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Kerria is also known as globe flower and Jew's mal- 

 low. On the right of the middle steps is ninebark, and 

 just below it golden-leaved ninebark. Up the steps 

 again, by the uppermost stair, you will find, on the 

 right and on the left, as well, good specimens of the 

 English maple (Acer campestre), also called English 

 field maple. You can know them easily by their leaves, 

 which are usually five-lobed with the lobes round-cut, 

 making them look bluntish or squared. This cutting 

 of the leaf gives it a cordate or heart-shaped appear- 

 ance. The English maple is a hardy fellow and does 

 well all over the Park. If you compare its leaves 

 with those of the Norway maple, you will be impressed 

 by their resemblance, on a smaller scale, to the leaves 

 of that tree. They look like square-cut editions, smaller 

 and trimmed, of the Norway maple's leaves. The 

 English maple blooms early in the spring and throws 

 out pretty, erect, greenish corymbs of flowers which 

 also resemble the blossoms of the Norway maple very 

 closely, except that they haven't that full, clear, tender 

 light green which is the glory of the Norway's bloom. 

 The fruit, or keys, of the English maple spread very 

 widely, and the ends tip up a little, giving a rather pert 

 effect, which is very pleasing. 



At the top of the steps we are confronted by the 

 Sixth Avenue Gate. We will not go out by it, but, 

 turning to the right, will follow the trend of the path 

 toward the north. 



Not very far along, the Walk throws off a path to 

 the left. Let us follow it for a short space. In the 

 point of its fork, on the right, is a beautiful clump of 



