Louis Harman Peet

Trees and Shrubs of Central Park, Louis Harman Peet

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...remarkably healthy in every respect. The leaves are certainly anything but oak-like in appearance. The willow oak belongs to the sub-group of oaks which botanists have designated as the thick-leaved oaks, which are almost evergreen in the South, but are, of course, deciduous at the North. This group includes the water oak, the barren oak, the shingle oak, the upland willow oak (Quercus cinerea) and the willow oak (Quercus phellos). Of this group the only representatives we have in Central Park are the shingle oak and the willow oak, both of which are in this vicinity as has been stated. At this lamp by the Drive, we cross to go to the Terrace where we will find many very beautiful things, and which we will take up, in detail, in the next ramble. Explanations, Map No. 6 Common Name 1. American Arbor Vitas. 2. Chinese Wistaria. 3. Pinxter Flower, Wild Honeysuckle, Pink Azalea. 4. Caucasian Azalea. 5. Japan Judas Tree. 6. Early-flowering Jessa mine. 7. Rhododendrons. 8. Staggerbush. 9. Red Oak. 10. American Beech. 11. Black Cherry. 12. Japan Plume Grass. 13. Plume-leaved Japan Arbor Vitae. 14. Thornless Rose. 15. Japan Zebra. Grass. 16. Althaea or Rose of Sharon. 17. Jacqueminot Rose. 18. Japan Aucuba. 19. Purple Magnolia. 20. Japan Quince. 31. Rhododendron. (Ever-estianum.) 22. Fragrant Honeysuckle. 23. Koelreuteria or Varnish Tree. Botanical Name Thuya Occidentals. Wistaria Chinensis. Azalea nudifhra. Azalea Pontica. Cercis Japonica. Jasminum nudiflorum. Andromeda mariana. Quercus rubra. Fagus ferruginea. Prunus serotina. Eulalia Japonica, var. gracil-lima univittata. Chamcecyparis (or Retinos-pora) pisifera, var. plumosa. Rosa Boursalti. Eulalia Japonica, var. ze-brina. Hibiscus Syriacus. Rosa hybrida, var. Gen. Jacqueminot. Aucuba...