AROUND THE “POND ”—FIRST 
EXCURSION 
‘* Well may’st thou halt—and gaze with brightening eye!” 
—WoORDSWORTH. 
which bring to view the majority of our native 
and foreign trees; and the route in three of 
them is so obvious that one will have no difficulty 
in recognizing the adjacent growths herein described. 
The local coloring of the account will moreover make it 
less formal and more interesting to those who may not 
follow the routes prescribed. 
Our first excursion is the circuit of the Pond (so- 
called)—the picturesque little lake at the southeast 
corner of the grounds. Starting a little south of the 
bridge conspicuously spanning it, then crossing it and 
bearing around to the left, one encounters successively, 
almost within hand reach, the staghorn sumach, a 
European oak, red oak, shining willow, Lombardy 
poplar, ailanthus, bald cypress, hornbeam, European 
alder, red maple, a fine cluster of five purple-leaved 
beeches, European elm, sycamore maple, American 
elm, a cluster of honey-locusts, Scotch pine, field 
maple, cottonwood, Kcelreuteria, weeping willow, 
European ash, white pine, horse-chestnut, scarlet-fruited 
thorn, a cluster of European beeches and a chestnut— 
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| ee short walks in the Park have been selected 
