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rock mass at the right of the Walk beyond, is a sturdy 

 white or American ash. What a handsome strong 

 bark it has! Do you catch the lozenge-like cut of its 

 plates, made by the cross run of the ridges? If there 

 is one tree that has a distinctive bark, it is our white ash. 

 On the other side (northerly) of the rock, still on the 

 right of the Walk, you will find a hale old hackberry, 

 and beside it a good mass of box. Here the Walk be- 

 gins to bend to the right (east) to meet the fork of 

 the Walk that has run down close by the Reservoir. 

 This is a lovely little spot in here and one which appeals 

 to you strongly ; for it holds many very beautiful things. 

 Here, tall and conical Retinosporas, of the lovely plume- 

 leaved variety, rear their forms; here the wax-berry 1 

 and the Japan cedar will be found ; the Chinese golden 

 larch and many others. But let us hunt them out. 



The tree here of especial interest is the Chinese gol- 

 den larch. It is called Pseudolarix K&mpferi. The 

 designation Pseudolarix (false larch) has been put 

 upon the tree by botanists, because it has the deciduous 

 trick of larch, in dropping its leaves, but has not the 

 larch habit of holding its cone. The cone of the larch 

 proper is persistent, that is, clings as whole to its 

 branch. The cone of the Pseudolarix is not at all 

 persistent, but falls away in broken scales, like the 

 cones of the firs. And speaking of these cones of 

 the Pseudolarix, I do not think I have ever seen 

 lovelier. They are like wax roses. You will have 

 no difficulty in identifying the tree, for its leaves are 

 very distinctive. These are gathered together in very 

 pretty rosette-like clusters, and are noticeably saber- 



