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press, and just as the Walk bends off an arm to the 

 little Summer House that holds open windows over 

 the Large Lake, a fine tulip tree rattles luxuriant 

 leaves in the waving summer breezes or holds flam- 

 boyant torches of straw colored seed cones against the 

 blue of winter skies. This cozy little Summer House, 

 the third on the way around the Large Lake, as you 

 go westward from Ford Bridge, is beautifully hung 

 in summer with the bloom (purple) of the Wistaria. 



As the Walk leaves the Summer House and slips 

 along beside the waters of the Lake, it passes a clump 

 of European hazel, which it is worth while to come to 

 see in early spring. Then its little catkins lengthen 

 into hanging lace of softest golden yellow, with faint 

 tinges of red. Do not miss it. It is a fairy sight and 

 you can see it in early March when the crow blackbirds 

 begin to wheeze over the leafless trees. This hazel 

 clump stands about midway between the Summer 

 House and the main Walk, on the water side of the 

 Walk. 



Now we come back again to our main Walk and fol- 

 low it westward again. On the right we pass For- 

 sythia, hop tree, Kcclreuteria, two European bird 

 cherries, nearly side by side, and as the path bends 

 northward to follow the dent of the cove here, we 

 meet great masses of JVeigela, which in June will blow 

 rosy horns and fill the air with fragrance. Then come 

 Judas tree, Weigela, bush Deutzia, with white single 

 flowers, Californian privet, large flowered syringa, and 

 bush Deutzia again, bringing us to another junction of 

 the Walk. Back of the first clump of Deutzia crcnata, 



