XVI. 

 THE CONCOURSE AND VICINITY 



This Section embraces the larger portion of the most 

 beautifully wooded portion of the Park. The formation 

 is natural and the paths wind through these sylvan 

 glades with all the delightful mystery and charm of the 

 country woods. They climb over rocks in delightful 

 abandon and loiter by sleeping waters that mirror the 

 living green of the trees and the blue of the sky. Over- 

 head the swaying canopies of leaves whisper to every 

 breeze. Here you can feel far away from the city. 



About the Concourse itself, the high ground gives 

 broad and open vistas at every step. The view here, out 

 over the northwestern corner of the Park, is impressive, 

 with the broad sweeps of lawn, the rolling masses of 

 trees and the roofs of the city fading away in the far- 

 ther distance. In this area there are not many things 

 which you have not come upon in other parts of the 

 Park. But some there are, and regarding such, let us 

 now consider them in detail : — 



Carya porcina, var. microcarpa. (Small-fruited va- 

 riety of the Pignut Hickory. No. 40. ) Follow the path 

 that runs along the southerly side of "The Concourse" 

 to the place where it branches off northeasterly to split 

 again, after a short run, into another fork, one branch 

 continuing on to meet and cross the Drive, the other to 

 run under an Arbor and cross the same Drive some dis- 



