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in the far right hand corner of its trellised roof is a 

 clustered vine which by its five leaves you recognize 

 at once as Akebia quinata. The pretty climber is quite 

 frequent in the Park, and you should get to know 

 its five oval or obovate leaflets distinctly notched at 

 the end. Its leaves are almost clover-like. This beau- 

 tiful Japan vine, in early spring, breaks into bloom 

 with rich plum colored flowers. At the far right hand 

 corner of the Arbor, toward the hillside, and back 

 of the first seat, are clumps of Dentzia gracilis. Be- 

 hind the second seat is a good English yew. Over- 

 head, woven through the trellis, is a lovely Wistaria 

 which in May and June lets down long racemes of 

 very fragrant white flowers. Near the far left hand 

 end of the Arbor as you face the water, the trellis 

 is hung with Wistaria bearing deep purple flowers. 

 Very nearly overhead from the last seat of the left 

 hand end of the Arbor the Grecian silk vine (Periploca 

 Graeca) twines its smooth ovate pointed leaves. In 

 June this pretty vine blooms with small greenish yel- 

 low flowers in lateral cymes. The upper side of the 

 oblong lobes are brownish-purple. 



Just in front of the Arbor are several things to claim 

 your interest. Before its far right hand corner, where 

 the Akebia twines, you will find three bushes in one, 

 two, three order, side by side, toward the Lake. These 

 are the three-leaved or American bladder-nut (Sta- 

 phylea trifolia) . Their flowers are very beautiful. In 

 purest of white, they hang in raceme-like clusters at 

 the ends of the branchlets of the season. They break 

 out in early spring. Opposite the middle of the Arbor 



