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or in other words, yew, with closely appressed leaves. 

 See how well it has been named. How different its 

 thick short blunt leaves are from the sharply pointed 

 leaves of the English yew. You can pick it out by its 

 close-set leaf spray for a certainty. If you happen to 

 pass it in early autumn you may chance to see its 

 beautiful red-pink seed cups hanging brightly all 

 through its dark green, like little bells. In the center 

 of the cup is the seed, black brown. This cup is the 

 sign of the yew family. There are many choice 

 things in this section of the Park and this is one of 

 them. There is another fine clump of it further along 

 beyond the Arbor. 



Beyond the Japan yew is box again and beyond the 

 box, English yew. This English yew is pretty well 

 grown and is a good type of the genus. 



A little further along you come, on the left, to a 

 clump of rhododendrons and about opposite these, on 

 the right, is a well grown red maple. Passing on, 

 there are bushes of the rosy pink Weigcla (Diervilla 

 amabilis) and just back of the Weigela, a clump of 

 the golden bell or Forsythia viridissima. The For- 

 sythia viridissima has rather lance-like leaves. Fur- 

 ther on, on the right, we meet another Forsythia viri- 

 dissima and beside it, toward the Lake, bald cypress 

 (Taxodium distichum). Notice the feather-like leaves 

 of the bald cypress. The bald cypress is surpassingly 

 lovely at two seasons of the year in spring, when its 

 tender green makes your heart go out to it, and in 

 autumn, when it waves a plume of softest old-gold 

 and brown against the sky. It is tall and spire-like of 



