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purpose of the meeting is of mutual interest and advantage to the 
organization and the Botanic Garden. Meetings must always be 
arranged in advance. A folder giving full details, and an appli- 
cation blank may be had by addressing The Custodian. 
PLANTATIONS 
The plant families are arranged in accordance with the Engler 
and Prantl system. In addition to this systematic arrangement, 
there are a number of special collections of horticultural varieties 
—azaleas, cannas, crocus, chrysanthemums, daffodils, ferns, flow- 
ering cherries, flowering crab apples, iris, ivies, lilacs, lotus, peo- 
nies, rhododendrons, and waterlilies. There are several special- 
ized gardens, hence the popular designation “Gardens Within a 
Garden.” These are: 
Children’s Garden 
Herb Garden, including culinary and medicinal 
Elizabethan Knot Gardens 
Oriental Garden 
Rock Garden 
Rose Garden 
Shakespeare Garden 
Wall Garden 
Wild Flower Garden (local Flora Section) 
herbs, and 
HERBARIA 
The Herbarium of Flowering Plants and Ierns consists of ap- 
proximately 220,000 sheets. Besides North American plants, 
there are especially good representations from Ecuador, Spain, 
and the South Sea Islands. 
The Cryptogamic Herbarium contains approximately 81,000 
specimens of fungi and myxomycetes. 
The Herbarium of the American Fern Society, deposited at the 
Garden by an agreement executed on January 22, 1941, consists 
of approximately 6,000 sheets of ferns and fern allies. 
These herbaria may be consulted daily (except Sundays and 
holidays) from 9 a.m, until 5 p.m.; Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 m, 
Specimens may be submitted for identification. 
