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towers of their strength; here the chestnuts unfold 

 the glory of their leaves ; here the dogwoods star the 

 path with bloom, here the birches hang the golden lace 

 of their flowering catkins, decking them as with fairy 

 vails. Here the violets spread their tender blue, lovely 

 to look upon, flushing the plushy grass. Here the 

 peabody bird sends out his clear sweet call in the leaf- 

 less days of early spring, and here the squirrel threads 

 his trembling highways, while the breezes come and 

 go through the whispering trees, speaking of woodlands 

 and the solace of green things, gently waving to every 

 breath of air. 



Beyond the Fan Houttei on the left of the Walk, 

 and close to it, there are two majestic tulip trees, which 

 look as if they might be twin columns of what was 

 once some noble forest Parthenon, and just beyond 

 them you will find (on the right) more bushes of 

 the Spircea Van Houttei. Back of these are a row 

 of cherry birches. On the left, as you pass along, 

 about diagonally opposite the Van Houttei is a good 

 clump of the pretty Thunberg's barberry and 

 a choke cherry just beyond it. At this point 

 you ought to be about opposite a lamp-post 

 on the Drive; and about midway between you 

 and the post is a fine red oak (Quercus rubra). A 

 little further on, are American chestnut and then sev- 

 eral dogwoods close together. Here it will be worth 

 your while to cut across to the Drive for a moment 

 and have a look at the things on edge of its bank, as it 

 bends to go south. Here is a beautiful white canoe 

 birch and almost on the point of the turn a good 



