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ACTINIDIA PERGOLA 
On the west side of the walk, opposite the bulb border and ex- 
er 
tending across the walk at each end, is a structure of concrete and 
wood designed for species of the Asiatic vine, Actinidia, including 
the “ Silver-vine”” (A. polygama), and others. 
LINDEN TRIANGLE 
Between the Experimental and Children’s Gardens is the Linden 
Triangle, containing a specimen of the Silver Linden (Tilia ar- 
gentea), planted on October 25, 1923, by Ellen Eddy Shaw, curator 
of elementary instruction. 
CHILDREN’S GARDEN AND BUILDING 
South of the Linden Triangle is the Children’s Garden, with 
the Children’s Building near the north end. This Garden com- 
prises individual garden plots sufficient for the accommodation of 
about 200 boys and girls. At the south end is the Shakespeare 
Garden, a gift, in 1925, from Mr. Henry C. Folger, the well 
known Brooklyn collector of Shakespeareana, Surrounding the 
Children’s Building is a horticultural planting of herbaceous plants, 
trees, and shrubs, laid out as an adjunct to the educational work 
with children. Over the entrance to the Children’s Building is a 
quotation from the poet Wordsworth : 
He is happiest who hath power 
To gather wisdom from a flower 
ELM TRIANGLE 
West of the service gate of the Children’s Garden and south 
of Azalea Knoll is the Elm Triangle containing a specimen of the 
American Elm (Udmus americana), presented and planted on 
Arbor Day, April 24, 1925, by the Girl Scouts of Flatbush. 
South of the Elm Triangle, and just inside the Richard Young 
Gate, is a horticultural planting of conifers and broad-leaved 
evergreens (Pierts, Azalea, Arctostaphylos, Heather, Yueca, and 
others ). 
On the west side of the paved walk, opposite the area between 
the Compositae and the Monocotyledons, is 
