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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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this is sometimes known as creeping Charlie ; the fringed
loosestrife, from North America, is also here, as is the…
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spiraeas, of which there are many forms, the blackberries,
the raspberries, the roses, and others. Among the spiraeas,…
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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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together with other woody members of this family. The
tanners'-tree family comes next with a single representative…
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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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ber of the privets, including the California privet so much
used for hedges ; a variety of lilacs (Syrtnga), including…
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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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the Bronx River. The magnolia family will be found
mainly in the swale lying between the two ridges, with a
few…
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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…
Helen Sheppard Oral History Interview (Excerpt)
HS: No. My mother’s sister and her family and my mother’s sister’s husband but was all. My
father’s family all remained in…
The natural history of dogs : Canidae or genus Canis of authors ; including also the genera Hyaena and Proteles / by Lieut. Col…
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MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
crossed the Altaisk mountains, followed the course
of the Irtish as far as Kolivan, where he inspected…
MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
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thereby subjects himself to much trouble and vexa-
tion.
We cannot convey a better idea of those…
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INTRODUCTION.
they be without a known prototype, we might form
a system as philosophically admissible as our present…
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SUB-GENUS I. CHAON.
SECTION I. LUPUS.
THE WOLVES.
Lupus, Linn.—Sub-genus Chaon, Ham. Smith.
The typical wolf of Europe…