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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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The yew family (Taxaceae) is represented by two genera.
Of the true yews (Taxus), 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 fy ramtdalis, are each…
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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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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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lies) 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 cottonvvood or
Carolina poplar; the American aspen, a native of northern…