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not been severe. A hard winter kills the buds and 

 then they fail to bloom. The flowers are of a beau- 

 tiful violet color, heavily fragrant and resemble the 

 flowers of the catalpa, long, funnel form, with flaring 

 flanges of lobes. This tree gets its name from Paul- 

 ownia, daughter of the Czar, Paul I., and it was 

 brought into Russia from Japan. It has been widely 

 introduced in this country and having escaped from 

 cultivation has become really native. The tree, as 

 has been said above, is very catalpa-like, both in its 

 habit of sending out rambling, sprawling branches 

 and in its foliage. Its leaves are, however, more 

 pointed and angular than those of the catalpa. Its 

 bark is also very different, darker and more like that 

 of the ailanthus. It is a tree which is often, in winter, 

 mistaken for both the ailanthus and the catalpa, but 

 its flower-bud sign will set you straight. Often in 

 winter you will see clinging to this flower stalk the 

 fruit husks of the tree, ovate, pointed capsules, about 

 one and a half inches long, densely packed with many 

 flat-winged seeds, and if you find one of the fallen 

 pods on the ground break it open and see the delicate 

 little brown seeds winged with white fluff. Botani- 

 cally the tree is Paulo wnia imperialis and, as has been 

 said, belongs to the figwort family. You will find a 

 fine Paulownia in the center of the group of catalpas 

 here. 



A few steps further on brings us to Meadow Port 

 Arch. We will not pass through it now, but will 

 go back to the fork of the Walk down on Long 

 Meadow, where we branched off to the rieht to follow 



