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like, which when fully blown give a very beautiful, star- 

 like look. Indeed this star-like appearance of its 

 flowers has given the tree its botanical name. Magnolia 

 stellata (or Halliana), Hall's Japan magnolia. Its 

 flowers are very fragrant and the purity of their white 

 is something you love to look upon. The tree is of a 

 spreading habit of growth, has obtusely-pointed, obo- 

 vate leaves, which are downy, when young, on the 

 undersides. It is an importation from Japan. 



If we cross the Bridge and go on eastwards, down at 

 the southeast corner of the Bridge a good osage orange 

 flutters its glossy leaves right in your face. You can 

 know it easily by the spines in the axils of its leaves. 

 This is on your right, almost at the end of the Bridge. 

 On your left there are several things of interest. As 

 you pass along toward the Arsenal at the left hand 

 corner of the Bridge, just as you step from it, stands a 

 well-grown specimen of Lonicera fragrantissima which 

 you recognize easily by its thick, ovate leaves notice- 

 ably cusped. Its shaggy stems will perhaps recall 

 "ninebark" to you, but if you look closely you will see 

 the difference between the stems of the two. Surely 

 a word must be said in praise of the lovely bloom of 

 the Lonicera fragrantissima. When all the ways are 

 bare, this brave bush sends out upon the keen breaths 

 of March or April breezes the ineffable sweetness of 

 its fragrant flowers. Their perfume comes upon you 

 with a thrill in all this air of chill and deadened life, 

 and the joy of the coming bloom wakes in you. You 

 feast your eyes on the fairy-white blossoms so deli- 

 cately flushed with pink. It is almost the first white 



