the English field elm (Utmus caaipcstris) easily recog- 

 nized by its rather straight main shaft, by its some- 

 what horizontal manner of sending out its boughs. 

 Indeed, as has been said above, the tree has an almost 

 oak-like look, sturdy and thickset. Just beyond the 

 English elm is one of the handsomest Norway maples 

 in the Park. It is a glory in spring, when it is cov- 

 ered with delicate green flowers, and it is an equal 

 glory in autumn when it is a hanging cloud of orange- 

 yellow. On the left, near the Entrance, you will find 

 a good little Colorado blue spruce (Picea pun gens) } 

 and fine growths of the Retinospora pisifcra, var. 

 squarrosa. This variety of Retinospora is easily recog- 

 nized by its soft, squarely setting leaf sprays, and by 

 the light bluish-green cast of color in its foliage, 

 delicately tinged with fine drifts of silver. In winter 

 the shrub often takes on delicate copperish or red- 

 dish bronze tints, which are very beautiful through 

 its silvery green. 



Crossing the Drive and starting in again on the 

 left-hand Walk of the Willink Entrance, notice the 

 young Nordmann's silver fir on your right. It is a 

 young tree, but beautifully formed, and it is growing 

 finely. A little further on the path forks. Its left- 

 hand branch keeps on straight ahead over a rise toward 

 the Ocean Avenue Entrance, while the right bends 

 around toward the Boat House. If you follow the 

 Boat House path, you will pass, on your left, very near 

 the drive crossing, great masses of variegated 

 Weigela, with leaves of a mingled pale yellow and 

 green, the borders of a light yellowish green. In 



