BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
LEAFLETS 
THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Series III Brooklyn, N. Y., June 2, 1915. Number 5 
A WALK THROUGH THE GARDEN 
The following- Leaflet describes in a very brief way certain 
generalities in regard to the various sections and plantations to 
be met with in a walk around the Garden, if one should start at 
t lie laboratory building on Washington Avenue, thence going 
toward the north , past the Japanese garden; then toward the west; 
and, finally, southward to the lower end of the Garden. 
Visitors going from the laboratory building to the Japanese 
garden will pass on their right the site of the next four sections of 
the laboratory building, now occupied by a portion of the children’s 
gardens, and on the left a small hill planted chiefly with evergreens. 
These comprise part of the coniferous collection which will 
ultimately occupy nearly all the area surrounding the lake. Over 
the brow of the hill are spruces and pines. Other pines are on the 
opposite side of the lake, behind the Japanese garden. 
Entering the gate to the Japanese garden at the Tea House, 
and following the path along the lake shore, two interesting 
species of evergreen trees will be passed; the first, on the right, 
a pair of Japanese LTmbrella Pines (Sciadopilys verticillafa) . This 
is a yew-like conifer that gets to be 100 feet tall or more, and is 
largely planted about temples in Japan. There is a very fine 
drooping specimen in Shiba Park, Tokio. Just beyond, on the 
left, and much taller, are specimens of the southern bald cypress, 
a feathery evergreen from our own southeastern states, and an 
important source of lumber. In its native habitat, in swampy 
places, it develops the well-known “knees”, and buttress-like 
projections at the base of the trunk. 
In the Japanese garden proper as much emphasis is laid on 
the rock-work as on the plants, but it is the intention to have most 
of the plants in the garden of Japanese origin. This may take 
some years as some of the species are hard to obtain. 
Leaving the Japanese garden and continuing along the path 
around the lake, we pass a small promontory on which are planted 
evergreens. The central, taller plant is a young specimen of 
