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June with the golden chains of bloom which have 

 given it its common name, "golden chain." You 

 meet this just before you come to the Boat House, 

 and can easily identify it by its three clover-like leaves. 

 Nestling almost beneath it is a pretty Siberian pea 

 tree, which may be known by its leaves alone, made 

 up of from four to six pairs of oval oblong leaflets. 

 This is the Caragana arborescens. Its flowers are yel- 

 low, and they appear in May. Beyond the Boat 

 House there are many things to claim your attention. 

 This Walk, as stated above, leads along by the side 

 of the stream. On your right, close down by the 

 water's edge, rears up a lofty weeping bald cypress 

 (Taxodium distichum, var. pendulum} of spire-like 

 form and soft feathery foliage. Further along are 

 large growths of barberry, loaded in late May or 

 early June with clusters of yellow flowers which de- 

 velop in September into the beautiful cool-looking 

 crimson berries that are a delight to the eye all through 

 the autumn and remain on the bushes in good part 

 through the winter. Beyond are sycamore maple. 

 English maple, Japan quince, with rich crimson 

 flowers in May ; English walnut on the bank where 

 the water comes in close to the Walk; Forsythia with 

 golden bell-like flowers in late April or early May ; 

 pin oak with its tiny acorns and back of it by the water, 

 buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), in blossom in 

 June; smoke tree (Rhns cotinns), French tamarisk 

 (Tamarix G allied) and Forsythia and Deuteia cre- 

 nata. On your left you have passed great clumps 

 of Spircca Recvesiana ; Spircca Van Honttci, white 



