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strength as they stand gnarled and knotted against 

 the clear blue sky. Most of the white oaks here are 

 the broad-leafed variety. There are many of the nar- 

 row-leafed variety in other parts of the Park (notably 

 on Lookout Hill), but most of these here are of the 

 broad leaf form, or widely ovate, broadest at the top. 

 Here, too, are black oaks that glow with bronze when 

 October walks through the Park. Here hickories sing 

 their anthem of golden glory to the frosty winds, 

 and here the sweet gums set fire to their starry leaves 

 with flames of orange, crimson and richest blue-pur- 

 ple. But beautiful as this grove is in autumn, it has 

 perhaps a more delicate beauty in spring. Don't fail 

 to come here when the dogwood blooms in May. Then 

 the Walk runs on under canopies of white which seem 

 to float upon the air rather than to hang in it. On 

 your right, passing along from the finely formed 

 European linden of which we spoke just a little above, 

 and which stands close by a short roadway from the 

 path to the Drive, you will find a fine black oak stand- 

 ing a little to the south. A cherry birch stands just 

 south of the black oak. Continuing on your right you 

 pass two white oaks close together about opposite the 

 two English hawthorns just spoken of, then black oak 

 again, silver maple, a couple of American chestnuts 

 by the Drive, mockernut hickory, and another chest- 

 nut not far from a lamp-post on the Drive. 



Up to this point you have passed on your left, Eng- 

 lish hawthorn, white oak, striped maple (directly back 

 to the northeast of the white oak), yellow- wood and 

 European beech standing close to each other a little 



