Found a copy of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (Edith Holden, 1906 - first published in the UK by Michael Joseph in 1977) today at our local secondhand bookshelf (which could never be described as a bookshop, nor would I want it to be).
Writing exactly 105 years ago on 10 October 1906, Miss Holden marvels at a vision of wild service trees as their leaves begin to turn, the upper part of the tree 'crimson and scarlet' and the lower 'deep orange'.
I know there are wild service trees in Epping Forest and will make it my mission to find one this autumn before its fiery show is over. With leaf colour like that, it shouldn't be too hard...
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