Trees and shrubs of Prospect park . t when it is not in bloom byits bark, which is distinctly marked with longitud-inal lines. Its leaves are very soft and velvety, oblongegg-shape, from two to four inches in length,and finely serrate. If it be in fruit, you can surelyknow it by its seed which is distinctly four-winged;—hence its name Halesia tetraptera, {tetra, Greek forfour and ptera, wing). As we go along, we meet, stillon the right, a young Washington thorn (Cratcegtiscordata) with small leaves very noticeably triangularin form. It blooms in middle or late May with ter-minal corymbs of whi
Trees and shrubs of Prospect park . t when it is not in bloom byits bark, which is distinctly marked with longitud-inal lines. Its leaves are very soft and velvety, oblongegg-shape, from two to four inches in length,and finely serrate. If it be in fruit, you can surelyknow it by its seed which is distinctly four-winged;—hence its name Halesia tetraptera, {tetra, Greek forfour and ptera, wing). As we go along, we meet, stillon the right, a young Washington thorn (Cratcegtiscordata) with small leaves very noticeably triangularin form. It blooms in middle or late May with ter-minal corymbs of white flowers which develop intosmall scarlet berries in September. These hang uponthe tree late into the winter and they are cheery,glowing sights when all the paths are stilled with thedriven snow. As you go on south two pretty youngblack haws lean out over the Walk to you. The sec-ond is very near a lamp-post that stands by the will show you where you are. Just beyond thelamp-post is black cherry {Pnimis serotina) with. Silver Bell or Snowdrop Tree {JIalesia telraptcra)Map 5. No. 45. 83 smooth green leaves and rugged bark. Then two moreblack haws and then a pretty English hawthorn(Crafcugiis oxyacantha) with smooth, obovate leavesdeeply cut in at the lobes and distinctly wedge shapedat the base. This also bears white flowers in , although there are many white flowered Englishhawthorns in the Park, there are also many whichbear single and double pink, and crimson flowers. Be-yond the English hawthorn is choke cherry (PrunusVirginiana), then black haw again and then a clusterof beautiful pink and white flowered Weigela, (Dier-villa amabilis). Further on, that you may know thespot, you pass several Oriental spruces, one after theother. About here, the Walk bends around to meet theDrive, and at its very corner is a fine sycamore back now to the tulip tree opposite the pointwhere the Drive opens into the Carriage Concourse,and following south again,
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