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tree. It throws down several convenient branches, and 

 if you want to get a good, close view of its flow- 

 ers, you will find it given most generally by this tree. 

 It fairly spouts flowers. Look for them along in 

 late April. 



A step or so onward and our path takes a turn 

 to the right, follows the lake shore and, skirting the 

 southern side of Lookout Hill, runs around the large 

 Peninsula, over Terrace Bridge to Breeze Hill. 



As we swing around to the right and walk under 

 the leafy canopies of dancing leaves, and watch the 

 shifting fantasia of light and shade in the play of 

 the brilliant sunshine, we find a beautiful English 

 hawthorn standing on the left of the Walk about 

 half way along the border of a little island of shrub- 

 bery which has come to rest in the inter-twinings of 

 this admirably wrought landscape gardening. You 

 know it at once by its deeply cut leaf and fine thorns. 

 But have you seen it bloom. If not come to it in 

 May, and look upon the loveliness of its rich red 

 flowers. It makes a fairy picture then. Right across 

 from it, due south, on the border of the Walk, is a 

 hawthorn of very different leaf. This is the black 

 or pear hawthorn, and its leaves are tough and leath- 

 ery when fully grown, oval or ovate-oblong. They 

 have a characteristic feature, especially noticeable, i. e., 

 of having the upper sides of the leaves impressed 

 along the larger ribs or veins. The fruit of this haw- 

 thorn is about half an inch long, obovate or globose, 

 and when ripe, dull red. On the seeds you will find 

 furrows on the outer sides. 



