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arrangements must be made by teachers for calling for such ma- 
terial, and all material loaned by the Garden must be returned 
promptly in good condition. 
PLANTATIONS 
The plantations comprise several sections, including the local 
flora (native wild flower garden), general systematic (trees, 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 Docen- 
try, arrangements may be made for viewing the plantations under 
guidance. They are open free to the public daily from 8 a. m. 
until dark; on Sundays and holidays at 10 a. m. 

Con SERV ALOR TES 
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, cam- 
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 daily from I0a.m.to4 p.m. In 
this connection see also below, under Docentry. 
HERBARIUM 
The Garden herbarium consists at present of over 150,000 
specimens, including phanerogams, ferns, mosses, liverworts, 
lichens, parasitic and other fungi, algze, 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. 


