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to a point. Note how much broader these leaves are 

 at the ends than those of our native hazel. 



Passing on, we meet black cherry on the left of the 

 Walk, easily known by its scaly bark, and opposite to 

 it, on the right of the Walk, some fine masses of the 

 Japan snowball. Beyond, on the left, is a fair specimen 

 of the Nordmann's silver fir, an evergreen with long, 

 linear, flat leaves which are notched at the tip and 

 marked on the undersides by silvery lines. The tree 

 is rather conical in form, with horizontal branches. Its 

 foliage is a deep dark green, and through it you catch, 

 where the light touches the undersides of the leaves, 

 the beautiful glint of silver that is just enough to set 

 your eyes dancing. 



At the junction of the Walk beyond, with the Walk 

 that borders Conservatory Lake, you will find Taxus 

 cuspidata, with leaves like the English yew's, but tipped 

 with stronger points. Opposite the cuspidata is sugar 

 maple. Following the Walk around the easterly border 

 of Conservatory Lake, to its next fork, we will follow 

 the east branch of this junction. But before we do so, 

 let us look at some things about the Lily Pond. At its 

 southerly end wave several clumps of the beautiful 

 plume-grass, Erianthits Ravenna. Close by the margin 

 of the Pond, you will find the pretty Japan bamboo, 

 Bambusa Metake, growing in two waving clumps, one 

 a little beyond the plume-grass, the other near the most 

 easterly end of the Pond. East and a trifle soutfi of 

 this clump is the variegated Japan plume-grass. If you 

 have a permit to explore this district, near the Fifth 

 Avenue Wall and about due east of the Japan plume- 



