Trees and shrubs of Central Park . northerlybeside the Drive, you will pass beneath a splendidcolonade of sycamore maples. Almost the wholestretch of the Walk, up to where it bends away tothe west, is lined with these maples, and they are infine condition. Note the thick, five-lobed leaves, withtheir reddish (usually, though not always) leaf-stems(petioles). Directly in front (west) of the Ninetieth StreetGate, there is a bed between Drive and Bridle the southerly end of this bed you will find sycamoremaple and common barberry; at its northerly endsycamore maple again. Down at the extr
Trees and shrubs of Central Park . northerlybeside the Drive, you will pass beneath a splendidcolonade of sycamore maples. Almost the wholestretch of the Walk, up to where it bends away tothe west, is lined with these maples, and they are infine condition. Note the thick, five-lobed leaves, withtheir reddish (usually, though not always) leaf-stems(petioles). Directly in front (west) of the Ninetieth StreetGate, there is a bed between Drive and Bridle the southerly end of this bed you will find sycamoremaple and common barberry; at its northerly endsycamore maple again. Down at the extreme southof this area (see the map), on the westerly border ofthe Drive, nearly opposite Eighty-seventh Street, youwill see a pretty clump of the day lily {Hemerocallisfulva), which blooms in late July or early Augustwith orange-hued flowers. You can readily recognizeit by its leaves which, bending and lance-like, makeyou think of thick sedge grass. There is anotherclump of this down on Section No. 9, near the borderof the Explanations, Map No. 12 Common Name Botanical Name I. Chinese Cork Tree. Phellodendron Amurense. 2. Black Haw. Viburnum prunifolium. 3- Ninebark. Physocarpus (or Spima) opii- dilatata. 4- Lombardy Poplar. S- Cut-leaved Weeping Euro- Betula alba, var, pendula la- pean White Birch. ciniata. 6. Japan Snowball. Amelanchier Japonica. 7- Viburnum Thunbergii. 8. Thunbergs or Japan Red Osier. 9- Cornus stolonifera. lO. Austrian Pine. Pinus Austriaca. II. Plume-leaved Japan Ar- CkanuBcyparis (or Retinos- bor Vitas. pora) pisifera, var. plumosa. 12. Weigela. DiervUla grandiflora. 13- Reeves Spirasa. Spircsa Reevesiana. 14. Tree Box or Boxwood. Buxus sempervirens. IS- Fragrant Honeysuckle. Lonicera fragrantissima. 16. Kentucky Coffee Tree. Gymnocladus Canadensis. 17- White Pine Pinus strobus. 18. American White or GrayBirch. Betula populifolia. 19. Scotch Pine. Pinus sylvestris. 20. Norway Maple. A
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