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South of this willow is another of the same kind, and 

 south of it a pretty Japan maple, with star - like 

 leaves. 



Continuing along this Walk, at the steps and about 

 them, are several interesting things. Off to the left, 

 near the first step, is European white birch, and at the 

 right of the step is English yew, a low bush here, with 

 flat, linear leaves, pointed and two-ranked. To the 

 east of this is Siberian red osier, with crimson branches 

 in winter. South of the osier is umbel-flowered oleaster, 

 with yellowish-brown branchlets covered generally with 

 a silvery scurf, and leaves elliptic or oblong ovate in 

 shape, crisped about the margins and silvery-white on 

 the undersides, often marked with a few brown scales. 

 This pretty Japan shrub blooms in May or June with 

 fragrant, umbel-clustered, yellowish-white flowers in 

 the axils of the leaves, and these are succeeded in the 

 fall by dense clusters of beautiful amber-red berries 

 speckled all over with silvery spots. These berries 

 make a beautiful show at that time. 



By the second step are some masses of the dark 

 crimson-flowered Weigela (var. Lavallei) and are very 

 handsome in June. Near them the purple-leaved Eu- 

 ropean birch flashes its leaves so darkly purple that 

 they appear almost black. They are striking indeed, 

 burning the light from their glossy leaves and in strong 

 contrast with the vivid white of the tree's bark. Off 

 to the east of this birch is a purple-leaved European 

 hazel, a low-spreading bush, with dark crimson-purple, 

 almost bronze, leaves. The leaves are roundish, heart- 

 shaped, and broadish at the ends, just before they come 



