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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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best for ornamental purposes. It was discovered in i860 on
the famous Japanese mountain, Fuji-yama, by Mr. Veitch, for…
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The space allotted to the pines (Pinus) embraces the region
to the eastward of the spruces and public conservatories, ex…
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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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are: the common blue flag of our swamps, the yellow flag
of Europe, the German iris, the Siberian iris, the Japanese…
(So)
young shoots are sometimes used as a vegetable. Closely
related to this, and just south of it, is the amaranth family,…
(SO
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 (Sedum), 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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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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chestnuts are trees, and are grown in the arboretum. Fol-
lowing this is the soapberr)^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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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…
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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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to the north of the sumac, family, are the maple and buckeye
families.
The maples (Acer) are represented by a number…