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low bush, a dwarf, and bears deep dark crimson-purple 

 flowers in April. 



Going down the steps here, at your right, is a fine 

 mass of the Japan hedgebindweed. About half way 

 around the curve of the path here as it swings westerly 

 toward the Esplanade and Bethesda Fountain, you will 

 find, on your left, a pretty cluster of the Russell's Cot- 

 tage Rose. It blooms with beautiful clear magenta 

 flowers. Just before you came to this, you passed a 

 good-sized swamp magnolia, with leaves very whitish 

 (glauca) on the undersides. Following on, you will 

 find out upon the rise of lawn, at your right, two 

 shrubs quite close together. One of these, the easterly, 

 you have met many times before, on these rambles; 

 the westerly one you meet here for the first time. The 

 easterly is fly-honeysuckle, known by the cusp at the 

 tips of its leaves, and ragged, tattered branches. The 

 westerly shrub is Stuartia. It gets its name from John 

 Stuart, Earl of Bute, and is worthy of some attention, 

 as you will not find many of these in the Park. It 

 belongs to the Camellia or Tea family (Ternstrcemia- 

 cece). Its leaves are oval, thick, pointed at the tip and 

 base, and set alternately on the branches. In July 

 its cream-white flowers, very much like the Camellia, 

 break out on solitary short pedicils (stems), nearly 

 sessile (stemless), from the axils of the leaves. These 

 flowers are fairly large, two, three to four inches wide, 

 and each has, generally, five petals very prettily crimped 

 about the edges. These flowers are succeeded by five- 

 angled pods which are ripe in autumn. 



As the Walk comes out upon the Esplanade, at your 



