DESCRIPTION OF FOREIGN TREES 
IN CENTRAL PARK 
1. Yulan. (Magnolia conspicua.) 
LEAF: 6'-8', simple, alternate, entire, obovate, apex pointed, 
downy when young. FLOWER: white, very large, fragrant (pet- 
als 6-9, sepals 3), single, very profuse, dcfore leaves ; low tree. 
China. (Pl. I.) 
2. Chinese Judas-tree. (Cercis japonica.) 
LEAF: 2'-3', simple, alternate, entire, somewhat roundish, 
base only slightly cordate, apex somewhat pointed, smooth, 5- 
veined. FLOWER: rich reddish-purple, pea-shaped covering 
tree Jefore leaves, larger than in American species ; low tree and 
shrub. 
3. Oleaster. (Eleagnus angustifolia.) 
LEAF: 2'-3', simple, alternate, entire, elliptical, both ends 
pointed, both sides silvery, as also young shoots. FLOWER: 
yellow, fragrant (calyx bell-shaped, 4—-8-lobed, stamens as many 
as lobes, 1 style), 1~3-clustered, lateral; midsummer; often 
thorny ; low tree and shrub; fromthe Orient. (PI. I.) 
4. Small-leaved Willow. (Salix rosmarinifolia.) 
LEAF: 2-4’, simple, alternate, entire, elliptical, above smooth, 
beneath silky-shiny ; blossoms in May. Sweden. 
5. European Alder. (Alnus glutinosa.) 
LEAF: 2’-3', simple, alternate, serrate, roundish to obovate, 
apex blunt or emarginate, base wedge-shaped, bright green be- 
neath, hairy in angles of veins, sticky when young (as also branch- 
lets); long yellowish catkins in March; bark blackish; xative 
alders are shrubs. (‘‘ Native Shrubs,” Pl. 1X.) 
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