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be more) leaflets. The leaflets are long, taper pointed. 

 Indeed its leaves look very much like those of the 

 ailanthus. They turn bright red in autumn and re- 

 main on the tree for quite a considerable time. The 

 fruit of this tree is small, black, and pea shaped and 

 hangs on the tree in winter in grape-like clusters. Be- 

 yond the Chinese cork tree you meet umbrella tree 

 again and again European alder, then American bass- 

 wood and at the far eastern corner of the bank, in 

 between the water and the rail, three umbrella trees 

 close together. A handsome young Soulange's mag- 

 nolia stands just back -(to the west) of the square 

 bend of the rail. 



As you thread the tall grass of this pretty spot 

 look for two English .elms with plume-like heads, lift- 

 ing themselves up not unlike Lombardy poplars. These 

 stand just a little north-east of the Chinese cork tree 

 and you will know them by the plume-like wreathing 

 of their leaves. They are very odd varieties of the 

 English elm. 



Now we will come back to the Walk again, trust- 

 ing that the Park authorities have given their per- 

 mission to our wanderings, and resume our investiga- 

 tions east and south-eastwards. 



As you follow the Walk it bends gracefully around 

 to the south, leading you along a handsomely made 

 terrace which holds the water back in a gentle bay 

 north-east of Scarlet Island. This little bay is a beau- 

 tiful sight in summer when the Nelumbium is in the 

 height of its beauty, both in leaf and flower. Its 

 leaf is large cup-shaped, and peltate, that is, on a stem 



