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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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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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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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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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illustrating the plum family, to which belong the plums,
cherries, apricots, and peaches. As many of the species of…
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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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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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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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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…