Now there is a chaos of colour in the woods and gardens. Many trees have leaves of different colours side by side on them, including beeches, with deep purple, orange and green leaves, and sycamores with rich gamboge, purple and brown leaves. Besides that, some trees have individual leaves that are themselves of two colours, generally green and yellow. Many birches are at this stage of their autumn transformation, as are the sallow bushes at the edge of lakes and rivers. Some oak leaves are green and yellow, some are green and brown. One tree that is bright yellow all over is the aspen. It is a magnificent spectacle, with its round, frilly edged leaves all shaking and murmuring on their twisting stalks. A widely planted tree from the East Coast of America that is another striking sight now is staghorn (or stag’s horn) sumach. Its long leaves are a brilliant red, and hang down in pairs from the stems.