maple, you find on the right another good sized white 

 ash and beyond it, not far from the point where the 

 Walk forks, European linden. A good Osage orange 

 stands near the Walk, just beyond the linden and about 

 opposite the point where the Walk branches. The 

 Osage orange is identified by the very distinct spines 

 in the axils of its leaves. Look for them, for they are 

 worth seeing. Some of the botanies speak of the 

 flowers of the Osage orange as inconspicuous, but 

 I saw this tree covered with blossoms one June day 

 and a very pretty sight it was. The tree has in- 

 teresting fruit, large and globular and of an orange- 

 like look, whence its name. It is golden yellow when 

 ripe. 



A little off to one side, from the Osage orange, about 

 midway between it and the water is a clump of very 

 peculiarly leaved shrubbery. If you don't know it and 

 should come upon it in July, you would wonder what 

 it was, with its rather spindle shaped heads of fuzzy 

 white flowers. The heads make you think of meadow 

 sweet and spiraeas. It is a spiraea and its leaves tell 

 you that it is the mountain-ash-leaved spiraea. To 

 me it is very beautiful and you will come across it in 

 many parts of the Park. In July and August it is quite 

 conspicuous and it makes a brave sight on the days 

 when most of the trees and shrubs are over with their 

 blooming. You cannot mistake it and if you know 

 the leaf of the mountain ash, you will see how well 

 this spiraea deserves its name. 



Further on, by the water's edge, a willow thrusts 

 up its grace and strength into the sunlight. It has 



