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A set of six souvenir postcards, in colors, may be had at 15 

 cents a set. The sul^jects are : Scene in the Children's Garden ; 

 The Brook ; Daffodils in the Lawn ; The Lake ; Children's Build- 

 ing and Formal Garden; The Rock Garden (Waterfall and Iris). 



Orders for guide books, maps, and souvenir postcards, ac- 

 companied by remittance, should be sent to TJie Secretary. They 

 may also ])e obtained at the Information Desk in the Laboratory 

 Building. 



Plantations 



The plantations comprise the following sections : 



1. General Systematic Section (trees, shrubs, and herbaceous 



plants arranged according to orders and families). 



2. The Local Flora (native wild flower garden). 



3. Ecologic Garden. 



4. Rock Garden. 



5. Japanese (jarden. 



6. Rose Garden. 



7. Iris Garden. 



8. Water Garden. 



9. Children's Garden. 



10. Shakespeare Garden. 



11. Horticultural Garden. 



12. Experimental Garden. 



13. Xursery. 



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 dusk ; on Sundays and holidays from 

 10 a.m. until dusk. 



Conservatories 



The Garden conservatories contain a collection of tender and 

 tro]Dical plants. Of special interest for teachers of nature study 

 and geographv 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), 

 eucalvptus, INIanila hemp, sisal, pandanus (source of the fiber used 



