BOL 
The Rock Garden is fully described in Guide No. 5, The Rock 
Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
THe MERCHILD 
Opposite the Rock Garden the Brook widens into a fresh-water 
Swamp. 
The Bronze Statue, Merchild, on the boulder just below the 
outlet of the Swamp, is the work of Isabel M. Kimball, of Brook- 
lyn, and was presented to the Botanic Garden in 1928 by the late 
Mr. R. R. Bowker, a member of the Board of Trustees. 
The Monocotyledons 
If the visitor has not already done so, he may now pass north to that part 
of the General Systematic Section that contains the Monocotyledons, de- 
scribed on page 190. 
THe RETURN JOURNEY 
From the Monocotyledons one may now proceed northward 
past the Rose Arc and the Rose Garden to the Eastern Parkway 
Gate (Gate No. 1), or the north Flatbush Ave. Gate (Gate No. 6). 
CONSERVATORIES 
If one has time for more than the tour of the grounds, he may 
find the Conservatories of interest. They are located on the east- 
ern (Washington Ave.) side of the Garden, and are open free to 
the public daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 
4pm. In summer they are open until 4:30 p.m. The hours of 
closing are fixed so as to give the gardeners time to wet down the 
plants before they leave for the day. 
There are ten houses open to the public, containing a collection 
of tender and tropical plants. The large central house (No. 5) 
is devoted to plants of economic importance, and of interest to 
classes in nature study, geography, and botany, as well as to the 
general public, including the following: 
Palms: Date palm, coconut palm, sago palm, oil palm. 
Citrus Fruits: Grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime, kumquat. 
