Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . The one with the widest spread is onWhitestone Avenue, opposite the High tallest is a few hundred feet east of the HighSchool on the same side of Broadway. Maples are here in great numbers and of manyspecies, vary-ing in sizefrom the sil-ver maple,nearly 4 feetin diameter,to the cut-leafed maplethat is sel-dom morethan fourfeet arequite com-mon andmost of themare of im-ported stock but seem at home here. Thelarge weepin
Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . The one with the widest spread is onWhitestone Avenue, opposite the High tallest is a few hundred feet east of the HighSchool on the same side of Broadway. Maples are here in great numbers and of manyspecies, vary-ing in sizefrom the sil-ver maple,nearly 4 feetin diameter,to the cut-leafed maplethat is sel-dom morethan fourfeet arequite com-mon andmost of themare of im-ported stock but seem at home here. Thelarge weeping Beech on WashingtonStreet near Fox Lane is claimed to bethe finest in the United States. It is awonderful tree and nothing in Flushingequals it. The two Gums, sour and sweet,are natives here, and some fine trees areto be seen. Why two trees so far apartbotanically should both be classed asGums is a puzzle. Some fine old Sycamores are to be Ash is not a popular shade-tree onaccount of its slow growth; still there aresome noble Ash trees on Sanford Avenue,north side from Percy to Central Avenue,but the finest are standing in what was 18. Winter Sentinels FLUSHING AND VICINITY the lawn of the oldBowne Mansion nearthe Stand Pipe. Many fine specimensof weeping trees areto be seen. Besides theWeeping Beech wehave the WeepingBirch, Weeping Wil-low, Mulberry, Spruce,Hemlock and For-sythia. The flowering shrubsopen the season withthe Forsythia early in Old Murray House—Residence Geo. W. Breck, the Artist April and the JapOnica, Almond, Lilac, Syringa, Azalea, Rhododendron, Mountain, Laurel, Fringe tree, Wygelia, Snow-ball, Wisteria, Honeysuckle and many others join in the procession untillate in August or September. Hydrangea Grandiflora and Rose ofSharon bring up the rear. Two of the finest collections are to be seenon private grounds, one is on Mr. J. D. Wellss place, on Broadway, andthe other on the Parsons estate. And on the latter are the two finestTulip trees in Flush
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