XV. 



HARLEM MEER AND VICINITY 



This Section, the vicinity of the Green Houses and 

 McGowan's Pass Tavern, is full of many interest- 

 ing things which will be sure to claim your atten- 

 tion. Most of the trees and shrubs of this area you 

 have met before on your rambles in the lower sections 

 of the Park, but there are several here which are 

 new, that is, which are not represented in other parts 

 of the Park. Let us consider these in detail : — 



Acer Italum. {Italian Maple. No. 31.) This in- 

 teresting tree, a native of Italy, Switzerland, and 

 Southern Europe, will be found at the extreme south- 

 west corner of the Green Houses. It is very close to 

 the wall, and you can pick it out by its leaves which 

 resemble cut-down editions of the sycamore maple's 

 leaves. They look very much like the leaves of that 

 tree, with the lobes obtusely rounded off. They are 

 five-lobed, about five inches long, and whitened be- 

 neath. The tree flowers in drooping corymbs, and its 

 keys (fruit) have slightly spreading wings. The tree 

 stands just below the Cratagiis crus-galli, var. pyra- 

 canthafolia, to the east of it. 



Acer macrophyllum. (Large-leaved Maple. Oregon 

 Maple. No. 35.) South of the Green Houses, close 

 to the line of frames of the nursery that backs up this 

 interesting patch of slope here, you will find a fine 



