Trees for autumn leaves and berries:-Ash (Mountain), Cherry, Siberian Crab, Buckthorn (sea), Elder (golden), Filbert (purple), Hawthorn, Hornbeam, Maple.

Creepers and shrubs for autumn:-Aristolochia sipho, Arbutus, Azara microphylla, Berberis thunbergi, Clematises of sorts, Clerodendron, Colutea, Cotoneaster, Gydonia japonica, Dog-wood, Eccremocarpus scaber, Escallonia euonymus (both European and latifolius), Genista, Heath, Hibiscus, Honeysuckle, Hydrangea paniculata, Hypericum, Indigofera, Jasmine, Laurus-tinus, Lavender, Leycesteria formosa, Mahonia, Olearia haasti, Pernettyas, Lithospermum, Pyracantha, Prunus pissardii, Rhus laciniata, Rosa rugosa, Roses (autumn), Rosemary, Rubus (Brambles), Skimmia, Snowberry, Spar-tium junceum, Tamarisk, Virginia Creeper, Vines of sorts.

Plants

Achillea ptarmica flore pleno, Aconitum (Monkshood), Adonis autumnalis, Anemone japonica (most useful, three shades), Asters, Michaelmas Daisies of sorts, Ageratum, Antirrhinum, Armeria caespitosa (Sea Pink), Bergamot, Calendula, Marigold, Callistephus (China Aster), Campanulas of sorts, Campion (Eose), Cannae, Centaurea, Chrysanthemum, Colchicum (autumn Crocus), Convolvulus tricolor, Coreopsis lanceolata, Cucurbita (Gourd), Cuphea zunpanani (good annual), Dahlias of sorts, Datura, Dianthuses of sorts, Desmodium, Diplopappus, Echinops, Erigeron, Eryngiums of sorts, Exogonium purga (Jalap plant), Fuchsia, Funkias of sorts, Gaillardia, Gaultheria, Geum coccineum, Gladioli of sorts, Gypsophila paniculata, Harpalium rigidum, Helenium, Helianthuses of sorts (Sunflowers), Heli-chrysum (Everlasting), Heliotrope, Hollyhock, Hyacin-ihus candicans, Hypericums of sorts, Ipomcea (Convolvulus), Lathyrus (Sweet Pea), Lengogium autumnale, Lilium tigrinum, Linaria, Linum, Lobelia cardinalis and fulgens, Lunaria (Honesty), Mathiola (Stocks of sorts), Oxalis, Pentstemons of sorts, Physalis alkekengi (Winter Cherry), Phytolacca decandra, Plumbago carpentce, Polygonums of sorts, Poppies of sorts, Pyrethrum uli-ginosum, Reseda (Mignonette), Rudbeckia neumani, Scabious of sorts, Statice latifolia, Tagetes (Marigold), Tansy, Tritonia tropceolum, Nasturtiums of sorts, Vinca, Periwinkle, Viola, Verbena, Yucca, Zinnia.

It seems hardly necessary to mention that many of these plants flower earlier further South than they do in Lancashire.