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Triangle look at the hillside on your left. It looks like a field of gold or 
sunlight. Think how many Daffodils there are there. As you walk toward 
the Japanese Garden notice the Forsythia Ae in bloom. Do you think 
aes blossoms are the same color as the Daff 
u have come to the Japanese Garden. 
See if you can locate the follow- 
ing Ban in the Japanese Garden: 
Torii 
ARs 
2. Tea 
3. The enh tree on your left as you enter the Japanese Garden. See its 
pink oe bark. Have its buds begun to turn pink yet? 
4. Fagot fer 
5. Japanese Tris coming up on the right hand side of the little path. 
6. Waterfalls. 
7. Moonview Hou 
8. Shrine on the hill 
Can you find the sacred foxes guarding the shrine ? 
Leave the Japanese Garden and turn right around the lake. Keep to this 
path back to the Magnolia Triangle, and after taking the path across the 
bridge, turn left. As you walk towards the Rock Garden see if you can find 
some tiny yellow tulips on your left. As you pass a Rock Garden look at 
the little blue Hyacinths among the rocks on the 
ter you have passed the Rock Garden, look pee you to see the 
Willows growing along the Brook. That is where Willows like best to 
ow. See how light and yellow their tops are. at the other trees 
and notice the different colors of their new leaves. 
Guide Sheet No. 3 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION 
A FALL WALK 
Leave the Laboratory Building and turn to your right. When you come 
to the Lake stop and notice some of the things in the Japanese Garden. 
1. The Torii. 
See standing in the water. Do you know what it means in 
2. Lotus cae the Sacred Flower, growing in the water 
Notice how the seed pods bend over the water. 
3. Sacred Crane 
Sones in ne water. 
4. Tea House and Arbor. 
Enter the garden and notice as you walk past the Tea House: 
1. Cherry Tree in front of Tea House. 
Notice its bark. 
2. Faggot fence. 
