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leaves which grow in whorls of three and are silvery 

 glaucous on the upper sides. The stem of this shrub 

 looks not unlike that of the red cedar, dark reddish 

 brown, with its bark in strips and shreds. Beyond the 

 Polish juniper is common hemlock and beyond the 

 hemlock, close to the Walk, like a hemisphere of cush- 

 ioned evergreen is a beautiful bunch of dwarf Nor- 

 way spruce, of the variety Gregoryana, (Picca cx- 

 cclsa, var. Gregoryana). You cannot mistake it. Its 

 form alone identifies it. Stoop down and look at its 

 close, compact foliage. It is a beauty. Just as the Walk- 

 bends to the left here, you will find a fine bush of 

 the Philadelphia grandiflorus and quite a clump of 

 it on the opposite corner of the Walk. In June it is 

 filled full of fragrant white petaled and yellow 

 stamened flowers. Just behind the middle of the 

 clump on the right hand corner of the Walk, you will 

 find a variety with ivhite stamens. This is Philadelphus 

 nivalis and the effect of its bloom is indeed "snowy." 

 A little further along on the left and ex- 

 tending back up the slope of Breeze Hill, a 

 little, is a fine cluster of rhododendrons of 

 various kinds. Those breaking out white trusses 

 of bloom are Rhododendron album elegans and, with 

 very large white truss, R. album grandifiorum; cherry 

 red, Charles Bagley; rose lilac, Everestianum ; dark 

 crimson, John Waterer. The great bay, Rhododen- 

 dron maximum, carries large bunches of pink and 

 white blossoms in late June and early July. It is 

 broad-leaved. Close to the Walk, mixed in with 

 rhododendrons is a clump of mountain laurel (Kalmia 



