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late into the winter, and their ruddy bunches are cheery 

 sights when trees are bare and winds are keen and 

 whistling. Directly across from the Washington thorn, 

 on the left of the path, is Acanthopanax or Aarlia penta- 

 phylla, a small shrub, a native of China and Japan, 

 with prickly stems, rather sweeping and arching, that 

 do well especially : n rock-work effects ; with handsome 

 deep green leaves which are usually five-cleft (some- 

 times three-cleft) into serrate ovate-lanceolate seg- 

 ments which ray out like the fingers of a hand or the 

 ribs of a fan. 



Down the slope of the hill a little back of the Acan- 

 thopanax, toward the water, you will, if you pass here 

 early in September, find a small tree about the size 

 of a black haw, with trifoliate leaves and small green 

 limes hanging on its branches. This is the Citrus tri- 

 foliata, or Japan lemon. In May it blooms in creamy 

 white flowers. Passing along to the Drive Walk, we 

 will go northwards. But before doing so, perhaps 

 you would like to see the Tamarix Indica, just around 

 the corner of the Walk's junction, to the south. You 

 cannot miss it, for its fine feathery plumes wave by 

 the Walk (at your right as you face south) in long 

 plumes of the softest green. 



Continuing northward from the Walk's junction, 

 you come to a bridge over the Bridle Path. At its 

 southwesterly corner stop and look at the handsome 

 European hornbeam that flings up its healthy foliage 

 close by the bridge here. This is a fine specimen of 

 its kind and, as it fruits heavily, it will afford you an 

 excellent opportunity to study the differences between 



