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a little above the Arbor, you will find standing, almost 

 opposite to each other, two catalpas, with large heart- 

 shaped leaves and light grayish bark. Beyond them 

 the path forks, the left branch running up to the Kin- 

 derberg, the right around by the swings to the Dairy. 

 Beyond the swings, as you go toward the Dairy, you 

 come to an interesting tree on the left of the Walk. 

 At first glance you might mistake this tree for our 

 native white ash, similar to the one you passed down 

 by the Rock Walk near the panicled dogwood. But 

 look at the leaves closely. They are compound and of 

 five leaflets, with the leaflets opposite (except the ter- 

 minal one). These features say "ash" to you, and ash 

 the tree is; but not white ash. Wherein lies the dif- 

 ference? Look at the leaf-stems, the petioles of the 

 leaflets, and the end shoots of the branches. Do you 

 see the very marked pubescence ? Note also the dark, 

 lustrous, glossy shining green of the upper sides of 

 the leaves and the rather rusty pubescence on the un- 

 dersides. These show the tree to be Bose's red ash. 

 The white ash has smooth leaf-stems and smooth ter- 

 minal branches, with a more silvery whitishness on the 

 undersides. It is the pubescence which distinguishes 

 the red ash. The tree gets its botanical specific name 

 pub esc ens from this feature. Its common name red 

 ash is derived from the darker color of its wood. 

 To the left of the red ash, almost in a line with it 

 and the persimmon across the Walk, is a shrub about 

 ten or fifteen feet high with pointed ovate lanceolate 

 leaves, glossy and not serrated. This is Fontanesia 

 Fortunei, a pleasing shrub introduced from China. 



