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first fork of this Walk, you will see this interesting 

 Japan shrub, standing next to the American elm, which 

 is in the point of the fork of the Walk. The little 

 Japan shrub stands next to the elm, at its left, as you 

 face the northerly border of this Walk. You can recog- 

 nize it easily by the corky (two to four) wings (alatus) 

 on the branches. In May or June it blooms in little 

 yellowish flowers, four or five together, on short pe- 

 duncles (flower-stems) from the axils of the leaves. 

 The leaves themselves are acute at both ends, rather 

 broadly elliptical, and quite sharply cut (serrated) 

 about the margins. They are usually about two inches 

 in length. The glory of this shrub is its fruit, which 

 nods from four parted capsules that glow in autumn 

 with a soft, cool crimson, upon which your eye loves 

 to linger. And when these are ripe, at this season of 

 the year, how lovely it is to see these husks break open 

 and curl back like lips, disclosing the rich orange gleam 

 of the seeds beneath. You may pass the Enonymus 

 heedlessly at other seasons of the year, but in autumn 

 it will surely claim your attention. 



Oxydendrum (or Oxydendron) arboreum. (Sorrell 

 Tree. Sourwood. No. 15.) Not far from the West 

 Ninety-sixth Street Gate, on the right of the Drive, as 

 you go easterly, you will find a hydrant. It stands on 

 the southerly side of the Drive, just before the Drive 

 opens out into two branches, the one turning to the 

 right and running south, the other turning to the left 

 and going north. There are several things of interest 

 clustered about this hydrant. To the west of it you 

 will see a mass of the Cornus stolonifera, with long. 



