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curved leaves, which, sessile at the base, taper grad- 

 ually down to a sharp tip. Directly opposite the 

 Cryptomeria, you will find Mugho pine, with thick, 

 short leaves about two inches long, stiff, dark green, 

 twisted, two together in a sheath or fascicle. The 

 Mugho is on the right of the Walk. 



As you go northerly, you pass Mahonia, with holly- 

 like leaves, and back of it, a handsome mass of Cephalo- 

 taxus, with leaves whitish on the undersides. Back 

 of this (east of it) stands Thuya (or Biota) Orien- 

 talis, with small leaves, pressed flat, of a bright green 

 hue. These leaves are rhombic - egg - shaped, sharp- 

 pointed, and have a small gland on the back. The 

 tree is tall and rather thin of foliage. At the next 

 fork of the Walk, is red cedar, on the right, and Ret- 

 inospora plumosa, on the left. 



It is worth your while, here, to turn off, for a 

 moment, and follow the branch that slips off to the 

 left, under the arch beneath the Drive, to see the 

 Thuya gigantea and the rich mass of prostrate juniper, 

 both on the westerly border of the Bridle Path, south 

 of the Arch. You can locate them easily by the map. 

 The Thuya has leaves larger than the common Amer- 

 ican arbor vitae, and the juniper should be seen in 

 winter. Then it is of a rich velvety dark green. The 

 mass here creeps and trails over rocks, close by the 

 Bridle Path, and its color is truly beautiful. It is 

 close by a black haw. 



Continue now, northerly, along the Walk by the 

 Reservoir. Almost in line with the first lamp on the 

 Bridle Path (see the map) is white pine. This is 



