(49)
 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…
       
          
        (52)
 stonecrop family, where there will be found many of the
 stonecrops (Sedum), among the more showy and attractive
 being…
       
          
        (53)
 tropics ; the Illinois acuan is one of the plants representing
 this family here, and many others will be found in the…
       
          
        (56)
 this is sometimes known as creeping Charlie ; the fringed
 loosestrife, from North America, is also here, as is the…
       
          
        (67)
 illustrating the plum family, to which belong the plums,
 cherries, apricots, and peaches. As many of the species of…
       
          
        (68)
 together with other woody members of this family. The
 tanners'-tree family comes next with a single representative…
       
          
        (69 )
 chestnuts are trees, and are grown in the arboretum. Fol-
 lowing this is the soapberr)^family, with the soapberry, from…
       
          
        (7o)
 of Europe, the berries of which are acrid and poisonous ; the
 berries of several of the species of oleaster are edible…
       
          
        (73)
 lies) as a collection apart, many species grown here not being
 represented in the arboretum and fruticetum. Immediately…
       
          
        (76)
 sides of the road leading to the Lorillard mansion. The oaks,
 the chestnuts, and the beeches belong here.
 The oaks
 (…
       
          
        (73)
 the Bronx River. The magnolia family will be found
 mainly in the swale lying between the two ridges, with a
 few…
       
          
        (8o)
 to the north of the sumac, family, are the maple and buckeye
 families.
 The maples (Acer) are represented by a number…