The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29
CENTRAL PARKS Woodland.
Matters In which the Trees Need More
Attention Than They Have Had


Lovers Of Central Park nave long watched
with interest the growth OF its Woodlands.
TIL landscapes Of the Park are on the whole
artificial in aspect, but in that portion
Of the woodland lying near the northern
extremity Of the great pleasure place there
has been an effort TO preserve natural con-
ditions.
The true forest Of Central Park covers
several rocky slopes west OF the Mere and
just below the northern wall. Some acres
are here given over to native trees growing
under natural conditions.
Spurs of this forest growth extend we'll
southwark and far across the park. but the
unbroken mass of woodland lies mainly
above i02d street. and well west of Meow
ans Pass Tavern.
The woodland is especially rich in tulip
poplars. oaks. hickories, n hornbeams. |
has very few shagbark hickories. not many
chestnuts, fewer native beeches than il
should have and a sma Her variety Of naples
than might be expected. There are few,
IL anv, native elms or sycamores in the forest
proper. The woodland would be improved,
TOO. as many think II there were more native
evcrgreens scattered among the deciduous
trees.
Most Of the trees are growing in a hin
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that the largest trees grow near the bottom
Of the slopes and In the little valleys.
A good many swamp oaks are occupying
high rocky ground pom which other trees
would more naturally prosper. The pinoaks,
nevertheless, are among the largest of the
trees. being In many cases a. large as the
finest Of the tulip poplar.
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tres~ in the woodland except on the edges,
where a few manage Ia get more than their
char. nf mir -pil and gtIulHrkf Tho ROXY
nature Of the ground and the crowded con-
dition of the trees make growth necessarily
slow.
There ara few trees more than eighteen
inches IN diameter and most are le-s than
eight inches, Hundreds are tall ~spinuling
shsfts, starved In competition with bigger
trese.
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leaves shall not H. rnmoved frpIn the wood
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