Trees and shrubs of Central Park . ifting, rollingsedges smoothing to the wind; heard the sound of theocean surge and saw the white fluff of the groundseltree billowing over the tawny reaches of the snowy fluff of silvery white pappus which coversthe seeds so generously is the balloon that bears theseeds on the breast of the wind, serving their disper-sion. Each tiny little seed is loosed by the wind andborne onward to its resting place by the wings of thislovely, fairy-like fluff. The leaves of the shrub arewedge-shaped, obovate and very coarsely toothed. Thebranches are distinct
Trees and shrubs of Central Park . ifting, rollingsedges smoothing to the wind; heard the sound of theocean surge and saw the white fluff of the groundseltree billowing over the tawny reaches of the snowy fluff of silvery white pappus which coversthe seeds so generously is the balloon that bears theseeds on the breast of the wind, serving their disper-sion. Each tiny little seed is loosed by the wind andborne onward to its resting place by the wings of thislovely, fairy-like fluff. The leaves of the shrub arewedge-shaped, obovate and very coarsely toothed. Thebranches are distinctly angled. Follow the Walk, still northerly, and just after youpass, on your right, some fine old cottonwoods, easilyknown by their towering trunks of heavily-ridged bark,cross the Drive and strike the Lake-walk, where itsends down a little side arm to the Lake itself. Thatyou may know the spot, a flowering dogwood standsdirectly in the right-hand corner of this arm, and eastof the dogwood a cluster of tall, conical bald cypresses. Flowers of the llop Tree or SiTRuimv Trefoil {Ptch-a trifoliata)Map 8. No. 22. 227 wave their royal plumes of feathery green to everyrocking breeze. What graceful trees they are! From this arm, pass southerly, following the east-erly border of the Drive. You pass Japan quince, onyour right, honey locust on your left, resplendent inblack bark and fierce thorns. These honey locusts areabout opposite the lamp here. Beyond them, by the edgeof the Lake are European elder, full of little cones,jet black against the blue of the sky; flowering dog-wood, osage orange (with spines in the axils of itsleaves). Opposite these trees is a fine Norway we meet honey locust again, then some moreosage oranges and a little gathering of varnish treesjust beyond these, on your left. Opposite the lampthat stands on your right, as you continue southerly,are two well-grown fringe trees, lovely in June, withtheir white fluffs of bloom. Beyond the fringe treesyou wi
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