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shrubs and herbaceous plants not native within 100 miles of 
Brooklyn), morphological, ecological, economic, and rock gardens, 
Japanese garden, and children’s gardens. As noted below, under 
Docentry, arrangements may be made for viewing the plantations 
under guidance. They are open to the public free to the public 
daily from 8 a. m. until dark; on Sundays and holidays at Io 
a, m. 

CONSE KRVALOKRIES 


The Garden conservatories contain a collection of tender and 
tropical plants. Of special interest for teachers of nature study 
and geography is the economic house, containing useful plants 
from the tropics and subtropics, including the following: banana, 
orange, lemon, lime, citron, kumquat, tangelo (a cross between 
the grape-fruit—pomelo—and the tangerine), West Indian cedar 
(the source of the wood used for cigar boxes), eucalyptus, Manila 
hemp, sisal, pandanus (source of the fiber used for making cer- 
tain kinds of fiber hats), fig, grape vines from north and 
south Africa, date palm, cocoanut palm, chocolate tree, coffee, 
tea, camphor, ginger, sugar cane, avocado (so-called “alligator 
pear”), Para and other rubber plants, banyan, religious fig of 
India, and numerous others. 
The conservatories are open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In 
this connection see also below, under Docentry. 

HERBARIUM 
The Garden herbarium consists at present of over 100,000 
specimens, including phanerogams, ferns, mosses, liverworts, 
lichens, parasitic and other fungi, alge, and myxomycetes. This 
collection may be consulted from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. by those 
interested, and specimens submitted will be gladly identified. 
Address, Curator of Plants. 
LIBRARY 
— 
The rapidly growing library of the Garden, comprises at pres- 
ent about 4,000 volumes and 6,000 pamphlets. This is not a cir- 
culating library, but is open free for consultation to all persons, 
from 9 a. m. until 5 p.m. Over 200 current periodicals devoted 
to botany and related subjects are regularly received. 
