IV. 

 WILLINK ENTRANCE TO IRVING STATUE. 



In this article we :tart at Willink Entrance, left hand 

 path, and, passing the things about this entrance de- 

 scribed in chapter two, proceed to a point where the 

 path forks into two branches, the right running over to 

 the Boat House, the left keeping straight on and paral- 

 lel with Ocean Avenue. We take the left and go south. 



Just beyond the fork, at your left, are dense masses 

 of the beautiful Spircca Van Houttei, which in June 

 and early July are covered with clusters of white flow- 

 ers in heads that hang in almost bursting profusion 

 along their drooping, slender branches. When they are 

 in full bloom they seem like fountains of foam stilled 

 to sudden silence, pictures of frozen froth. The Spi- 

 rcca Van Houttei is very much like its sister, the Spi- 

 rcca Reevesiana, but its leaf is shorter (rhombic-ovate) 

 and rounded at the base ; whereas, the leaf of the 

 Reevesiana is more lance-like (lanceolate). In habit 

 of growth the Van Houttei is arching and drooping, 

 whereas the Recrcsiana is more bush-like in character. 

 As these are the more widely used spiraeas in the 

 Park, it is well to note their differences. 



This is a beautiful section of the Park where we 

 are now. Here the tulip trees lift up the magnificent 



