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little four to five-toothed, bell-shaped rose-pink flowers 

 clustered at the ends of the branches. This habit of 

 inflorescence at once distinguishes it from its twin 

 sister, the Indian currant or coral berry which it so 

 closely resembles, especially in foliage. The Indian 

 currant sends out its flowers all along the branches 

 in axillary clusters. The snowberry's dainty little flow- 

 ers are soon succeeded by the densely clustered bunches 

 of small white berries which have given the bush its 

 common English name. Its botanical generic name 

 is derived from two Greek words meaning "clustered 

 fruits." These clusters of white berries conspicuously 

 mark the bush about the middle of August. The shrub 

 belongs to the honeysuckle family. 



Ulmiis fulva. (Slippery Elm. Red Elm. No. 98.) 

 If you take the path that turns off to the left from 

 the handsome clump of Retinospora plumosa (the first 

 offshoot of the Walk to the left, northward after cross- 

 ing the Bridge which carries the path into the middle 

 west of the Ramble), and proceed northwesterly toward 

 the West Ramble Road Stop, you will see an elm tree 

 throwing its shade over the Walk, on your left, close 

 by the path, about twenty-five or thirty feet from the 

 Retinosporas. It is a very fair specimen of the slip- 

 pery elm. In order that you may easily identify it, 

 it stands a few feet this side (south) of an Austrian 

 pine, and has a witch hazel rattling its heavy lop- 

 sided leaves diagonally across the Walk from it. The 

 slippery elm has a lightish-brown bark which, in old 

 trees, gets to be deeply furrowed. This bark also pos- 

 sesses a peculiar mucilageneous quality which has given 



