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pinnate, spiny leaves. Directly east of the holly-leaved 

 barberry, close by the steps, is a young Paulownia. This 

 brings us to the completion of our circuit around the 

 Terrace. Bue before leaving, let me call to your atten- 

 tion the handsome Swiss stone pine, on the high ground 

 that overlooks the west arm of the Terrace. It is a 

 conical tree, with dense, close foliage, that has an almost 

 furry look. Should you get near enough to it to ex- 

 amine its leaves, you will find that they are five in a 

 cluster, and that each leaf is distinctly triangular, with 

 a glaucous bloom on the sides. Back of this fine tree, 

 about half way between it and the lamp by the Walk 

 that leads over to the Concourse by the Lake, are two 

 sturdy Bhotan pines (leaves in fives, but very long, ten 

 inches or more). North of these, just where the high 

 ground begins to sink in a hollow, are two specimens of 

 Refinospora pisifera, with flat, gridiron leaf-sprays. 



Where the Walk to the Concourse springs away 

 from the West Terrace Walk, near the steps, you will 

 find another Swiss stone pine. Opposite it is a goodly 

 scarlet oak, with bristle-tipped leaves. Close by the 

 Swiss stone pine, in a low creeping mass, like thick 

 moss, stealing here and there over the rocks, in lovely 

 abandon, is the beautiful scaled juniper, of a light 

 clear green. Its leaves are in threes, fine and silvery, 

 and hug close in to the stems, in a thick, dense mass 

 which gives the matted eflfect of moss. It is certainly 

 beautiful — a lovely tapestry for rocks. By the lamp, 

 on this Walk, you will find a broad-boughed, handsome 

 cut-leaved European beech. 



