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Guide Sheet No. 4 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION 
A WINTER WALK 
Leave the front door and walk straight out to the Magnolia Triangle. 
1. Examine the buds to see how they are prepared for winter. .......... 
2. Turn to the left and go to the group of Oaks. All oaks a Paes 
of terminal (end) buds. How do the branches of these oaks grow? ...... 
3. Walk north, facing the Museum. On the hill are Sycamores. What 
do a notice about the bark? Can you see any “button-balls” on the 
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the young twigs you will notice that they are zigzag, and that the buds are 
alternate. Can you see a little rim around each bud where the leaf fitted 
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4. On top of the hill are Austrian Pines, evergreens. How many needles 
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5. ‘What color bark has the Gray Birch? 2.2 vcs ois oe eee es hee eee 
What are the twigs like? Can you find the young catkins? ..........--++ 
Cross the little bridge over the Brook near the fern beds. 
_ At the left of the path is a Linden. Look up into it to see how the 
twigs grow. What are the winter buds like? ............-..- 0. essen eee 
7. Follow the path north up the steps until you come to a Beech tree at 
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Look at the buds. How can you always tell a beech? ..........-. eevee 
8. Keep on to the right until you come to the Honey Locusts. What is 
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. Follow the road around the ae Garden. Look at the Ailanthus 
tree, and tell how you can always know it. .......-.- es eee eee e eee eens 
0 posite the entrance to re ee Garden is a group of Pines. 
Back of them look for a Sycamore Maple. Are the buds opposite or 
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