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decline to the Rose Garden. This little side path has 

 treasures, too : especially the glorious clump of dwarf 

 mountain sumac or shining sumac (Rhus copallina) 

 which is a blaze of rich scarlet in the fall. The dis- 

 tinguishing feature of this shrub is its leaf stem, which 

 is winged between the leaflets. On the right of the 

 path are splendid bushes of the early fly honeysuckle 

 (Loniccra fragrantissiina). This honeysuckle is half 

 evergreen in our vicinity and is easily recognized by 

 the little cusp or point that tips its thick ovate leaves. 

 As the path reaches the Rose Garden it branches off 

 with a fork to the left, which in summer runs along 

 a delightfully shaded path, parallel with Flatbush 

 Avenue for some little distance. Dense growths of 

 bushes almost make it a country wayside. If you walk 

 here in early summer you will find clumps of trailing 

 bittersweet or nightshade (Solatium dulcamara) with 

 beautiful violet flowers which later, develop into shin- 

 ing ruby berries that hang all over the plant. Let these 

 berries alone. You can look at them, but don't touch 

 them : that is the safest way. Overhead the beautiful 

 Bhotan pines hang their silvery tassel-like bunches of 

 needles all trembling and shimmering with every 

 breeze. Fine Norway maples throw grateful shades. 

 Further along, on the left, are goodly growths of hazel 

 and great masses of stag-horn sumac (Rhus typhina).. 

 On the right dense masses of Viburnum dentatuni or 

 arrow-wood, and nine-bark Physocarpus (or Spiraa) 

 Opuli folia. The leaf of the arrow-wood is very beauti- 

 ful in the regularity of its notching. A glance at the 

 ragged tattered stems of the nine-bark tells that it 



