Trees and shrubs of Central Park . thirty feet, so great was the force expended. Acrossfrom the witch hazel, on the right of the Walk, isanother hearty old white pine. The white pine has itsleaves in clusters of five, as has been said, and aboutthree, four, or five inches long, of a are very soft and slender, three-sided, needle-shaped, and are whitish on the undersides. The conesof the white pine are about five inches long, cylin- 122 drical in shape and usually bent in a gentle scales are thin and smoothish and free from prick-les. The white pine is also called th
Trees and shrubs of Central Park . thirty feet, so great was the force expended. Acrossfrom the witch hazel, on the right of the Walk, isanother hearty old white pine. The white pine has itsleaves in clusters of five, as has been said, and aboutthree, four, or five inches long, of a are very soft and slender, three-sided, needle-shaped, and are whitish on the undersides. The conesof the white pine are about five inches long, cylin- 122 drical in shape and usually bent in a gentle scales are thin and smoothish and free from prick-les. The white pine is also called the Weymouth Pine,especially in England, because it was first cultivatedthere by Lord Weymouth. Beyond, the Walk againtouches the Drive, and, as it draws away again, in thepoint between Walk and Drive, are long sweepingmasses of Gordons syringa. The Walk curves on tothe southeast and brings you out upon the northernend of the Mall, with its magnificent sweep of elmsand its noble outlook from the Terrace over the Es-planade and
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