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shaped. They are about two inches long, flat, and 

 linear, and are gently curved, like miniature sabers. 

 They are of a pale green, when they first come out, 

 in the spring, very beautiful to behold, but get a little 

 darker, as the season advances. In the autumn they 

 turn a pale golden yellow, whence the name, golden 

 larch. Being of the larch character, the tree drops 

 its leaves, and this occurs just after they have turned 

 to their beautiful golden hue. See the tree then by 

 all means. It is very beautiful. 



Right in the angle of the fork of the Walk here, 

 you will find ninebark. Diagonally across from it, to 

 the southwest, near the west border of the Walk (the 

 one forming the left branch of the fork here), you 

 will find bayberry or wax-myrtle. It is easily known 

 by its leaves, which are very fragrant. Rub them, 

 and then smell of your fingers. The leaves are lance- 

 oblong and are entire, generally. As they grow older, 

 they become glossy on the uppersides. Clustered in 

 a noticeable way along its branches, you will find the 

 berry which gives the shrub its name — bayberry or 

 wax-myrtle. They are clustered together in little 

 bunches. The berries themselves are not very large — 

 smaller than small peas, and are all crusted over with 

 greenish-white wax. The shrub belongs to the sweet 

 gale family, MyricacecE. 



Diagonally across from the ninebark again, but to 

 the northwest, close by the westerly side of the Walk, 

 just beyond the fork, is a good specimen of the Japan 

 cedar (Cryptomeria Japonica), which you met with, 

 down in the Ramble. Note their four-sided, stiffish, 



