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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
brance of that other Forest of Arclen and in the hope 
that here, too, might one 
"Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks 
Sermons in stones and good in everything." 
In the Forest of Arden proper there are three hundred 
acres and in the adjoining woodland, also preserved, and 
commonl3^ known as "the East Woods" there are five 
hundred acres more. Only part of this area is heavily 
timbered, there being numerous forest glades which 
permit the growth of many shrubs and herbs that delight 
in partial sunshine. Through the park Hickory Creek 
winds its way in a valley some two hundred feet wide 
and being dammed in two places forms long stretches 
of quiet water that afford opportunities for most effective 
planting. In its course it is joined b^^ Francis Creek 
along which grow man3^ water-loving plants. 
The alluvial plain through which the main stream 
flow^s supports a fine growth of maple mostlv of the 
Acer nigrum form, there being more than two thousand 
trees of good size. North of this belt is apparently an 
older and abandoned creek bed now become a swampy 
area grown up to ashes, willows, dogwoods and other 
shrubs which here and there give place to thickets of 
cat-tails, sedges and other swamp vegetation. From 
this the land rises to an elevation of about one hundred 
feet above the creek, being cut by several small ravines 
and covered with a dense second growth of oaks. The 
largest ravine is nearly two thousand feet long and 
shelters many shade-loving plants. Some of the finest 
views in the park are found here. The more open slopes 
give a home to an immense number of hawthorns, hazels, 
wild crabs, etc. The hawthorns are noted for the abund- 
ant forms displayed. One of these has been named 
Cratfeg'iis arduense by Dr. Sargent in honor of the park. 
The first survey of the Forest ot Arden was miade 
in 1898 under the direction of O. C. Simonds. At first 
it vvas apparently intended on\y as a preserved w^oodland 
hit with the advent in 1900 of the present Forester and 
