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The most direct way to reach any given entrance is indicated 
on the diagram on page 159, showing the location of the Botanic 
Garden with reference to streets and transit lines. Consult also 
the directions for reaching the Garden, as given on the third cover 
page. 
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 159. 
Gardens within a Garden * 
1. General Systematic Section (4, 5) 
2. Native Wild Flower Garden (Local Flora Section) (1, 6) 
(In this Garden the trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants 
are arranged on an Ecological basis. ) 
Children’s Garden (4, 5) 
Japanese Garden (2) 
Rock Garden (5) 
Water Gardens (2, 3) 
Conservatory Garden (2-5) 
Laboratory Plaza (2, 3, 4) 
Iris Garden (3, 5) 
Shakespeare Garden (4, 5) 
Rose Garden (1, 6, 2) 
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Moss and Liverwort Garden (2) 
Horticultural Section (1, 6) 
Wall Garden (1, 6) 
Herb -Garden(2) 
a. Culinary Herbs 
b. Medicinal Herbs 
c. Elizabethan Knot Gardens 
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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 tenons discon- 
tinued. 
