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Beds 9 and 17 contain fodder plants. Bed 9 has fodder 
plants other than grasses, such as alfalfa, red, white and 
crimson clovers, winter vetch, summer vetch, yellow lupine, 
blue lupine, and Florida beggarweed. In bed 17 are fodder 
plants of the grass family, such as teosinte, Johnson grass, 
field corn, timothy, Kentucky blue-grass, red-top, and pearl 
millet. In bed 28 is the sugar-cane plant, from the juice of 
which sugar, one of the most important articles of food, 
is made; this is a native of the tropics, and it is therefore 
not hardy in our climate—plants of it may be seen at all 
seasons at conservatory range I, house 9. 
In the border of woody plants along the gravel walk are 
such familiar fruits as the hazel-nut, black, red and white 
currents, gooseberry, blackberry, black-cap, elderberry, 
chinquapin, barberry, huckleberry, and highbush blue- 
berry. Along the west side of the brook will be found rice, 
not hardy here, which furnishes the principle article of 
food for millions of people, especially in the tropics of the 
Old World; the cranberry plant; taro, also not hardy, 
an important article of food in the tropics, largely taking 
the place there of the potato in temperate climates; and 
water-cress. 
11. Decorative Woody Plants 
Many collections of this nature will be found in various 
parts of the grounds. They consist of trees and shrubs, 
both deciduous and evergreen. 
Along the driveways and paths will be found many kinds 
of deciduous trees, and in the arboretum many other kinds 
may be studied. 
Groups of deciduous shrubs will also be found in many 
places along the roads and paths, and in the fruticetum, 
where these are arranged in families, the decorative groups 
are in close proximity to the families to which they belong. 
In the fruticetum will also be found a number of evergreen 
shrubs. Other places where the decorative value of shrubs 
may be studied are: along the west border, from the 
Woodlawn Bridge south to the approach to the elevated 
