Picea breweriana (Brewer’s weeping spruce or just Weeping spruce).

From Wikipedia:

“Outside its native range, P. breweriana is a highly valued ornamental tree in gardens, particularly in Great Britain and Scandinavia, where it is appreciated for its dramatically pendulous foliage.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.”

One of several Amur Maples in Westmout Park.

Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum).

From Wikipedia:

“Native Americans used the sap of wild trees to make sugar, as medicine, and in bread. They used the wood to make baskets and furniture. An infusion of bark removed from the south side of the tree is used by the Mohegan for cough medicine.”

A service de police de la Ville de Montréal officer stopping a bicyclist, near Melville Avenue, for an infraction of the Highway Safety Code.

Cooling off on the grass after a long, very warm, afternoon taking photographs.

If I am not mistaken, the signs indicate (for good reason) walking your bicycle.

An apple tree on Lansdowne Avenue. I recall, years ago, the property owners posting a sign warning of “Poisonous Apples” near this tree.

I suspect, as children, they never learned to share.

A croquet game at Westmount Park. Interesting to see the game still being played.

From Wikipedia:

“Regardless when and by what route it reached England and the British colonies in its recognizable form, croquet is, like pall mall, trucco, jeu de mail and kolven, clearly a derivative of ground billiards, which was popular in Western Europe back to at least the 14th century, with roots in classical antiquity.

Croquet became highly popular as a social pastime in England during the 1860s; by 1867, Jaques had printed 65,000 copies of his Laws and Regulations of the game. It quickly spread to other Anglophone countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States.

No doubt one of the attractions was that the game could be played by both sexes; this also ensured a certain amount of adverse comment.”

Catalpa flowers showing their yellow and purple markings.

Catalpa (Catalpa bigoniodes) near the lagoon at Westmount Park.

Commonly know as the “Indian Bean Tree” – Native Americans used the seeds as a decoration.

From Wikipedia:

“The name derives from the Catawba Native American name catawba for these trees (the tribal totem), with the spelling catalpa being due to a transcription error on the part of the describing botanist (Scopoli) making the first formal scientific description of the genus.”

“The tree is the sole source of food for the catalpa sphinx moth (Ceratomia catalpae), the leaves being eaten by the caterpillars.”