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this comer of Long Meadow. By the way, what a 

 lovely meadow this is ! Either in summer sunshine, 

 when it rolls away in velvet swells, or on gray days 

 when wreathing wraiths of mist half enfold it with 

 slow dragging vails of cloud, or in winter when it 

 lies hushed in driven snow on which the shadows of 

 elms and lindens draw silhouettes of delicate violet. 



But to come back again. On the left, we have here 

 some fine specimens of the catalpa, magnolia and a 

 tree which I do not think you have met before if you 

 have followed these rambles. There are kinsmen of 

 ir in the Park, but they are in parts away from 

 the walks. The tree is quite common on the streets 

 of the city, and I suppose has been often mistaken 

 for a catalpa. But, though indeed it looks much like 

 one, it is quite different. The catalpa belongs to the 

 Bignoniaceae or Bignonia family, and this tree, the 

 Paulownia imperialis belongs to the Scrophulariaceae 

 or figwort family. They resemble each other in form 

 (slightly) and leaf (quite closely), but in fruit they 

 are extremely different. The Paulowma is a very 

 interesting tree in winter because of its conspicuous 

 fruit and bud clusters of next spring's flowers. These 

 stand up very noticeably on the upper branches of 

 the tree, clear and distinct against the sky, a sure 

 sign of the tree's identity. Take a bunch of grapes, 

 pluck off the grapes, turn what you have left point 

 up and you will have, if you hold it off from you a 

 little, a very fair imitation of what these bud clusters 

 look like. On these the tree's flowers bloom in early 

 spring, before the leaves come out, if the winter has 



