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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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BRONX PARK
Descriptive Guide
TO THE
Grounds, Buildings and Collections
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DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO THE GROUNDS,
BUILDINGS AND COLLECTIONS
Location
The New York Botanical Garden is situated in the north…
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from Crotona Park; there are also driveway entrances at
200th Street, convenient for carriages coming from Jerome
Avenue…
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4. The herbaceous grounds, situated in a valley east of
the great greenhouse near the Southern Boulevard entrance,…
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and driveway approaches. The house contains fifteen com-
partments, separated by glass partitions and doors.
Llouse No.…
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washing, and passes into commerce under the name of sago
starch. Opposite the entrance to the court in this house, is a…
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are exceedingly beautiful in foliage and in flower; the so-
called Florida moss, or Spanish moss, clothes the trees of…
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the maguey of the West Indies (a spiny-leaved relative of
the century plant, native of the West Indies, and used there…
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America and the West Indies, and some from northern South
Americ: Bananas will grow in southern Florida, but the
rocky…
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this fruit is not edible. Chocolate trees (7%eobroma Cacao)
native of tropical America, may be found near the western…
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of joints, either cylindric or broad and flattened. In Cereus
some species have the stems angled, and sometimes bearing…
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country, ¢ huariqui ” (Zbervillea sonoracy; during the rainy
season green stems arise from these large woody plant-bodies…
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the cherimoyer (Anona Cherimolia), and the sour sop (Aunona
muricata). The mammec-apple is another tropical fruit,…
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‘pool on the right, as one enters from house No. 10, are mem-
bers of the sedge and grass families, while on the left…
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other specimens of tropical ferns as are too large for the
benches in house No. 1o. Many specimens of tree-…
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around the central bench and ending with the thistle family
on the end of the south side bench near the entrance to…
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carias, which take the place in the southern hemisphere of
the pines in the north; Araucaria brasiliane and A. Rid-…
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tree (Olea europaea), of which a small specimen will be found
near the oleanders; this plant was originally from the Med…
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tively few species are found, while in very cold countries they
are entirely absent. Most of the tropical forms are…
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Power House, Steam for heating the conservatories is
supplied from the power house, located near the New York
Central…
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including foods, drugs, fibers, gums, resins, sugars, and
others as indicated by the accompanying floor plan.
The…
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gutta percha, which is derived from the trunks and foliage
of certain trees belonging to the sapedilla family, these…
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tobacco plant (Aicotiana) from different parts of America,
and a series of articles as prepared for the market. Closely…
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lilac flower and orange flowers; fruits yield the oils of pep-
per, lemon, caraway and fennel; seeds furnish the oils of…
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of the cassava plant furnish the cassava flour and tapioca,
while those of coontie yield coontie flour which is quite…
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Jerusalem artichokes are rootstocks; asparagus and poke
shoots are young stems ; lettuce, beet-tops, spinach and pars-…
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world, and crude wood-products such as pipes, canes, shoes,
sandals, utensils, and carbous or charcoals; the other being…
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The Myxomycetes or slime-moulds (case 1), standing at
the bottom of the plant scale, occupy the first exhibition case…
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kelp” of the Pacific Ocean, which is said to attain seven
hundred feet in length. The seaweeds culminate in the red…
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into bodies of various shapes. The plants vary greatly in
size and structure and are both parasitic and saprophytic.
To…
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by spiral threads called e/aters. The favorite habitat of
hepatics is wet places, and mountains continually steeped in…
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as a group perhaps attract the attention of a greater number
of people than any other group of plants. However, associ…
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b. Microscope Exkibit. The exhibition microscopesoccupy
small stands in the West Wing of the second floor. In front
of…
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are chiefly from among those which grow upon decaying
organic refuse. One interesting parasite exhibited is a
fungus…
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spores and spore-cases of the common polypody. The spore-
case here is provided with a sort of spring, by the action of…
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as the plants of the earlier periods are low in the scale of
life, consisting of thallephytes and pteridophytes and…
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and their allies (Pteridophyta) represented by Leptdodendron,
Sigillaria and Calamites, and the early seed-bearing…
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Periods. The specimens in this case complete the sequence
of plant life on the earth and bring it up to modern times.
A…
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Adelaide S. Van Brunt, from photographs made during many
years by her late husband, Cornelius Van Brunt.
