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close by the westerly border of the Walk. A little 

 beyond the pine, north, is a cluster of three. The 

 first is white ash; the second, plumosa; the third is 

 Taxus adpressa. The Taxus stands midway west of 

 the ash and the plumosa. It has very closely ap- 

 pressed leaves. In line with the next lamp on the 

 Bridle Path, close by the Walk, is Cedar of Lebanon. 

 You can know it by its leaves, which are gathered in 

 rosette-like bundles. The individual leaves are sharp- 

 pointed, needle-like and quite stiff. Beyond, a little 

 back on the lawn, are two beautiful golden-leaved 

 varieties of the plume-leaved Retinospora. At the 

 next fork, there is an interesting triangle. At its 

 southerly corner is Nordman's silver fir; at its east- 

 erly, Chinese juniper, with stiff, sharp leaves; at its 

 westerly, a beautiful Retinospora squarrosa. The 

 squarrosa gets its name from the rather square-like 

 way its soft leaves grow out from the branch. It is 

 a beautiful shrub, with soft silvery green foliage. In 

 winter it often turns, in parts, a delicate copperish or 

 reddish bronze which is very beautiful through its 

 silvery green. There is another mass of this, just 

 across the Walk, at the north, back of the Yucca. 

 Across from the squarrosa in the west angle of the 

 triangle here, you will find Van Houtte's spiraea, and 

 back of this spiraea, a fair specimen of the Douglas 

 spiraea, with reddish brown branches, and leaves 

 densely white on the undersides. 



Continue along the Walk, to the Drive Crossing 

 above, cross the Drive, and take the Walk that leads 

 to Bolivar Hill. On the way, near the next fork of 



