New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
PROSPECT

The copper beeches, Just above this akebia.
toward the arbOr, are trees of wonderful beauty.
There are other varieties of beech about this
SPOT but nobody can Iinger long on the hillside
if he realizes the beauties that await him in the
dell at his feet.
Entering the vale by this walk and the stairs
its foot. a beautiful Cockspur thorn with
branches that drOOp below the horizontal. and
an enormous canOpylike top. now just out OF
bloom confrOnts the behOIder. 1t is the hand
soonest growth of it's kind in the park. Its sci
entific name is CratRgus crus-gaIli Pyracantha-
folia- All around dogwood, Judas trees (red-
bud). beeches and evergreens of the rarest spe-
cies. On a little peninsula which juts out tow
ard the walk along the east side of the pool
is a small tree with delicate light green leaves
of the form of an open umbrella with very
crooked handle The tree is scarcely more than
six feet high but it of the treasures of the
park 1t is the choicest specimen of SOphora
JaPonica pendula. Weeping Japan pagoda,
tree. There are japanese pagOda trees, all
pretty. in many parts of the park but they are
not var pendula.' Their foliage does not droop
as does this gem of the Vale of Cashmere"
The redbud, which bears fragrant pink al
most lilac cOlOTed blossoms, is called the Judas
tree because Judas IscariOt is said to have
hanged himself on tree of this species. The
trunk, like that of the dOgwOod. is rough and
crooked and of about the same size. There are
few branches and the leaves are larger and
darker and shaped differently from those of the
dogwOod East of the pool may be found win
terberry, sweet bay and all about spirea of the
prettiest varieties.
Just across the walk from the end of a path
worn across lots from the WiIIink entrance tow
ard the menagerie stands a splendid specimen
of tulip tree with bark like an ash and a trunk
as tall and straight. but leaves of quite another
from the ash sort. Two big English eIms stand
in the open beyond a cluster of cherry birches
of considerable size. They are northeast of the
tulip and about one hundred feet apart The
contrast between them and the several varieties
of American elm viii lie appreciated at a
glance
While on the subject of elms, the splendid
Camperdown. just before one passes from LULU
water through the arch of the Cleft Ridge Span
into the flower garden, should be mentioned
Nobody but a bOtanist would ever think of cali
ing it elm. 1t is a shrub standing alone on
the lawn and denseIy leaved down To the
ground that its trunk and branches are almost
wholly concealed. 1t is about eight feet high
and twelve across and has large dark rough
pointed leaves which cannot easily be mistaken.
This is the UImus Montana Camperdownii PEN
dua.
At the top Of the tall narrow flight of steps.
near the Mozart statue, in the west side of the
flower garden may be found just across the
walk, two shrubs with . bark as ragged as q
Park Row newsbOy's shirt. There are small,
pretty leaves and blossoms just now fading.
which somewhat resemble at a distance dande-
lion This is Ninebark tit is said nine thick
nesses can be peeled off. scientifically desig-
mated as PhysOcarpus tor Spirea) OpulivfOIia. II
is to be found with other varieties Of Spirea
in many parts of the park
Down on the point OF the peninsula. cut OF
from the flower garden by the iron railing
around the fountain, is 4 Chinese cOrkWoOd