A series of…
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THE LABORATORIES
Laboratories and working rooms for research are provided
on the upper floor of the museum building,…
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in diameter, but in the Rocky Mountains it is seldom one-
half this size, and trees taken from the far northwest do not…
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best for ornamental purposes. It was discovered in 1860 on
the famous Japanese mountain, Fuji-yama, by Mr. Veitch, for…
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The space allotted to the pines (Przus) embraces the region
to the eastward of the spruces and public conservatories, ex…
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pine of Europe and Asiatic Russia. Oun the easterly slope
of this higher land and on the lower ground nearby will be…
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The yew family (Taxaceae) is represented by two genera.
Of the true yews ( Zawxus), there are: the American yew, or…
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ing sorts. The Chinese juniper, and its striking form, of col-
umnar habit, known as variety pyramidalis, are each…
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is now being installed; the viticetum (&) or collection of vines,
both woody and herbaceous, is planted at an…
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family. At the junction of the brook with this pond is the
water-plantain family, including, besides the water-plantain…
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just beyond is the yellow-eyed grass family, and near it the
pipewort family. Coming now to the spiderwort family, we…
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are: the common blue flag of our swamps, the yellow flag
of Eurcpe, the German iris, the Siberian iris, the Japanese…
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young shoots are sometimes used as a vegetable. Closely
related to this, and just south of it, is the amaranth family,…
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member of this family and a native of North America. The
tanks in the court of the public conservatories contain a great…
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stonecrop family, where there will be found many of the
stonecrops (Seduz), among the more showy and attractive
being…
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tropics ; the Illinois acuan is one of the plants representing
this family here, and many others will be found in the…
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are both here. Along the edge of the brook, and opposite
the spurge family, will be seen the water-starwort family, to…
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is the loosestrife family, represented by the purple loosestrife,
a native of Europe, but iniroduced in many places in…
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this is sometimes known as creeping Churlie; the fringed
loosestrife, from North America, is also here, as is the…
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plants, is the water-leaf family, at the base of a large rock
on the ridge ; there are the purple, the broad-leaved, and…
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nums; it is to this family that the potato, tomato and egg-
plant belong. A little beyond and to the left of the mints…
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honeysuckles, will be found in the fruticetum and in the
viticetum. To the left is the valerian family with a single…
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This is located to the north of the systematic collection, the
two collections being separated…
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hill is the gronp of plants showing leaf-positions. Beyond
and a little to the right are plants which are at home in…
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buckwheat family, to which belong the climbing bindweeds
and brunnichia. On the left hand side, and beyond the…
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The arrangement here parallels that in the herbaceous
grounds and in the other systematic collections. The
sequence…
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smooth alder, common along streams and in swamps, is also
here. Following the birch family on the same side of the
path…
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be found several species of the strawberry-shrub, including
the hairy one which has the fragrant flowers scented like…
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spiraeas, of which there are many forms, the blackberries,
the raspberries, the roses, and athers. Among the spiraeas,…
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illustrating the plum family, to which belong the plums,
cherries, apricots, and peaches. As many of the species of…
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together with other woody members of this family. The
tanners’-tree family comes next with a single representative,
the…
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chestnuts are trees, and are grown in the arboretum. Fol-
lowing this is the soapberry family, with the soapberry, from…
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of Europe, the berries of which are acrid and poisonous; the
berries of several of the species of oleaster are edible;…
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ber of the privets, including the California privet so much
used for hedges; a variely of lilacs (:Syrdnga), including…
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the path from the viburnums, and here will be found, among
others, the fragrant honeysuckle, from China, one of the…
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lus) as a collection apart, many species grown here not being
represented in the arboretum and fruticetum. Immediately…
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upright habit, and more graceful than the cottonwaod or
Carolina poplar ; the American aspen, a native of northern…
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and the butternut are both wild elsewhere in the Garden.
The pecan-nut (Hicoria pecan), wild in the south central United…
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sides of the road leading to the Lorillard mansion. The oaks,
the chestnuts, and the beeches belong here. The oaks
(…
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is valued in that region on account of its bark which is used
in tanning leather. The swamp oak, the scarlet oak, the…
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the DBronx River. The magnolia family will be found
mainly in the swale lying between the two ridges, with a
few…
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Near the eastern end of the long bridge are trees illus-
trating the senna family, the pea family, the rue family, and…
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to the north of the sumac family, are the maple and buckeye
families. The maples (Acer) are represented by a number
of…
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it is highly esteemed; it is also used for wooden-ware and
paper pulp. To the north of the buckeye family is the
linden…
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7. The Hemlock Forest
The forest of Canadian hemlock spruce along the Bronx
River, within the portion of Bronx Park set…
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woods to the contiguous hardwood area which borders them
to the west and north, toward the museum building and the…
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valley being a very interesting illustration of the behavior of
a small stream with a large water-shed at and about its…
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