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in being only slightly spotted. Indeed they are almost 

 white. These flowers are about two inches long and 

 are slightly notched on the lower lobes of the corolla. 

 The fruit of the tree is a thick pod, shorter than the 

 pod of Catalpa bignonioides. Beyond the second of 

 these hardy or Western catalpas, close by the Walk, still 

 on your right, you pass a Sophora Japonica, of the pulse 

 family, with panicles of cream-white flowers in sum- 

 mer, which change into long, chain-like greenish pods. 

 Then you meet honey locust, a fine mass of Weigela 

 with white flowers that change to pink, and another 

 Catalpa speciosa, just as the Walk bends east to cross 

 the Bridle Path on its way to the Arsenal. 



Up to this point (the Bridge here), you have passed 

 on your left, beyond the two bushes of Cephalotaxus 

 mentioned above, three well-grown honey locusts, with 

 blackish bark and strong, fierce-looking thorns sprout- 

 ing from the rather smoothish surface; with delicate 

 waving leaf sprays of tiny leaflets. Still further on, 

 you will find some more of the hardy catalpas, one 

 quite close to the Bridge which spans the Bridle Path 

 here. As you stand on the bridge and look north, 

 following the easy curve of the Bridle Path with your 

 eye as it swings gently to the west, close by the Path, 

 almost due north of the catalpa by the left hand 

 corner of the Bridge, you will see another member 

 of this same clan. Almost due west of this Catalpa 

 speciosa stands a magnolia, which you will do well 

 to see early in spring — March or April — when it bursts 

 out into the purest of white flowers. These flowers are 

 made up of many long, narrow petals, almost ribbon 



