VIII. 



SECOND TO FOUETH SUMMER HOUSE, LAEGE LAKE. 



This ramble begins at the third fork of the Walk 

 to the west of the rustic (Ford) bridge, not far from 

 Second Summer House, Large Lake. We commence 

 with the left hand branch of the fork and follow the 

 path almost due west. On the left of the path, as we 

 start in, are well grown English elms, stocky, hardy, 

 oak-like in growth. Speaking of English elms, in this 

 vicinity the whole stretch of the Walk running along 

 the south side of Promenade Drive is lined with them. 



But to come back to our path. As we ramble on, 

 we pass maples, mostly sugar maples, on the right and 

 on the left. The fifth tree, on -the left, is one of those 

 peculiar single-leaved ash trees, (Fraxinus excelsior, 

 var. monophylla). Opposite the single-leaved ash 

 stands European linden. Then come two Scotch elms 

 on the left, with sugar maples opposite them, and, be- 

 yond the second Scotch elm, ash-leaved maple. 



As the Walk meets the Bridle Path here, almost at 

 the point of junction, stands a black haw (Viburnum 

 prunifolinm) with another one just a little east of it. 

 They are small trees, a little higher than your head 

 and have oval leaves, obtuse or slightly pointed. They 

 bloom in late May or early June, with profuse white 

 flat topped clusters of flowers and their fruit, black or 



