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fur making certain kinds of Jil)er hats), ii!^-, f^raj^evincs from 

 north and south Africa, date palm, coconut ])ahii, cliocolate tree, 

 cofifee, tea, j^inj^er, hanilnx), mahogany, halsa, cocaine plant, bkvck 

 pepper, annatto (used in coloring butter and cheese), cardamom, 

 olive, pomegranate, logwood, durian, mango," sugar cane, avocado 

 (so-called " alligat(jr pear "), West Indian and other rubber plants, 

 banyan, religious fig of India, and numerous others. 



The Conservatories arc open April 1 to October 31, 10 n.m.- 

 4:30 p.m. (Sundays. 2-4:30) ; November 1 to Alarch 31, 10 a.m.- 

 4 p.m. (Sundays 2-4). 



Herbarium 



The Garden herbarium consists at ])resent of about 188,300 

 si)ecimens, including ])hanerogams, ferns, mosses, liverworts, 

 lichens, parasitic and other fungi, algae, and myxomvcetes. This 

 collection may be consulted from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. l)v those inter- 

 ested, and s]X'cimens .sul)mitted will l)e gladly identified. 



Library 



The rapidly growing library of the Garden com|)rises at ])resent 

 ()\-er 15,000 volumes and over 11,000 pam])hlets. This is not a cir- 

 culating library, but is open free for consultaticni to all ])ersons 

 daily (except Sundays and holidays) from 9 a.m. until 5 ]).m. 

 (Saturdays, 9 to 12). Over 900 periodicals and serial publica- 

 tions devoted to ])otan)- and closely related subjects are regularly 

 received. These include the transactions of scientific societies 

 from all quarters of the globe, the bulletins, monograj^hs, reports 

 and other ]uiblications of various departments of the United States 

 Gov^ernment, as well as those of foreign governments; of all state 

 agricultural experiment stations and agricuUural colleges; the ])ul)- 

 lications of research laboratories, universities, botanic gardens and 

 other scientific institutions of the world, as well as the files of inde- 

 pendent journals devoted to the various ])hases of ])lant life. The 

 library is esi)ecially rich in ])ul)lications of foreign countries and 

 has a groAving collection of incunal)ula and other pre-I^innean 

 works. 



I^ibliographical assistance is rendered to readers by members of 

 the Lil)rarv stafif. 



