ii6 



ceeded later by glossy green string-like pods which 

 show very conspicuously. 



A little further along, as you pass westerly here, on 

 this short arm of path to the Mall, about midway 

 between the Japan pagoda tree and the junction of 

 this path with the Mall, close at your left hand, is 

 withe rod, one of the viburnums. This viburnum 

 has dull green, opposite, simple leaves of thick and 

 rather leathery texture. 



Upon coming out upon the Mall, turn to your left 

 and take a short little run back by the arm of Walk 

 which bends around to the southeast here. You will 

 see panicled hydrangea {Hydrangea paniculata, var. 

 grandiHora) bedded in with a bank of beautiful things. 

 About midway between the hydrangea and the fork 

 of the Walk to the southeast, a large birch tree 

 stands out quite conspicuously near the Walk, on your 

 left. It is a handsome tree and a splendid specimen 

 of the cut-leaved variety of European birch. Note 

 the very beautiful cutting of its leaves. 



Turn back now to the steps at the south end of the 

 Pergola, and proceed through it, northwards. Near 

 its centre, on your left, you will find American straw- 

 berry bush {Euonymus Americanus), which you can 

 identify by its four-angled twigs. These four ridges 

 are quite noticeable on the dark green twigs. In the 

 autumn, the fruit of this bush is very beautiful — three 

 to five-lobed pods, which have a peculiar trick of 

 curling back, when ripe, and show, beneath their cool 

 crimson, the bright scarlet seeds beneath. At this 

 season of the year they are indeed beautiful. A little 



