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This dogwood stands about opposite a fine English oak 

 on the other side of the Walk. 



A little south-west of the alternate-leaved dogwood 

 you will see a pine tree that looks something like an 

 Austrian pine, but you can tell at once that it is of 

 finer, more elegant appearance. Its leaves are longer 

 and much more slender than those of the Austrian 

 pine. If you will examine these leaves with your 

 hand-glass you will see that they are concave on the 

 undersides and convex on the outer. The pine is 

 Japan pine (Pinus densiflora) t and its long, slender 

 leaves give its branches a sweeping, rich look quite 

 different from the stiff bunching appearance of the 

 Austrian. 



Just beyond the English oak, opposite the alternate- 

 leaved dogwood, spoken of above, stands an exceed- 

 ingly interesting tree which will be the last we consider 

 in this ramble. It is a young Cedar of Lebanon and it 

 is flourishing in true form. You will know it at once 

 by its fine feathery look. If you examine its foliage 

 closely, you will see that its needles are rather rigid, 

 of a deep green color and gathered together in pretty 

 rosette-like fascicles or bundles along the branches. 

 The leaves look larch-like, but they are evergreen 

 while larches are deciduous. Notice also the straight 

 out horizontal reach of the whorled branches and the 

 little upward tilting of the terminal branches. It is 

 a beautiful young tree and it is to be hoped that it will 

 do as nobly as its kinsman Cedrus, the Cedrus Atlantlca 

 over on the north-eastern slope of Lookout Hill. 



