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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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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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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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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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lus) as a collection apart, many species grown here not being
represented in the arboretum and fruticetum. Immediately…
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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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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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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…
The natural history of dogs : Canidae or genus Canis of authors ; including also the genera Hyaena and Proteles / by Lieut. Col…
THE AMERICAN WOLVES, 155
fore-wrists is present, The grey about the cyes
and face, in old individuals, is likewise similar;…