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flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratns) which is cov- 

 ered in July or August with the beautifully tinted 

 flowers which have given it its name. Higher up on 

 the slope of the bank, by the roadside which runs 

 over the Arch, a wild red cherry tree wreaths its bloom 

 in May. Continuing, beyond the hydrangea, you will 

 find some good hemlocks with fine and feathery leaf- 

 sprays. Close by the border of the Walk are wild 

 sarsaparilla and goodly white and scarlet oaks crown 

 the ridges of the slopes. The yew, the Rhododendron, 

 the Azalea, the Mahonia, the Mngho pine are here also, 

 all on the right of the Walk, and a cluster of sycamore 

 maples just in fork of the Walk where it sends off 

 a branch toward the Music Stand. On the left of the 

 Walk are beautiful flowering dogwoods (Cornus 

 Honda), which make this spot a special haunt of the 

 camera enthusiast, and pretty dotted fruited haw- 

 thorns, a fine American beech, well up on the bank, 

 cherry birches and more dogwoods. Just beyond this 

 place the path forks again, the right running over a 

 cozily set rustic bridge, hemlock shaded, to the Music 

 Stand ; the left-hand branch slipping easily down a 

 little grade to the Boat House, and then running on 

 again around the quiet stream here (well named Lull- 

 water) to meet other walks which come together near 

 Cleft Ridge Span, the Arch leading into the Flower 

 Garden with its restaurant and goodly elms over- 

 shadowing. 



Proceeding along the left-hand fork there is a fine 

 laburnum or bean-trefoil tree (Laburnum vulgare") at 

 your left, which is strung through and through in 



