AROUND THE " POND "—FIRST 

 EXCURSION 



" Well may'st thou halt — and gaze with brightening eye ! " 



— Wordsworth. 



FOUR short walks in the Park have been selected 

 which bring to view the majority of our native 

 and foreign trees; and the route in three of 

 them is so obvious that one will have no difficulty 

 in recognizing the adjacent growths herein described. 

 The local coloring of the account will moreover make it 

 less formal and more interesting to those who may not 

 follow the routes prescribed. 



Our first excursion is the circuit of the Pond (so- 

 called) — the picturesque little lake at the southeast 

 corner of the grounds. Starting a little south of the 

 bridge conspicuously spanning it, then crossing it and 

 bearing around to the left, one encounters successively, 

 almost within hand reach, the staghorn sumach, a 

 European oak, red oak, shining willow, Lombardy 

 poplar, ailanthus, bald cypress, hornbeam, European 

 alder, red maple, a fine cluster of five purple-leaved 

 beeches, European elm, sycamore maple, American 

 elm, a cluster of honey-locusts, Scotch pine, field 

 maple, cottonwood, Koelreuteria, weeping willow, 

 European ash, white pine, horse-chestnut, scarlet-fruited 

 thorn, a cluster of European beeches and a chestnut — 



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