TREES AND SHRUBS 



OF PROSPECT PARK 



i. 



PLAZA ENTRANCE TO BATTLE PASS. 



"I wonder what that is !" 



This is the exclamation one hears so often, while 

 strolling through the Park, from the casual rambler, 

 suddenly arrested by the beauty of some shrub or 

 tree. There are many people frequenting the Park 

 who take more than a passing interest in the wealth 

 of beautiful things gathered there for their delight and 

 it is to these people that these articles are especially 

 addressed. 



If you enter at the Plaza, taking the Walk east or 

 at the left of the Drive, almost the first thing to greet 

 you is the remarkable weeping English" oak (Quercus 

 robur, var. pendula). It stands on the right of the 

 Walk, about midway from the entrance to the first fork 

 of the Walk. Its leaves are on very sliort stalks and 

 deeply cut in. For oak leaves they are small. Well- 

 grown Austrian pines (Pi-mis Austriaca) stand about 

 here, quite conspicuously ; one, just at the bend of the 

 fork. They are fine, hardy trees and glorious sights 

 when the ice storms coat them with crystal. They 



