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pea family; to this some of our most valued economic 
plants belong, such as the pea, the bean and the clover; to 
the pea family belong also the baptisias, the bush-clovers, 
the vetches, the tick-trefoils and many other familiar plants. 
Next in the order of sequence is the geranium family, to 
which belong the geraniums or crane’s-bills; the plants so 
often cultivated in the house under the name of geraniums, 
but which are not hardy out of doors in our climate, are 
really not what they are called, but are truly pelargoniums, 
a closely-related group of plants belonging to the same 
family; our common wild geranium or crane’s-bill may be 
found, among other plants here. A little farther on, near 
the brook, may be found the bed devoted to the wood-sorrel 
family, often called sour-grass by children; several species 
are shown here. Just to the left of the geranium family 
is the flax family, to which belongs the flax plant (Linum), 
from the fiber contained in the stem of which linen is made. 
Beyond this is the bed for the rue family; to this belong 
the common rue, of southern Europe, and the fraxinella; 
this family also includes the oranges and lemons, specimens 
of which may be found in the conservatories, and a very 
great number of tropical trees and shrubs. To the right 
of this is a small bed devoted to the milkwort family. 
The spurge family is in a bed just to the left of the flax 
family; the flowering spurge, from the eastern United 
States, and the cypress spurge, from Europe, but sometimes 
found wild in this country as an escaped plant, are both 
here. Along the edge of the brook, and opposite the 
spurge family, may be seen the water-starwort family, to 
which belong a number of small aquatic plants. About 
opposite this, and at the base of the rocky ridge to the right, 
are two representatives of the box family, in the trailing 
pachysandra, from North America, and its Japanese 
relative, the terminal pachysandra; the true box (Buxus) 
is a shrub or small tree, native of Europe, and several 
races of it may be found at the fruticetum. A little 
to the right of the wood-sorrel family is the jewel-weed 
