IV. 

 THE GREEN AND VICINITY 



At West Sixty-sixth Street, a little by-path leads 

 in from behind the Sheepfold, around to the Walk that 

 borders the westerly side of the Drive. There are 

 many pretty things along its course, but we cannot 

 linger, for the circuit of the "Green" is ahead of us. 

 But we must stop long enough to take a glance at two 

 or three things here, as we go along. Just as this 

 by-path begins to bend easterly, you will find, on your 

 right, the pretty Japan bladdernut {Staphylea Bu- 

 malda) with trifoliate leaves, the central leaflet short- 

 stemmed. Just beyond, you pass, about opposite each 

 other, pin oak (southerly side of Walk) Pyrns 

 arbutifolia (northerly side). The red chokeberry is 

 an erect shrub with obovate leaves, of smoothish 

 (uppersides) texture, but pubescent beneath. They 

 are quite short-stemmed. In April or May its pretty 

 white corymbs of flowers appear, and these are suc- 

 ceeded by red berries. Across from the pin oak here, 

 close by the Sheepfold's corner, you will find a spec- 

 imen of the dark-berried chokeberry. Its berries are 

 almost black and shining. 



In the little somewhat rectangular space or plat of 

 ground in front of the Sheepfold there are several in- 

 teresting things. In the northwestern corner, Japan 

 shadbush, with ovate-elliptic leaves which are densely 



