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trunks and branches thrown squarely out from the 

 shoulder. The bark of these is rough and tough like 

 the bark of the English elm. The tree has much the 

 look of a Norway maple and especially so at the time 

 of bloom, for its flowers are corymbiform like those 

 of the Norway and have very much the same appear- 

 ance. But they are of a duller green. The leaf of 

 the English maple has a squarish, bluntish cut, is 

 rather small and usually five lobed. In general, it 

 looks like a smaller edition of the leaf of the Norway 

 maple, with lobes trimmed short and rounded. It is 

 a sturdy stocky tree and one you grow to love dearly. 

 You are now very near the Irving Statue and the 

 Drive crossing. Just before you come to the cross- 

 ing, a few feet in front of the lamp-post which stands 

 on the extreme turn O'f the Walk, on the edge of the 

 border, you come to a tree which it is well to get to 

 know early in your rambles for you meet it all over 

 the Park. It is not a large tree, and grows generally 

 with a rather round-headed form, "all head and shoul- 

 ders." It is the Kcelreuteria paniculata from China 

 and takes its name from Koelreuter, a German bota- 

 nist. You may easily know it by its pinnate leaves 

 made up of about a dozen coarsely toothed leaflets. 

 In early July this tree bears great clusters of hand- 

 some yellow flowers which at once mark it from afar. 

 These flowers ripen quickly into strange looking blad- 

 dery pods which are very conspicuous and very queer 

 looking objects to the eye that knows them not. They 

 are especially noticeable in autumn. This particular 

 Kcclreutcria before us now stands, as has been said, 



