Trees and shrubs of Prospect park . in the spring. On your right you havepassed copper beeches (near the drive-crossing), fern-leaved beech, diagonally opposite the young dogwoodson the other side of the path, fragrant honeysucklewith its cusp tipped leaves, silver bell (Halesia tetra-ptera) called so from its seed, which is four (tetra)winged (ptera). Take now the little branch path at the left, down aseries of steps to the Pool at the bottom of Vale Cash-mere, passing on your right a weeping European it is syringa (more properly Philadelpirns) time,the way is through a veritable snowd
Trees and shrubs of Prospect park . in the spring. On your right you havepassed copper beeches (near the drive-crossing), fern-leaved beech, diagonally opposite the young dogwoodson the other side of the path, fragrant honeysucklewith its cusp tipped leaves, silver bell (Halesia tetra-ptera) called so from its seed, which is four (tetra)winged (ptera). Take now the little branch path at the left, down aseries of steps to the Pool at the bottom of Vale Cash-mere, passing on your right a weeping European it is syringa (more properly Philadelpirns) time,the way is through a veritable snowdrift of coronariiis is here, and Philadelphusgrandiflonis with large ovate leaves, pointed andtoothed, smooth and quite downy and sweeping re-curving branches which at once mark it from thecoronarius. At the bottom of the series of steps is the cozy it is early spring the Azalea amcena, truly called theiovely, spreads a mass of crimson on the point ofland over there back of the fountain. Here, close to. Soulanges Magnolia {Magnolia Soulangeana)Map T. No. 80. 15 the Walk (the westerly, beside the Pool) is a cockspurthorn of the variety pyracanthafoUa, and if you fol-low this Walk around the margin of the Pool you willpass Aralia spinosa, Andromeda axillaris with blos-soms, on curving stems, like rows of little lilies of thevalley, Oriental spruce, magnificent rhododendrons,weeping Norway spruce, Forsythia viridissima, buttonbush (Cephalanfhus occidentalis) and sweet pepper-bush (C let lira alni folia), near the stone posts at thesouthern end of the Pool, Spircca callosa, var. alba andIndian currant or coral berry (Symphoricarpos vul-garis). On the little peninsula, almost in the centerof the Pool, stands a curious tree which you can easilypick out by its umbrella-like form. It is a weepingvariety of the Japan pagoda tree or Sophora Sophora gets its name from its pea-like flowersand fruit. Around on the eastern side of the Pool youwill f
Size: 1394px × 1792px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidtreesshrubso, bookyear1906
