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The Local Flora (native wild flower garden). 
Ecological Garden. 
Rock Garden. 
Children’s Garden. 
Japanese Garden, etc. 
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As noted under Docentry, arrangements may be made for view- 
ing the plantations under guidance. They are open free to the 
public daily from 8 a.m. until dark; on Sundays and holidays from 
ro a.m. until dark. 
Conservatories 
The Garden conservatories contain a collection of tender and 
tropical plants. Of special interest for teachers of nature study 
and geography are the following useful plants from the tropics 
and subtropics: banana, orange, lemon, lime, kumquat, tamarind, 
West Indian cedar (the source of the wood used for cigar boxes), 
eucalyptus, Manila hemp, sisal, pandanus (source of the fiber used 
or making certain kinds of fiber hats), fig, grape vines from 
north and south Africa, date palm, coconut palm, chocolate tree, 
coffee, tea, ginger, bamboo, mahogany, balsa, cocaine plant, black 
pepper, cardamom, olive, pomegranate, logwood, durian, mango, 
sugar cane, avocado (so-called “alligator pear’), West Indian 
and other rubber plants, banyan, religious fig of India, and nu- 
merous others. 
The Conservatories are open April 1 to October 31, 10 a.m.— 
4:30 p.m. (Sundays, 2-4:30) ; November 1 to March 31, 10 a.m— 
4 p.m. (Sundays, 2-4). 
Herbarium 
The Garden herbarium consists at present of over 186,500 speci- 
mens, including phanerogams, ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, 
parasitic and other fungi, algae, and myxomycetes. This collec- 
tion may be consulted from 9 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 10,800 volumes and over 7,750 pamphlets. This is not a cir- 
