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you will find the Northern toothache tree, with odd- 

 pinnate alternate leaves of from five to nine leaflets. 

 On the left we have passed Fra.i'iuns Americana, var. 

 aucubae folia aucuba-leaved ash, with odd looking, 

 gold blotched leaves ; European flowering ash ; Kocl- 

 rcuteria; European flowering ash; Kcclreutcria again 

 and European ash again. Then comes a little open 

 space and we begin again with privet (American elm 

 behind it), Wcigela and Washington hawthorn, about 

 opposite the point of the junction. This junction runs 

 off from the Walk to the right to thread its way 

 through the leafy arcades of little peninsulas. 



As we walk along, just beyond the point of junc- 

 tion, well grown Washington thorns hang over the 

 Walk on the right. You may know them in foliage 

 by their rather triangular leaves. They are late in 

 reddening their berries, but they hold them tenaciously 

 arid these show beautiful ruddy patches of color 

 through the bare winter trees. Beyond, at a bend of 

 the Walk, stands a goodly hackberry. Opposite the 

 hackberry, on the left of the Walk, are clumps of 

 Japan quince. Note their thorns. They are beauti- 

 ful sights in April. Then they fairly flame crimson 

 with their scarlet flowers, golden hearted at the core, 

 and fill all the paths with beautiful outbursts of color. 

 Beyond, on the right, are tulip trees and close down 

 by the Lake, leaning over it, the Elaeagnus bends its 

 willow-looking trunk, bristling with whip-like 

 branches. The Elaeagnus is a ragged, tattered-looking 

 sort of a tree in winter, with its shredded bark, and 

 bunching, close clustering shoots, but see it in sum- 



