Trees and shrubs of Central Park . rylus and opsis). They areacutely heart-shaped, are on long stems, have serratedmargins, and are strongly feather veined. On theirundersides they are glaucous and pubescent. The fruitof the shrub is a dehiscent capsule, containing twoglossy-black seeds. The bush is a native of Japan andcertainly a welcome and charming importation for ourparks. Cryptomeria Taponica. (Japan Cedar. No. 24.) Inthe midwesterly part of the Ramble there is a little path,a little loop in the Walk, that gives you a sweet retire-ment from the rush of city streets, and almost buriesyou
Trees and shrubs of Central Park . rylus and opsis). They areacutely heart-shaped, are on long stems, have serratedmargins, and are strongly feather veined. On theirundersides they are glaucous and pubescent. The fruitof the shrub is a dehiscent capsule, containing twoglossy-black seeds. The bush is a native of Japan andcertainly a welcome and charming importation for ourparks. Cryptomeria Taponica. (Japan Cedar. No. 24.) Inthe midwesterly part of the Ramble there is a little path,a little loop in the Walk, that gives you a sweet retire-ment from the rush of city streets, and almost buriesyou amid the leafy boughs. The birds sing and flashby on sudden, bursting wings, and at your feet a littlestream feels its way along from a slumbrous pool toleap in silver rills down a rock-choked chasm to thesun-lighted waters of the Lake below. This littledream-spot can be easily found if you take the path thatleads off due east from the Schiller Bust, cross a bridgewhich spans the outlet of the rill, mentioned above, into <lii-^. Leaf-strays of the Japan Cedar (Cryptonicria Japonica)Map 7. No. 24. 197 the Lake, then at the first fork of the path, turn to yourleft, nearly northeast, and follow the path up to a sharpelbow that crooks the Walk abruptly to the east at your right hand is the little dream-spot, and ifyou stand in it and face south you will look right intoa cluster of Cryptomeria Japonica. They stand acrossthe streamlet, up the bank. You will know them at onceby their tall, spire-like forms, dark green foliage, withparts of it reddish brown, and trunks of the same trunks look like posts stripped of their bark. Thespecimens here are not doing very well, for some rea-son, but up by the Reservoir (on Section No. lo of thisbook) you will find some superb specimens flourishingin the best of health. The foliage of the Cryptomeria Japonica is veryeasily distinguished. Its leaves have a marked, claw-like look, are rather four-sided, curved, and taper grad
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