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At the Swiss Cottage follow the Walk that runs 

 northerly beside the Drive. It will lead you by many 

 beautiful things. In the rather long oval bed, in front 

 of the Swiss Cottage, at its southerly end, you will see 

 a well grown Norway maple, and near it a cut-leaved 

 European white birch, with beautifully cut leaves. On 

 the left of the Walk, set in the border bed between the 

 Walk and the Drive, almost opposite the northerly end 

 of the oval bed which we have just spoken of, in front 

 of the Swiss Cottage, you will see several rather upright 

 bushes. Their leaves at once tell you that they belong 

 to the dogwood family. Their upright form of growth 

 might lead you to suppose that they were Cornus stricta, 

 but they are not. They areC.paniculata. Note the whit- 

 ish undersides of their leaves, which distinguishes them 

 at once from C. stricta, whose undersides are greenish 

 and not whitish. As you pass on, to the north, when 

 you have come about midway between the panicled 

 dogwood and the rock mass which comes down close 

 to the Walk, ahead, on your right, take a good look at 

 the handsome evergreen which stands back (east) a 

 little and out upon the lawn. It is a splendid example 

 of the Bhotan pine — one of the handsomest, if not the 

 handsomest, specimen of its kind in the Park. It is 

 nobly formed, with great broad reaches of boughs that 

 are superb. The fine long leaves of this tree are so 

 responsive to every breath of breeze that they are 

 almost constantly in motion, rippling the sunlight in 

 continuous waves of silvery sheen. The trunk of this 

 tree has a noticeable tilt which gives it a leaning look, 

 and which will easily mark it for you. Close by the 



