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can know at once by their strong, clean lanceolate 

 leaves. At the extreme end of this island of shrubbery 

 there is a tangled mass of Hall's Japan honeysuckle, 

 woven through and through, with morning glory 

 charmingly offsetting the sweeping bank of large flow- 

 ered syringa beside it. 



Having considered these few things in a preliminary 

 way, let us now start from the First Summer House 

 and take note of the things on the right of the Walk. 

 Close beside the Shelter, the Diervilla floribunda sets 

 all its deep crimson horns of color blowing in early 

 June and back of it, nearer the water, the sweet syringa, 

 equally beautiful opens its white flowers in great pro- 

 fusion. Beside the Diervilla or Welgela, a Reeve's 

 spiraea bends with its weight of bloom. Over by the 

 water, knee deep in the tall and waving grass of lovely 

 June days, the hop tree or shrubby trefoil stands 

 fingering the breezes from the Lake with its unmistak- 

 able three leaves. Just in front of this, close by the 

 Walk, is a hydrangea which on account of the silvery 

 or snowy underside of its leaf has been called nivea. 

 It is a beautiful shrub and when the wind blows and 

 turns it into a living flame of silver it is a joyous 

 sight. It blooms about July, and has white flowers 

 in flat corymbs which are very beautiful against the 

 dark green (upper side) of its heart-shaped leaves. 



Just beyond this point, there is a fine group of tulip 

 trees which are glorious, either in June when they 

 have set all their beautiful greenish yellow flowers to 

 the sun or in autumn when they flutter tints of rich- 

 est chrome yellow. 



