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terest. Just before you come to it, off to your left, 

 stands another sycamore maple. See how well it 

 merits its name pseudo-platanus. Near it, closer to 

 the Drive and nearer the lamp-post is a Nordmann's 

 silver fir. A little south-west of the lamp-post is a 

 red maple, with another of its kind just beyond it. 

 The next tree west of the lamp-post, and close by the 

 Drive, is Nordmann's silver fir again. What a rich 

 dark green have its leaves. Notice the silver white 

 on their undersides. Directly opposite the lamp-post, 

 on the other side of the Drive and leaning out over 

 the Bridle Path are two fine specimens of the Amer- 

 ican beech, with smooth light gray bark and chestnut- 

 like leaves. Going still westward on the Drive, just 

 back to the south-west of the last Nordmann, you 

 come to a red maple and further over to a noble ever- 

 green, of light feathery aspect, and graceful fountain- 

 spray form of branching. It was perfect before it lost 

 its top branches, but it is beautiful still. It is the 

 Mount Atlas variety of the Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus 

 Atlantica). You probably have noticed this tree often 

 in your rambles and perhaps have been told that it is 

 Cedar of Lebanon. It is in a way, Cedar of Lebanon. 

 That is it is a variety of it, known botanically as the 

 Mount Atlas Cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). If you com- 

 pare its leaves with those of the Cedrus Libani on the 

 southern slope of Breeze Hill you will see that these 

 have a glaucous tinge over them. In addition they 

 are mostly cylindric, stiff, mucronate or sharp pointed 

 and closely clustered. Those of the Libani are long 

 needle form, taper pointed, few in fascicle and are of 



