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On each of these occasions a specialist gives an illustrated talk 
on the flower of the Day, followed by a tour of inspection of the 
flowers in bloom on the grounds of the Garden. During the out- 
door inspection there is free discussion of questions of desirable 
varieties, culture, plant diseases, ete. On returning to the Lab- 
- ~ 4 a ie ‘ s te Sr agearaeex ale Fits 1ST 2.2 
oratory Building, tea 1s served. The exercises commence at 3:30 
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Conservatories 
Vhe 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), 
source of the fiber used 
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eucalyptus, Manila hemp, sisal, pandanus ( 
for making certain kinds of fiber hats), fig, grapevines from nortn 
and south Africa, date palm, coconut palm, chocolate tree, coffee, 
tea, ginger, bamboo, mahogany, balsa, cocaine plant, black pepper, 
annatto (used in coloring butter and cheese), 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 numerous others. 
It may be of interest to teachers of botany that the nine extant 
genera of cycads are represented in House 12. To reach the 
Cycad House take the first door to the /eft after entering the cen- 
tral or Economic House and pass through to the end house. 
The Conservatories are open April 1 to October 31, 10 am— 
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 about 200,000 
specimens, including phanerogams, ferns, mosses, liverworts, 
lichens, parasitic and other fungi, algae, and myxomycetes. This 
collection may be consulted daily (except Sundays and holidays ) 
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Saturdays from 9 am. to 12m. Speci- 
mens submitted for identification will be gladly received. Address 
the Curator of the Herbarium. 
