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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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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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is the loosestrife family, represented by the purple loosestrife,
a native of Europe, but introduced in many places in…
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this is sometimes known as creeping Charlie ; the fringed
loosestrife, from North America, is also here, as is the…
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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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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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sides of the road leading to the Lorillard mansion. The oaks,
the chestnuts, and the beeches belong here.
The oaks
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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…