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back to the Walk again below the Camperdown elm 

 and directly opposite the Austrian pine just spoken of 

 are two lovely little pink double flowered English 

 hawthorns (Cratccgus oxycantha, var. flore pleno). 

 They are beautiful things to see in May. Don't 

 miss them. Below these, you meet close to the Walk, 

 on the left, another mockernut hickory with tall straight 

 trunk so characteristic of the hickory, and very close 

 to it, hiding just behind it to the south-east you will 

 find the beautiful E.rochorda grandiflora or pearl bush, 

 cultivated from China for its large white flowers, which 

 have spoon shaped petals, and come out in long axil- 

 lary racemes in May or June. It is a very beautiful 

 shrub and gets its name from the Latin c.vo, external 

 and chord e, a thong, referring to the structue of the 

 fruit. Opposite the E.rochorda on the right of the Walk 

 and close by its border is Thunberg's barberry (Ber- 

 beris Thunbcrgii). This barberry is very widely used 

 in the Park and it is well to get to know it early. It 

 is a dainty shrub, with fine delicate brittle leaves and 

 grows low. But for all its daintiness it has plenty 

 of spikes and very sharp they are as you will find 

 if you get too familiar with it. It nestles here in 

 two large clumps on either side of a majestic tulip 

 tree, and these clumps are joyous sights in late au- 

 tumn especially if you come upon them on a bright 

 frosty sunshiny day all sparkling with the jewels 

 of their rich red berries. Into these bushes the au- 

 tumn winds tearing over the slope drive the flying 

 leaves in shoals and the little Thunbergs seem to give 

 them restful shelter from their roaming and for reward 



