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clump, are some yellow or golden willows (Saliv 

 tilba, var. vitcllina). Next to the white ash is an- 

 other clump of Van Houtte's spiraea and a 

 similar bush on the other side of the Walk (the 

 left) about diagonally opposite. Then we come to 

 cucumber tree, on the right, and, by the water's edge 

 American hornbeam. On the left, we have another 

 copper beech. Beyond, on the left, we pass common 

 locust, and still further along, bush cranberry with- 

 large goose-foot leaves and bright red berries in late 

 July or early August. Back of the cranberry is an- 

 other common locust, with fine tender green, pinnately 

 compound leaflets. You will know it for a certainty 

 if you find the thorns on its branches. Still further 

 back ; up the slope of the hill, is a clump of the Eu- 

 ropean spindle tree or Euonymus. Be sure to see it 

 in autumn when it breaks open its conspicuous richly 

 crimson, generally four-lobed fruit. It is very marked 

 then and well worth seeing. It blooms in May with odd 

 looking greenish white flowers, which are scarcely no- 

 ticeable. If you notice its branches you will see that 

 they are peculiarly marked with streaks which remind 

 you of the striped maple. Back of the Euonymus is 

 a fine honey locust with characteristic black bark and 

 prominent spines. These spines are murderous-look- 

 ing affairs and seem to sprout out all over the tree. 

 On its trunk they are very large and generally they 

 are three-thorned, but often carry many more than 

 this number. This characteristic of three-thorns has 

 given the tree its botanical name triacanthos, from 

 (three) akantha (thorn). There is a spineless 



