Trees and shrubs of Central Park . ishing English stands in the bend of the left hand border of theWalk, and you can tell it at once by its broadly ovalleaves slightly lobed and distinctly eared at the base,about the leaf stem, where they seem about to claspthe petiole. Its acorn is certainly beautiful, a polishedolive-green, over an inch long and about a third en-closed in a clean, hemispherical cup. Directly oppo-site the path leading under the Arch here is a finemass of the staghorn sumac, filling in the bank betweenthe Walk and the water. It is a well-grown mass, withbranching antle
Trees and shrubs of Central Park . ishing English stands in the bend of the left hand border of theWalk, and you can tell it at once by its broadly ovalleaves slightly lobed and distinctly eared at the base,about the leaf stem, where they seem about to claspthe petiole. Its acorn is certainly beautiful, a polishedolive-green, over an inch long and about a third en-closed in a clean, hemispherical cup. Directly oppo-site the path leading under the Arch here is a finemass of the staghorn sumac, filling in the bank betweenthe Walk and the water. It is a well-grown mass, withbranching antlers of sweeping fronds that blaze aglory of crimson and scarlet and gold in the autumn. Here, before we continue southwards, let us turnoff to the left, and pass through the Arch which leadsthe path northeasterly from the handsome clump ofsumac, under the Drive, towards the Arsenal. On going through the Arch, you will come on yourleft, after passing a fine bush of the sweet syringa,to a very interesting shrub with dark-green leaves. Heart-leaved Alder (.-llniis cordlfolia) (Looking north).Map I. No. 50. 35 which droop like damp feathers. If you know theEngHsh yew, you will be struck by the resemblance ofits leaves to those of the shrub before you, save that theleaves are much longer and are whitish, not yellowish,on the under sides. This whitish cast is a distinctivefeature, and will tell you at once that the shrub isnot Taxus baccata, but Cephalotaxus. There are twobushes of it here, and they stand almost directly oppo-site the lamp-post on your right. They are goodspecimens of the Cephalotaxus Fortunei. Note theirlow spreading form of growth, which is very differ-ent from the more upright habit of Taxus gets its name from its method of flow-ering, breaking out its staminate flowers in clusters orheads. It is a Japan growth and has a generally yew-like appearance, but it does not grow into a tree. Itforms rather a wide-spreading bush, and its rich,glossy, d
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