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Path, in the corner at the right, is another white oak. 

 Opposite this white oak, on the left of the Walk, is 

 Osage orange with reddish brown bark and spines in 

 its leaf axils. Beside it is another panicled dogwood, 

 and as the path meets the Drive, at the left hand corner 

 is fringe tree and at the right hand, panicled dogwood 

 again. 



Before you cross the Drive here, turn to your left 

 and look at some of the things along the side of the 

 Drive as you go west to Nethermead Arches. In that 

 little stretch of things green and lovely, you will find 

 Carolina allspice or sweet scented strawberry with 

 long oval or oblong leaves which are soft and downy 

 on the undersides. Almost beside it stands American 

 strawberry bush, and close by Nethermead Arches, 

 variegated English yew, with dark green leaves in 

 rows along its stems and leaves sharp-pointed. 



Let us go back now to the drive crossing by the 

 fringe tree and the panicled dogwood, and cross the 

 Drive. As we take up the thread of the path on the 

 other side, at our right are Carolina allspice and Cali- 

 fornian privet and, on our left, American hornbeam, 

 common privet, and fragrant honeysuckle. 



The path winds on up the hill, and if you strike 

 off from it for a moment and walk out to the edge of 

 the ridge you will find some extremely interesting 

 evergreens. They are well worth seeing. You will 

 get a near view of them here, but their best showing 

 is seen from the path across the little trickling brook 

 that sings down this pretty ravine. The evergreens 

 of which I speak are specimens of the Himalayan 



