THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



8. The Gorge of the Bronx River extending south from 

 the waterfall at the Lorillard Mansion along the edge of the 

 Hemlock Grove nearly to the southern boundary of the 

 Garden. 



9. The North Meadows and River Woods along the 

 Bronx River from the northern end of the Hemlock Grove 

 to the northern end of the Garden. 



10. The Lorillard Mansion, which contains the Board 

 Rooms, the Office of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York and the Museum of the Bronx Society of Arts and 

 Sciences. On exhibition there are rare maps and prints 

 of early New York lent by J. Clarence Davies, relics of 

 the Indians of this section and of the early colonists, and 

 a loan exhibit of paintings and sculpture from the Metro- 

 politan Museum of Art. 



CONSERVATORY (RANGE No. 1) 



This Conservatory, located near the Third Avenue Ele- 

 vated Railway terminus, is more than 500 feet in length, 

 with a central dome about ninety feet in height. The total 

 area under glass in this house is about one acre. It has 

 fifteen compartments or houses: 



House No. 1 contains palms of many species from all 

 parts of the world where these occur. Among these are: 

 The curious Mexican Acanthorhiza aculeata, which has its 

 aerial roots modified into spines; the date palm, and the 

 Chinese fan-palm. Related to the palms and shown here 



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