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Plantations 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden grounds comprise the following 
sections or gardens. The numbers in parentheses, following the 
name of the section or garden, indicate the number of the nearest 
or most convenient entrance or entrances, as given on page 157. 
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. General Systematic Section (3-6) 
Native Wild Flower Garden (1, 7) 
Children’s Garden (4, 5) 
Japanese Garden (2) 
Rock Garden (5, 6) 
Ecological Garden (5, 6) 
Water Gardens (2, 3) 
Iris Gardens (3, 6) 
Rose Garden (1, 6) 
. Various horticultural collections, as for example: 
Lilacs (1, 6) 
Peonies (3) 
Cannas (5, 6) 
Hardy Asters (5, 6) 
Dahlias (5, 6) 
Chrysanthemums (5, 6) 
Azaleas, and Rhodendrons (2, 5) 
Flowering cherries, plums, apples, etc. (1, 2, 6) 
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11. Miscellaneous plantations 
a. Naturalistic plantings of bulbs (1-6) 
b. Decorative and screen plantings, such as the trees 
and shrubs on the border mound, along the street 
fence, etc. 
c. Nursery (Not open to the public) 
d. Experimental Garden (Not open to the public) 
12. Horticultural Garden (1, 7) 
The above features are here listed approximately in the order 
in which they have been developed in the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden." 
1An Economic Garden to illustrate economic or “useful” plants, and a 
Morphological Garden to illustrate facts of the external form or morphology 
of plants are a part of the complete plan of the Botanic Garden, and have 
once been installed but, for certain reasons, have been temporarily discon- 
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