10 OCTOBER 1947, Page 14

In My Garden There is no question but that the

most gorgeous example of autumn coloration in the garden is the Rhus C,otinoides. It quite out:flames the charming Rhus Cotinus ; and is much superior to the common sumach because the colours are born long before the leaves begin to wilt. A hush that is worth transplanting from the wild for the sake of its autumnal leaves as well as its orange and purple-cased berries is the spindle, but it should be as far removed as possible from the vegetable garden, since it is popular with the black fly. No plant perhaps, though the pear and currant are rivals, develops so many tints on a single leaf.

W. BEACH THOMAS.