were fast falling,
the spiral ,relnblc of their descent be-
ing most interesting when compared
With tho heavy tlutter of the catalpa
leaves One tree had on 1t nearly
every. conceivable tint from the green
of summer to pale light stone, or AGAIN
10 Venetian red or cream. One leai
might be cream all over; the next one,
Venetian red above and cream below
tie next oxide red and pale green.
,f IA, the natltG
blurk c,rrant trees had fallen. but the
remaining ones. We're beautiful indeed.
The stems were all carnation red; ana
some of the leaves were dark oilenlal
green marked along the veins with
wine color lin such way as 70 give
thcm a striped effect. Some were pulr-
Die lake in shade; others chestnut red
or burnt lumber tinSed with .vernlillon.
still more were ollNc green tippeu Win
raw sienna and gold WHAT varlcsa-
tiou Of color in a5few hanging leaves. NJ
one would not expect to see much
beauty In Il. suur9fruHcd thorny goose
l!crrv bust, Shut lis uSmatterl of facti1
found dark green. light green. deep
cadmium, orar.S and lemon all on the
same tree.
Tie apricot leaves We're prosaic. be-
Ing for the most part dull Saxon green
m0tlled With patches of rust; and Inc
prUne leaves were just as unat.facliVe
in thcir !ustcrlcss nantes OF burnt
umbcr, raw umber. emerald ana gola.
RIoT@o OF CoLoRs.
Tho young apple trees We're rcsplcn-
dent with color, some leaves being old
gci /. some burnt sienna with yellow
veins. and others yellow oChrc with Il
delicate pcrvading tingc OF dark grccn.
The enormous leaves of the red cur
rant bush had nearly all gone. but the
remaining ones were yellow ochre
blotchcd with raw lumber.
The crab apple tree was SO glorious in
courithatI stood In wOndcrment before
it words failing mc in attempting to
record thc delicate variety of Its tints,
SONG leaves were daring cadmium yell
low blotchad IN the decaycd portions
With Naldyko brown, marked along the
veins with deep Nrrmilion, and spcck-
led throughout with dull green. What
ii gorgeous combinations! Others were
vivid brown madden almost alizarln
crimson; while still more were blended
with deep vcrmilion and gold. This
tree with the raspberries Is entitled to
the autumnal prize,
SUN KISSED PEARS.
Most of the winter pear leaves wcro
SIN tiiSS '''iS on -
same rich shade--a dark Indian red, al
most purple lake, blending with brown.
aud dun green. The hanging pears
were Indian red where tho sun kissed
them. and gold in the shade.
The, cherry leaves were for the most
part "a uniform Nandyke brown, though
some were varied with red and pale
rerniilion.s5
Like the orchard. the flower garden
presented many striking hucs TIE
cilrysanthemu1n leaves were either dark
green Or damson brown with dashcs
Of lemon yellow and gold.
The rose trees were gloriously varied
III tint, though | noticed that the pref
tiest trees, at spring had the dullest
leaves of f;lll. One tree was covered
with .claret colored leaves varied UNDER
meath with bronze green. Those on
another bush had n metallic tinsc and
were blotchedi with alizarin crimson
emerald grcen. and brown mitdder
I'd Will, raw umber and marked VITA
pale cadmium along the veins.
The syiinga leaves were dark green
and Hsr,lst intermixed With Vandyke
brown.
WHITE SNOWFALL.
Probably the most charming tree il
the towcf garden, however. was Tbs
white SNOWFALL, FOR the tints of tht
leaves We're all delicate and pleasing
as if nature had used her finest mix
lures in paintiug them. The prevailing
hue was a deep Tuscan rod, almoa
purple brown This showed wherever
thC lCnvns ,.,cro ,,S,.oeea directly to til: