Trees and shrubs of Central Park . nd, if you follow this left branch of the fork to whereit meets the Walk by the Drive, you will find, allfrouzled over the rocks, on the right, near the junction,tangled in delightful abandon, great masses of thebristly locust, which you will have no difficulty in know-ing by its very bristly branches. The bushes bearlovely pink flowers in June, and the fruit which suc-ceeds them lives up to the name bristly. Let us now come back to the honey locust, which, asstated above, stands exactly in the northern angle ofthe fork we have just been considering, and let
Trees and shrubs of Central Park . nd, if you follow this left branch of the fork to whereit meets the Walk by the Drive, you will find, allfrouzled over the rocks, on the right, near the junction,tangled in delightful abandon, great masses of thebristly locust, which you will have no difficulty in know-ing by its very bristly branches. The bushes bearlovely pink flowers in June, and the fruit which suc-ceeds them lives up to the name bristly. Let us now come back to the honey locust, which, asstated above, stands exactly in the northern angle ofthe fork we have just been considering, and let us fol-low its right hand branch as it curves gently aroundto the eastward to the Stone Bridge over the Pond. Alamp-post stands at its next junction, and just beyondit, as you go east, on your left, is a sycamore maple,and opposite to it, on the right, is a fine old Americanelm. Continuing along a little stretch here, you passon your left, in a beautiful open cluster, a gracefulgroup of three purple beeches. These are of the Euro-. Heart-leaved y\LDER (Jlnus cordifoUa)Map I. No. so. 31 pean variety, as you can distinguish by their entire,cihate or hairy margins, so different from the strongly-toothed leaves of our native beech. The leaves of thesetrees come out a deep dark crimson purple in the springand hold that color late into the summer. Theirbark is a fine light gray, and the swing of theirbranches is noticeably horizontal from rather short,squatty trunks. They are beautiful trees and wellworth your careful consideration. As you follow thepath along, it bends gently here to the southeast, andabout midway down the slope of the hillside, on yourleft, you will see a very interesting tree. It is the heart-leaved alder, Alnus cordifolia, with dark green, heart-shaped leaves which have a lustrous shine throughtheir rich green. You cannot mistake the tree, for it ishung full of its telltale cones, the seed receptaclesof the alder. The tree is a native of southern Europeand flower
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