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The lower right runs under an arch toward the Dairy. 

 The upper right runs on to cross the Drive. In the 

 point of this fork is an English maple, and just beyond 

 it Catalpa bignonioides. Close by the Drive, standing 

 almost side by side, near the border of the upper right 

 fork, are two fine old cottonwoods, with their spade- 

 shaped leaves swinging on flattened leaf-stems. In the 

 centre of the little island before the Carousel is Ameri- 

 can elm. 



Let us now take the left fork of the Walk, and go 

 almost directly westward. On your right, by the steps 

 leading to the Carousel, by the easterly end of the steps, 

 is silver maple with a red maple directly opposite. At 

 the westerly end of the House here, on your left, is a 

 good specimen of the swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor. 

 It has thickish leaves, resembling somewhat a medium 

 between the broad form of the white oak and the wavy- 

 lobed leaf of the chestnut oak. The chief characteristic 

 of the swamp white oak's leaf is its downy, hoary, whit- 

 ish underside. By this you can tell it at once. The 

 leaf has a wedge-shaped base and is obovate in form. 

 Its margin is markedly wavy-notched, with rounded 

 teeth. The tree's bark is of a hard, strong gray, deeply 

 fissured, darker and more scaly than that of the white 

 oak. The whole expression of the tree is stronger, 

 tougher-looking than the white oak. Its acorn carries 

 a mossy-fringed cup. You will find many of these 

 trees in the Park, and you should get to know them 

 early in your rambles. In winter you can pick the tree 

 out by its buds alone, which are noticeably hairy or 

 fringed. You have a good chance here to compare 



