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Osage orange, and back of the Osage orange a very 

 handsome and rare variety of the cockspur thorn. 

 This variety, which is Nea.politana, has two different 

 kinds of leaves, one kind thin and of a rather triangular 

 form, the other of a thick, roundish character, with a 

 very shining coriaceous upper surface. Some botanical 

 authorities speak of it as Cratcegus crus-galli, var. het- 

 crophylla, referring to its characteristic of growing 

 different leaves. Beyond this variety of the cockspur, 

 still on your left, are scarlet fruited thorn and yellow- 

 wood. 



At the point where this side arm from the larger 

 path meets the Nethermead Circuit Drive by a little 

 offshoot of Walk, you will find at easy points of identi- 

 fication, by the sectional diagram, European hazel, 

 sycamore maple, sweet gum easily known by its star- 

 shaped leaves and fringe tree. Step out on the Drive 

 now and follow it for a little space toward Lookout 

 Hill. Along its left hand border are very hand- 

 some lindens and some of the best grown Col- 

 chicum maples in the Park. These last you can 

 pick out by the peculiarly marked bark of their trunks 

 and by their five to seven lobed leaves. These maples 

 bear their blossoms in erect corymbs. To make their 

 identification sure, the tree next to the west of the 

 lamp-post here is Colchicum maple, then comes syca- 

 more maple (with another just south of it), then an- 

 other Colchicum maple, then a fine tulip tree a little 

 to the south-west of the Colchicum maple. Near the 

 next lamp-post which you pass on your left going 

 west toward Lookout Hill, are several things of in- 



