Trees and shrubs of Prospect park . ry symmetrical look, but sometimes they vary greatlyfrom this regularity of cut. These trees bloom pro-fusely in May, and in September are loaded with theirbright scarlet fruit, large, for hawthorns (about half 19 an inch), round or pear-shaped, and the birds getafter them with a vengeance. Back in the shrubbery, close by the border of thePond, you will find a beautiful Anierican beech, whichyou distinguish by its smooth light gray bark andchestnut-like leaves. Close by the culvert that lets a tumbling streaminto Wild Fowl Pond, you will find sassafras with
Trees and shrubs of Prospect park . ry symmetrical look, but sometimes they vary greatlyfrom this regularity of cut. These trees bloom pro-fusely in May, and in September are loaded with theirbright scarlet fruit, large, for hawthorns (about half 19 an inch), round or pear-shaped, and the birds getafter them with a vengeance. Back in the shrubbery, close by the border of thePond, you will find a beautiful Anierican beech, whichyou distinguish by its smooth light gray bark andchestnut-like leaves. Close by the culvert that lets a tumbling streaminto Wild Fowl Pond, you will find sassafras with itsthree different kinds of leaves; egg-shaped, mitten-shaped, double mitten-shaped, and a tall Europeanor tree alder, which you will have no difficulty in find-ing if you look for its black last years cones whichare sure to be hanging on its branches. Its leaf, too,is decisive with a curved notch at the top. This brings us to Wild Fowl Pond on the one sideand the drive crossing back of Battle Pass on theother. SECTIONAL DIAGRAM TO. Explanations, Sectional Diagram No. 2 Common Name Botanical Name I. Californian privet. Ligustrum ovalifolium. 2. Cornelian cherry. Cornus mascula. 3- Dotted fruited hawthorn. CratcEgus punctata. 4- Ash-leaved maple or boxelder. Negundo accroides. 5- American hornbeam. Carpinus Caroliniana. 6. European silver linden. Tilia Europcea, var. argentca. 7- Koelreuteria. Koelreuteria paniculata. 8. Syringa.(Various kinds). Philadelphtis. 9- Yellow-wood. Cladrastis tinctoria. 10. European hazel. Corylus avellana. II. Common sweet pepperbush. Clethra alnifolia. 12. European linden. Tilia Europcea. 13- White oak. Quercus alba. 14. English hawthorn. Cratcegus oxyacantha. 15. American chestnut. Castanea sativa, var. Ameri- 16. English elm. campestris. 17. Sweet gum or bilsted. Liquidambar styraciflua. 18. Mockernut or white-heart hickory. Carya tomentosa. 19. Colorado blue spruce. Picea pungens. 20. Norway maple. Acer platanoides. 21. Nordmanns silve
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