THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



cane. Among the plants in the pool are water-lilies, water- 

 hyacinth and parrot's feather. 



House No. 10 contains aroids, a family represented in 

 our native local flora by jack-in-the-pulpit, sweet-flag and 

 skunk-cabbage; the most familiar flower in cultivation is 

 the calla-lily, which botanically is not a lily. Among others 

 are some handsome tail-flowers. This house is also occu- 

 pied by plants of the pineapple family, many of which are 

 epiphytic, that is, they grow upon other plants, such as 

 trees. The Florida moss, or Spanish moss, which festoons 

 the live-oaks and other trees of the south, is not moss but 

 an epiphyte belonging to the pineapple family, the relation- 

 ship being indicated by its flowers. 



House No. 1 1 is known as the Banana House. Here are 

 brought together many tropical plants, including banana, 

 plantain, ginger, the Manila hemp, the famous traveler's 

 tree from Madagascar and the bird-of-paradise plant. 



House No. 12. This house contains plants of warm- 

 temperate regions. Among these are pitcher-plants, and a 

 group of insectivorous plants, the sundews; citrus fruits, 

 including the orange and lemon ; two small trees, "stinking 

 cedar," belonging to the yew family, most interesting be- 

 cause it is known to occur in the wild state only in a small 

 area along the Apalachicola River in Florida. 



In House No. 13 are large specimens of plants from 

 warm-temperate regions, including Norfolk Island pine and 

 its near relatives; New Zealand flax; the Cherokee rose; 



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