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the husks of which curl back and show the orange 

 tinted seeds. 



Now we turn at the last fork, sharply to the left and 

 go up the Walk that climbs the hill to meet the Walk 

 beside the Drive which passes over Terrace Bridge. 

 Just as this path joins the drive walk, there is a very 

 beautiful cluster of European mountain-ashes. Just 

 before you come to these, notice on your right, the 

 handsome little maple standing near one of them. You 

 will find it easily by its leaves which are chiefly five 

 lobed with the lobes acuminate. The leaves have a 

 rather truncate base. It is one of the rarest maples 

 in cultivation and is the Acer truncatum or maple of 

 Northern China. 



As you meet the drive walk, turn to your right and 

 follow it over Terrace Bridge. Notice on your right 

 as you go along the handsome dark-purple-leaved va- 

 riety "Geneva," of the Norway maple. Don't mis- 

 take this for the Schwedler's maple. You will find ex- 

 cellent specimens of the Schwedler's maple as you 

 enter the Park from Ocean Avenue. They stand on the 

 Walk in front of the right hand path as you enter the 

 Park. The Schwedler's leaf is larger and turns green- 

 ish as the season advances. Further along the drive 

 path, you pass black cherry and as you come near Ter- 

 race Bridge, a small oak tree of noticeably pyramidal 

 form. It is the pyramid oak and its leaves tell you 

 that it is a variety of the English oak. Beside the pyra- 

 mid oak, nearer the Bridge, you find common locust. 



Across the Bridge, just back of the lamp-post which 

 stands as a beacon by the pathside, the rich glossy 



