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phor, 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 April 1 to November 1, 10 a.m.— 
4:30 p.m. (Sundays, 2-4: 30); November 1 to April 1, 10 am— 
4 p.m. (Sundays, 2-4). 
Herbarium 
The Garden herbarium consists at present of over 150,000 speci- 
mens, including phanerogams, ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, 
parasitic and other fungi, algae, and myxomycetes. This collection 
may be consulted from g a.m. until 5 p.m. by those interested, and 
specimens submitted will be gladly identified. 
Library 
The rapidly growing library of the Garden comprises at present 
over 7,500 volumes and over 5,400 pamphlets. This is not a cir- 
culating library, but is open free for consultation to all persons 
from g a.m. until 5 p.m. Over 500 periodical publications devoted 
to botany and closely related subjects are regularly received. 
Docentry 
To assist visitors in studying the collections a docent will leave 
the front door of the laboratory building every Monday, Wednes- 
day, and Friday (weather permitting) at 3 p.m., as per the follow- 
ing schedules: 
Spring Schedule 

{Japanese Garden 
Monday {Wild Flower Garden 
(Rock Garden 
Maye. ci. 4 Wednesday ) Conservatories 
Friday {Herbaceous and Shrub Garden 
[ {Ecological Garden 
