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left are two sassafras trees, and on your right, grow- 

 ing up on the rock here is a fair-sized white oak. 

 Notice its Hght granite-gray bark, broken into strip- 

 like plates. Its leaves are of the typical white oak 

 form, and the tree is a fair specimen. 



Near the lamp-post, by the Bridle Path, on your 

 left, you will find a good young Cratwgus macracantha, 

 with glossy dark green oval leaves and stout strong 

 thorns. As you go westward, you pass sassafras again 

 and then a fine pignut hickory. Beyond the hickory 

 on the other side of the path (your right), near the 

 spot where the mass of rock melts down to the ground, 

 a sturdy white ash throws out its spreading branches. 

 You can tell it by its bark alone — a beautiful cross-work 

 of lozenge-shaped plates which in winter is a joy to 

 the eye. This ash tree stands directly by the Walk 

 where the large mass of glacier-smoothed rock rolls 

 its bulk down to the ground. The tree has compound 

 leaves, made up of from seven to nine ovate or lance- 

 ovate leaflets. Just before you come to the ash, on 

 your right, is a tall well grown American chestnut. 



As you go on, about half way between the white 

 ash and the next bend of the Walk, which is directly 

 at right angles (off to the right and northward) you 

 will find a rather upright bush about five feet high, 

 with quite a maze of branches for so modest a shrub. 

 This feature alone sets your eye wondering, especially 

 if you come upon it in the winter. It is the panicled 

 dogwood and has simple, opposite, entire leaves, which 

 are quite pointed, generally lance-ovate in shape, 

 lightish beneath, and with an acute base. In early 



