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On the east side of a broad central grass path and the 
brook are located plants used for medicine, those employed 
as condiments or relishes, and a number of plants from 
which the fiber is used in the manufacture of various 
fabrics. The medicinal plants which grow in wet or moist 
situations may be found on the easterly side of the brook. 
Along the woodland border is also a collection of medicinal 
shrubs and trees. 
On the west side of the grass path and brook are the food 
plants. Here may be found many of the common fruits 
and vegetables. Along the gravel path is a collection of 
shrubs and trees, containing some of the more common 
plants producing edible nuts and fruits. 
In the eastern series, bed no. 1, located at the northern 
end, contains plants used as condiments and relishes; here, 
among others, are peppermint, spearmint, mustard, lovage, 
lavender, savory, caraway, dill, coriander, basil, marjoram, 
anise, balm, sage, tarragon, and horse-radish. Beds 2, 3, 
4, 6, and 7 contain drug plants. In beds 2, 4, and 6 it is 
the roots and rootstocks which are employed; such drugs 
as valerian, Indian physic, convallaria, sanguinaria, podo- 
phyllum or mandrake, inula, belladonna, pleurisy-root, 
rhubarb, cimicifuga, arum, tussilago or coltsfoot, and caulo- 
phyllum are here. In bed 3 among the commonly known 
drugs are catnip, tansy, horehound, and stramonium, the 
leaves of which furnish the active principles. In bed 7 are 
plants from the herbage, seeds or flowers of which drugs are 
manufactured; hops, tussilago or coltsfoot, rue, tobacco, 
castor-oil, digitalis and dulcamara are some of these. Bed 
5 contains plants from which fibers are obtained, such as 
cotton, flax, used in the manufacture of linen, hemp, and 
broom-corn, from the inflorescences of which brooms are 
made. In the adjoining woodland border of shrubs and 
trees are the prickly ash, barberry, witch hazel, cramp- 
bark, rhamnus, frangula, euonymus, red-root, shrub yellow- 
root, and hydrangea. Along the east side of the brook will 
be found calamus and magnolia. 
