THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



upper floor, the Library, Laboratories for instruction and 

 research and the Herbarium. 



3. The Pinetum, or collection of cone-bearing trees, 

 mostly evergreens, located on the hills and slopes on all 

 sides of the Conservatory (Range No. 1) and in the space 

 between this structure and the Museum Building. 



4. The Herbaceous Grounds, situated in a valley east of 

 the Conservatory (Range No. 1) near the Southern Boule- 

 vard entrance, containing collections of hardy herbaceous 

 plants arranged according to botanical relationship, a col- 

 lection arranged to demonstrate the principles of elemen- 

 tary botany, and the Economic Garden, a plantation de- 

 signed to illustrate hardy plants whose products are directly 

 useful to man. 



5. The Fruticetum, or collection of hardy shrubs, located 

 on the plain northeast of the Museum Building at the 

 Woodlawn Road entrance and extending northward into the 

 North Meadows. This collection also is arranged according 

 to botanical relationship. 



6. The Deciduous Arboretum, or collection of trees which 

 lose their leaves in the autumn, located along the entire 

 eastern side of the grounds from south to north. 



7. The Hemlock Grove, clothing the hills between the 

 Museum Building and the Bronx River and covering about 

 forty acres, considerable portions of it being primeval. This 

 is a natural feature of great interest, unique within the 

 limits of a city. 



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