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its beautiful leaves the flat white clusters or cymes of 

 its flowers. The outer ring of these flowers are sterile 

 and are very much larger than the inner or fertile 

 flowers. Botanists say this is to attract the insects to 

 the flowers. When the wind touches the leaves of this 

 shrub it makes it a thing of wondrous beauty. I have 

 seen it leap from its dark sober green into instant 

 snow at the magic touch of the breeze. Then it is 

 all life and light and flame and fire, and its animation 

 seems a joy. You feel that it, too, loves the breeze, 

 and that it is reveling in it as you are. 



Beyond the hydrangea, still following the right 

 hand of the path, is red maple, with brittle grayish 

 branches. The red maple is very lovely in the spring 

 when it flushes with its crimson bloom. Here the 

 Walk begins to swing a little to the northeasterly, and 

 at the Arbor, just beyond, bends about due east. As 

 you come to this very cosy little rustic Arbor, there 

 are several things which will claim your attention. 

 All are gathered close together, very near the Arbor, 

 on your right as you approach it. First, you come 

 to black alder or common winterberry, Ilex verticil- 

 lata. It is a shrub with spreading grayish branches 

 and obovate leaves, pointed at the tip and wedge- 

 shaped at the base. This shrub is conspicuous in the 

 fall of the year by reason of its berries, which are 

 brilliant scarlet, rounded and rather flattened at the 

 top. You will see them singly or two or three in a 

 cluster, in the axils of the leaves. The bush blooms 

 in late May or early June with very small greenish 

 white flowers. Beyond the black alder is a good pep- 



