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we pass on the right American gray birch, close by 

 the bridge ; red maple, hemlock, American holly, Lom- 

 bardy poplar with its branches gathered close in to its 

 trunk; weeping Japan pagoda tree just beyond the 

 Lombardy poplar by the pool ; then two Rose of 

 Sharon trees, side by side. Of these, the one near the 

 Japan pagoda tree bears white flowers, and the one 

 near the Walk, magenta flowers, usually in July. By 

 the Walk, beyond the Rose of Sharon, stands a scar- 

 let fruited hawthorn. Beyond the hawthorn, a little 

 stretch, you come to a point where the Walk throws 

 off an arm to the left, sweeping the Nethermead. 

 About opposite 'its point of branching, on the right of 

 the Walk which you have been traversing, nestled in 

 with the shrubbery, you will find black alder or com- 

 mon winterberry (Ilex verticillata) . As its name im- 

 plies, it is of the holly family, but its leaves are any- 

 thing but holly-like of aspect. They are long egg- 

 shaped or wedge-lanceolate and pointed at both ends. 

 On the undersides their veins are downy. Should you 

 pass this shrub in late June you may see its pretty 

 small white flowers of six petals clustered in the axils 

 of the leaves, on short peduncles or stems. These 

 flowers change into bright scarlet berries which ripen 

 late in autumn. 



If you should take the arm of the path just spoken 

 of above, sweeping around the Nethermead, it will 

 lead you past many beautiful things. On its right you 

 pass several handsome magnolias. These are Mag- 

 nolia purpurea and bear deep purple flowers early in 

 spring. On the left, opposite them, are silver bell, 



